Comments on: Yahoo Tech Not Really A Threat to CNet http://gigaom.com/2006/04/30/yahoo-tech-not-really-a-threat-to-cnet/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:16:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: grumpY! http://gigaom.com/2006/04/30/yahoo-tech-not-really-a-threat-to-cnet/#comment-117529 Mon, 01 May 2006 22:38:35 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/04/30/yahoo-tech-not-really-a-threat-to-cnet/#comment-117529 wow, ytech is just drivel. design by committee of 9000 employees. uh, just dreadful.

]]> By: JLee http://gigaom.com/2006/04/30/yahoo-tech-not-really-a-threat-to-cnet/#comment-117528 Mon, 01 May 2006 22:10:22 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/04/30/yahoo-tech-not-really-a-threat-to-cnet/#comment-117528 See Mathew gets it. He obviously understand the Feng Shui of website design. Maybe Yahoo should sign all of us Om lurkers on for consultation gig before releasing the next version. :)

We’ll call it Trading Webspaces…

]]> By: Mathew Ingram http://gigaom.com/2006/04/30/yahoo-tech-not-really-a-threat-to-cnet/#comment-117527 Mon, 01 May 2006 22:00:18 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/04/30/yahoo-tech-not-really-a-threat-to-cnet/#comment-117527 The whole thing looks like a giant brochure. Is that what people want? I don’t think so — but I could be wrong.

]]> By: JLee http://gigaom.com/2006/04/30/yahoo-tech-not-really-a-threat-to-cnet/#comment-117526 Mon, 01 May 2006 21:23:09 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/04/30/yahoo-tech-not-really-a-threat-to-cnet/#comment-117526 Yahoo’s Tech site looks a bit too cluttered with junky ads. Looking at it gives me an eyesore and makes me want to close the browser. Repeat after me… less is more, less is more…

The secret is space, not compacting every piece of eye candy you can lay your hands on like you were living in your old dorm room.

Somehow I think the people who designed this site still think they are back in … oh nevermind…

]]> By: Esme Vos http://gigaom.com/2006/04/30/yahoo-tech-not-really-a-threat-to-cnet/#comment-117525 Mon, 01 May 2006 20:04:34 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/04/30/yahoo-tech-not-really-a-threat-to-cnet/#comment-117525 I think the Yahoo Tech site looks dreadful. Is that the best they can do? Atrocious!

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2006/04/30/yahoo-tech-not-really-a-threat-to-cnet/#comment-117524 Mon, 01 May 2006 18:36:46 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/04/30/yahoo-tech-not-really-a-threat-to-cnet/#comment-117524 talking about intelligent reviews – i find most of the gadget blogs – engadget, phone scoop, and others like them do a much better job and are more indepth and actually fun to read. i think c/net needs to go in that direction.

]]> By: Kristaps Kaupe http://gigaom.com/2006/04/30/yahoo-tech-not-really-a-threat-to-cnet/#comment-117523 Mon, 01 May 2006 18:34:12 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/04/30/yahoo-tech-not-really-a-threat-to-cnet/#comment-117523 It (Y! Tech) has some problems with Opera 8.52 web browser.

]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2006/04/30/yahoo-tech-not-really-a-threat-to-cnet/#comment-117522 Mon, 01 May 2006 18:24:16 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/04/30/yahoo-tech-not-really-a-threat-to-cnet/#comment-117522 No mention of Howard Forums, Tom’s Hardware, AVS Forum? These are where you get real information. Now if someone could slap a better UI on them . . .

]]> By: eric http://gigaom.com/2006/04/30/yahoo-tech-not-really-a-threat-to-cnet/#comment-117521 Mon, 01 May 2006 17:30:05 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/04/30/yahoo-tech-not-really-a-threat-to-cnet/#comment-117521 CNet has depth? that’s news to me…

]]> By: Eric B http://gigaom.com/2006/04/30/yahoo-tech-not-really-a-threat-to-cnet/#comment-117520 Mon, 01 May 2006 16:08:07 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/04/30/yahoo-tech-not-really-a-threat-to-cnet/#comment-117520 Uh oh… Don’t let C|Net see that forward slash! ;)

Anyways… ontopic now: C|Net’s consumer reviews have always been a starting point for me, but once you get into more technical components I find newegg’s customer reviews to be the most helpful.

It’d be great to have another quality source of tech reviews, especially one that wouldn’t treat everyone’s reviews as equal. A system that helps to identify more “intelligent” reviewers would be greatly welcome.

]]> By: Gerald Buckley http://gigaom.com/2006/04/30/yahoo-tech-not-really-a-threat-to-cnet/#comment-117519 Mon, 01 May 2006 14:18:41 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/04/30/yahoo-tech-not-really-a-threat-to-cnet/#comment-117519 I was furiously trying to close the annoying ad. So, yeah, I totally agree… just an ad play and I’ll keep enjoying c|net (Thanks Mr. Semel but not this time.)

]]> By: aye http://gigaom.com/2006/04/30/yahoo-tech-not-really-a-threat-to-cnet/#comment-117518 Mon, 01 May 2006 13:39:18 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/04/30/yahoo-tech-not-really-a-threat-to-cnet/#comment-117518 I agree with the advertorial comment. Reading about 6 or 7 articles gave me the impression that it wasn’t that objective. I can’t see visiting it again. I wish a better competitor to CNET would come along however.

]]> By: Jackson West http://gigaom.com/2006/04/30/yahoo-tech-not-really-a-threat-to-cnet/#comment-117517 Mon, 01 May 2006 10:57:46 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/04/30/yahoo-tech-not-really-a-threat-to-cnet/#comment-117517 If it matters, I’ve done work for both companies on the content side.

CNet has made a couple of interesting content moves in the past few months (think Consumating, Chowhound and Chow), and the word on the street is that they’re hiring like gangbusters. For Yahoo, it’s very interesting to be in the position of providing ‘digital lifestlye’ services and commentary on said technology and trends.

I think that larger companies, like CNet and Yahoo, would be smart to specialize, and spin off more of their successful projects into smaller, more agile companies. That could just be my radicalism in the face of media mergers and ‘portalization’ of the Internet.

The seeds are planted by small apps, and properties purchased by CNet, Yahoo, Google and even News Corp have remained relatively untouched, for now. It’s almost like the big techies are operating incubators to a certain extent. If I was Yahoo or CNet, I would rather have 50% in a concern that rised or sank on their own merits than 100% in a bold, new initiative that failed and tarred the company.

But maybe that’s just crazy talk.

]]> By: met http://gigaom.com/2006/04/30/yahoo-tech-not-really-a-threat-to-cnet/#comment-117516 Mon, 01 May 2006 10:12:37 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/04/30/yahoo-tech-not-really-a-threat-to-cnet/#comment-117516 Well I hope someone will be a threat to CNet. It would also work for me if CNet percieves Yahooo as a threat :)

]]>