Comments on: What's Wrong With Yahoo?

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:06:11 +0000

Om Malik's prose unwittingly replicates the Yahoo problem. He tells us Yahoo has problems (wow!) that reflect on the organization (no kidding) and he tells us some names (who cares?) of people he suggests will issue more worthless words to cover in b.s. specifics he doesn't detail. Based on my own present and recent experience, let me help: When you sit down to your screen and keyboard Yahoo! don't work right. You want to send an e-mail and get some cockamamie gray screen with all sorts of nonsense instead of what you're used to, then you know what? It ain't working right. Up pops an overline that says you may be having problems with something you never heard of, but click here. Nothing happens. You know what? The damn thing isn't working! I wish I knew why (I've had gurus in), but it doesn't matter how many meetings you have or bells and whistles you tack on if your basic product don't work. I wish someone would offer some suggestions. The one useful thing in all that I've reading in this string is, go to Google. #

By: Dayle

Dayle — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 09:59:31 +0000

I’ve solved the problem using Yahoo pretty easily on my computer: I simply deleted THEM! I don’t have time in my daily life to wonder what the hell is going on with Yahoo anymore and have been pushed by Yahoo itself into simply not caring anymore.

Who cares?

There’s too many other avenues available to me now to sit and wait on these “Yahoo’s” to get their act together!
And that statement they released? Corporate psychobabble. It meant absolutely NOTHING to me as a user of online services. UGH…..

It’s sad, because I’ve had a Yahoo account for years now but like I said, in my daily living, I don’t have time to figure this company out FOR THEM when they should be helping me figure out how to do what I want to do FOR ME!

R.I.P. Yahoo…..

By: james rhines

james rhines — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:55:41 +0000

the yahoo server on my pc and lap top dose’t work very well. Is there a problem in your system or what?

By: Siri

Siri — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:41:28 +0000

i probably wont get this email anyway because yahoo.com have crapped out and I am unable to access my mail. I have enjoyed your comments but cannot really comment on the symantics of yahoo and its organisation because I am a ‘newie’. I will from time to time visit this site because there are some knowledgeable people on site. Thank you for your entertainment! Siri.

By: what s wrong with yahoo

what s wrong with yahoo — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:00:41 +0000

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By: After Yang, What Should Yahoo Do? - GigaOM

After Yang, What Should Yahoo Do? - GigaOM — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:32:23 +0000

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By: Asiaman

Asiaman — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:42:27 +0000

“I’ve been waiting for someone to start examining some of the deeper questions about what’s happened to Yahoo over the years.”

Sorry Albert, but this is far from being explained.

By: Mehul Shah

Mehul Shah — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:04:24 +0000

Great post Om!
Yahoo has definitely lost it’s way. They saw themselves as the starting point on the web with their portal strategy, but consumers moved away from portals as the starting point on the web and moved to Search as their starting point. And Yahoo is definitely losing ground to Google at Search.

I think Yahoo should open up their crawl & index and become a platform where developers and startups can build new search based applications. Sort of like how Facebook became a platform to build social applications. Yahoo could turn around very quickly and build an ecosystem around it’s search platform. New search based applications could be built for a fraction of the cost, and all on Y! search.

http://ihobbes.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/yahoo-open-up-your-search-index-to-gain-market-share/

By: Yousef Ourabi

Yousef Ourabi — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:07:27 +0000

Great Article, two minor typo corrections:

He is the right man of the job, and can crack some heads if needed be.

Should probably be…

He is the right man for the job, and can crack some heads if need be.

By: Sundar

Sundar — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:26:39 +0000

Check the culture of Yahoo, from the perspective of employees and ex-employees at OfficeBook, an app on Facebook.

http://apps.facebook.com/office-book

I hope the changes in management will result in a culture that maximizes fun and productivity in that company.