Comments on: Brand new CEO, same old messed up Yahoo

By: Jethro

Jethro — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:19:39 +0000

Nice email

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:43:00 +0000

Revenue in 2008: $7.21 billion.
Revenue in 2009: $6.46 billion.
Revenue in 2010: $6.32 billion.
Revenue for 2011 (estimated): 4.56 billion.

That at a time when ad dollars are shifting online. Yup. Not messed up at all.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:23:02 +0000

What about $1 billion in yearly profits and 700 million users is ‘messed up’?

By: Bill Jefferys

Bill Jefferys — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:29:39 +0000

About the email product…the only email I get that involves any of yahoo’s email products are spammers who have scarfed up an address to use until it gets reported and shut down.

Unfortunately, yahoo has made it much harder to report spam using yahoo’s addresses. It used to be that you could just send the email and headers to abuse@yahoo.com and you’d get good service (including feedback). Now they have some web-based form that I haven’t figured out how to use.

Blech!

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:12:24 +0000

Actually did you read through the post. I said exactly that. I am not going to judge him just yet. The problems of Yahoo have not changed a wee bit – and those are big problems.

By: fipe

fipe — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:07:40 +0000

A bit premature to declare it’s the same old messed up yahoo. At least give the dude time to settle into the job and implement some of his ideas.
If he messes things up then fair enough but it’s far too soon to write him off.

By: Atilla

Atilla — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:24:56 +0000

Yes, what we need is a simple plan that goes on one sheet of paper. Riiiight. We all know that the real answers to any problem are just a little clear thinking, a simple idea and the guts to go out and make it happen. Hell, Tom Friedman has made his entire career saying this. Every politician that has walked the planet has said this – “just do it!”

Let’s see, Steve Jobs started with Lisa and 35 years later we had the iPhone. Just do it. One sheet of paper. A clear plan.

Oh well, reporters always have a story to write and sell telling people this at least. Oh yeah, Kodak is declaring Chapter 11 they say. Guess they could not put 100 years of history, patents, work, struggle, mistakes, and successes on one sheet of paper anymore.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:14:46 +0000

Yeah that really works out according to plan. :-)

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:13:02 +0000

it would be like the 1980s. ITT styled merger of everything into one company. I guess we will have fewer CEO of the year candidates. ;-)

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:12:19 +0000

Lol/ okay promise I won’t talk anymore today about Yahoo.