Comments on: Yahoo’s Yang Has No Regrets — He Should http://gigaom.com/2008/11/05/yahoo%e2%80%99s-yang-has-no-regrets-he-should/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:32:42 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: With Jerry Yang Gone, What Yahoo Should Do Next | Betareview http://gigaom.com/2008/11/05/yahoo%e2%80%99s-yang-has-no-regrets-he-should/#comment-913354 With Jerry Yang Gone, What Yahoo Should Do Next | Betareview Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:29:23 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=28251#comment-913354 <p>[...] isn’t a surprise – it was clear from his talk at a recent industry conference that he was tired and perhaps a little out of his depth. His choice to the head the company that was looking down a deep abyss a while back was an [...]</p> [...] isn’t a surprise – it was clear from his talk at a recent industry conference that he was tired and perhaps a little out of his depth. His choice to the head the company that was looking down a deep abyss a while back was an [...]

]]> By: After Yang, What Should Yahoo Do? - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/11/05/yahoo%e2%80%99s-yang-has-no-regrets-he-should/#comment-913308 After Yang, What Should Yahoo Do? - GigaOM Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:23:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=28251#comment-913308 <p>[...] isn’t a surprise – it was clear from his talk at a recent industry conference that he was tired and perhaps a little out of his depth. His choice to the head the company that was looking down a deep abyss a while back was an [...]</p> [...] isn’t a surprise – it was clear from his talk at a recent industry conference that he was tired and perhaps a little out of his depth. His choice to the head the company that was looking down a deep abyss a while back was an [...]

]]> By: Facebook and MySpace face off at Web 2.0 : mateoland.com http://gigaom.com/2008/11/05/yahoo%e2%80%99s-yang-has-no-regrets-he-should/#comment-911381 Facebook and MySpace face off at Web 2.0 : mateoland.com Sat, 08 Nov 2008 08:56:37 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=28251#comment-911381 <p>[...] Malik struggles to see a happy ending: “Yahoo has been on a downward spiral, with a declining stock price, plummeting morale in its [...]</p> [...] Malik struggles to see a happy ending: “Yahoo has been on a downward spiral, with a declining stock price, plummeting morale in its [...]

]]> By: Facebook and MySpace Face Off : mateoland.com http://gigaom.com/2008/11/05/yahoo%e2%80%99s-yang-has-no-regrets-he-should/#comment-911378 Facebook and MySpace Face Off : mateoland.com Sat, 08 Nov 2008 08:14:52 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=28251#comment-911378 <p>[...] Malik struggles to see a happy ending: “Yahoo has been on a downward spiral, with a declining stock price, plummeting morale in its [...]</p> [...] Malik struggles to see a happy ending: “Yahoo has been on a downward spiral, with a declining stock price, plummeting morale in its [...]

]]> By: Gus Swan http://gigaom.com/2008/11/05/yahoo%e2%80%99s-yang-has-no-regrets-he-should/#comment-911276 Gus Swan Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:59:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=28251#comment-911276 <p>Yang's foot-dragging which was emotive rather than economic badly let down his shareholders, which is his primary duty in the role he holds. Google walks away - what a surprise. Any idiot knew that there joint-search play was a spoiling tactic and all they needed was a figleaf defence to walk away when the danger had passed. I guess the torrid state of the markets makes them think a MSFT acquisition is much less likely. Yahoo shareholders have little prospect of relief either through another buyer or a reverse of fortune. Yang should be regretting that fact very deeply.</p> Yang’s foot-dragging which was emotive rather than economic badly let down his shareholders, which is his primary duty in the role he holds. Google walks away – what a surprise. Any idiot knew that there joint-search play was a spoiling tactic and all they needed was a figleaf defence to walk away when the danger had passed. I guess the torrid state of the markets makes them think a MSFT acquisition is much less likely. Yahoo shareholders have little prospect of relief either through another buyer or a reverse of fortune. Yang should be regretting that fact very deeply.

]]> By: Spurned Microsoft Scorns Yahoo - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/11/05/yahoo%e2%80%99s-yang-has-no-regrets-he-should/#comment-911258 Spurned Microsoft Scorns Yahoo - GigaOM Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:22:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=28251#comment-911258 <p>[...] | Friday, November 7, 2008 | 6:22 AM PT | 0 comments Looks like Yahoo’s Jerry Yang’s ham-handed handling of the Microsoft offer is coming back to bite him. At a Friday business lunch in Australia, Steve [...]</p> [...] | Friday, November 7, 2008 | 6:22 AM PT | 0 comments Looks like Yahoo’s Jerry Yang’s ham-handed handling of the Microsoft offer is coming back to bite him. At a Friday business lunch in Australia, Steve [...]

]]> By: Ori Matalon http://gigaom.com/2008/11/05/yahoo%e2%80%99s-yang-has-no-regrets-he-should/#comment-911195 Ori Matalon Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:06:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=28251#comment-911195 <p>Yahoo looks desperate... imho I think this is a mistake to publicly call Microsoft to consdier the deal again. I hope this is not the first mistake in the 2nd round of negotiation with Microsoft...</p> <p>my comments at http://www.commentino.com/orim</p> Yahoo looks desperate… imho I think this is a mistake to publicly call Microsoft to consdier the deal again. I hope this is not the first mistake in the 2nd round of negotiation with Microsoft…

my comments at http://www.commentino.com/orim

]]> By: Veille Deux » Blog Archive » Vidéo de l’entretien avec Jerry Yang au “Web 2.0 Summit” http://gigaom.com/2008/11/05/yahoo%e2%80%99s-yang-has-no-regrets-he-should/#comment-911179 Veille Deux » Blog Archive » Vidéo de l’entretien avec Jerry Yang au “Web 2.0 Summit” Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:41:46 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=28251#comment-911179 <p>[...] du CEO de Yahoo, Jerry Yang  au “Web 2.0 Summit”, entretien qui aura soulevé de nombreuses critiques. Nous l’avons déjà ecrit, de notre point de vue, il devrait quitter le [...]</p> [...] du CEO de Yahoo, Jerry Yang  au “Web 2.0 Summit”, entretien qui aura soulevé de nombreuses critiques. Nous l’avons déjà ecrit, de notre point de vue, il devrait quitter le [...]

]]> By: Vidéo de l’entretien de Jerry Yang au “Web 2.0 Summit” http://gigaom.com/2008/11/05/yahoo%e2%80%99s-yang-has-no-regrets-he-should/#comment-911173 Vidéo de l’entretien de Jerry Yang au “Web 2.0 Summit” Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:31:23 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=28251#comment-911173 <p>[...] du CEO de Yahoo, Jerry Yang  au “Web 2.0 Summit”, entretien qui aura soulevé de nombreuses critiques. Nous l’avons deja ecrit , de notre point de vue, il devrait quitter le [...]</p> [...] du CEO de Yahoo, Jerry Yang  au “Web 2.0 Summit”, entretien qui aura soulevé de nombreuses critiques. Nous l’avons deja ecrit , de notre point de vue, il devrait quitter le [...]

]]> By: The Full Jerry Yang Interview at Web 2.0 : LookOnBusiness http://gigaom.com/2008/11/05/yahoo%e2%80%99s-yang-has-no-regrets-he-should/#comment-911141 The Full Jerry Yang Interview at Web 2.0 : LookOnBusiness Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:53:24 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=28251#comment-911141 <p>[...] you’re curious about the talk that spurred such negative coverage of Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang yesterday, here it is. From our perspective he’s out of gas. And [...]</p> [...] you’re curious about the talk that spurred such negative coverage of Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang yesterday, here it is. From our perspective he’s out of gas. And [...]

]]> By: Jerry Yang Making A Fool of Himself http://gigaom.com/2008/11/05/yahoo%e2%80%99s-yang-has-no-regrets-he-should/#comment-911117 Jerry Yang Making A Fool of Himself Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:06:02 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=28251#comment-911117 <p>[...] very recently gave an interview in the Web 2.0 Summit that has been described as a train wreck, self-delusional, and as making a mockery of the vaunted company he helped create. Andy Beal of Marketing Pilgrim [...]</p> [...] very recently gave an interview in the Web 2.0 Summit that has been described as a train wreck, self-delusional, and as making a mockery of the vaunted company he helped create. Andy Beal of Marketing Pilgrim [...]

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2008/11/05/yahoo%e2%80%99s-yang-has-no-regrets-he-should/#comment-911096 Om Malik Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:12:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=28251#comment-911096 <p>@ Ted Murphy,</p> <blockquote>For years, Yahoo has been chasing the mythical unicorn of transferring the offline advertising model onto the web. It hasn’t happened, and it won’t happen. The only business models that work on the web are search advertising, classifieds advertising and ecommerce. It all comes down to ecommerce — search and classifieds only work because they are so closely connected to ecommerce.</blockquote> <p>I would like to say -- at large scale, or at the scale of Yahoo, that doesn't really work. The model of display advertising that is "targeted" to an audience is more effective in smaller, niche web properties, except the problem is that we have advertising community whose livelihood depends on shoveling lots of ads (at volume) and at scale that needs less accountability.</p> @ Ted Murphy,

For years, Yahoo has been chasing the mythical unicorn of transferring the offline advertising model onto the web. It hasn’t happened, and it won’t happen. The only business models that work on the web are search advertising, classifieds advertising and ecommerce. It all comes down to ecommerce — search and classifieds only work because they are so closely connected to ecommerce.

I would like to say — at large scale, or at the scale of Yahoo, that doesn’t really work. The model of display advertising that is “targeted” to an audience is more effective in smaller, niche web properties, except the problem is that we have advertising community whose livelihood depends on shoveling lots of ads (at volume) and at scale that needs less accountability.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2008/11/05/yahoo%e2%80%99s-yang-has-no-regrets-he-should/#comment-911095 Om Malik Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:10:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=28251#comment-911095 <p>@Alex,</p> <p>We changed the font type and size to clean up the site a little and make it easier to access overall. let me know if you don't care much for the design.</p> @Alex,

We changed the font type and size to clean up the site a little and make it easier to access overall. let me know if you don’t care much for the design.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2008/11/05/yahoo%e2%80%99s-yang-has-no-regrets-he-should/#comment-911093 Om Malik Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:07:31 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=28251#comment-911093 <p>@all.... sorry guys for not being able to participate in the conversation -- the coverage of the conference aka lot of socializing is making it really tough for me to get anything done today. But I see you all are doing very well amongst yourselves and really don't need my input.</p> @all…. sorry guys for not being able to participate in the conversation — the coverage of the conference aka lot of socializing is making it really tough for me to get anything done today. But I see you all are doing very well amongst yourselves and really don’t need my input.

]]> By: Web 2.0における（さらに批判を浴びた）ジェリー・ヤンのインタビュー http://gigaom.com/2008/11/05/yahoo%e2%80%99s-yang-has-no-regrets-he-should/#comment-911088 Web 2.0における（さらに批判を浴びた）ジェリー・ヤンのインタビュー Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:52:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=28251#comment-911088 <p>[...] 昨日（米国時間11/5）、さらに批判を浴びることになったYahoo CEOジェリー・ヤンのインタビューを掲載しておく。いったい何が原因か興味のある方もきっといることだろう。 [...]</p> [...] 昨日（米国時間11/5）、さらに批判を浴びることになったYahoo CEOジェリー・ヤンのインタビューを掲載しておく。いったい何が原因か興味のある方もきっといることだろう。 [...]

]]> By: Paul http://gigaom.com/2008/11/05/yahoo%e2%80%99s-yang-has-no-regrets-he-should/#comment-911079 Paul Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:42:04 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=28251#comment-911079 <p>Good for Yang to stick to his convictions. Selling to MS @ $33 might not have eeven held up after them market started dropping so fast. These deals take time for approvals and you can bet Ballmer, who's stock also took a beating would have wanted to renegotiate. Notice MS has not done much since the Yahoo failed buyout.</p> Good for Yang to stick to his convictions. Selling to MS @ $33 might not have eeven held up after them market started dropping so fast. These deals take time for approvals and you can bet Ballmer, who’s stock also took a beating would have wanted to renegotiate. Notice MS has not done much since the Yahoo failed buyout.

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