I was willing to give Marissa Mayer three years before passing judgment. But only after three months I think she has made it ample clear that she will turn around Yahoo. She already has.
Showing posts with label yahoo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label yahoo. Show all posts
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Marissa Mayer Is Doing It
I was willing to give Marissa Mayer three years before passing judgment. But only after three months I think she has made it ample clear that she will turn around Yahoo. She already has.
Monday, November 19, 2012
Off Season April Fool Joke On Yahoo Facebook Search Deal
This is not the first time respectable media got it wrong. Actually the media routinely gets it wrong. But flat out wrong is a little rare.
Yahoo Facebook Search Alliance Would Be Interesting
Yahoo and Facebook Not in Search Alliance Discussions
(Speaking of movies, I am sorry it took me so long to get to this, but I was seeing the final “Twilight” movie with some All Things Digital staffers. I can report that the sparkly vampires of the film are also not in search alliance talks with Facebook.)I guess the implausible part is that it perhaps is truly hard for Yahoo to walk away from Microsoft on search, and if the idea is to compete with Google, Bing is not a bad ally, it is number two. Heck, Facebook teamed up with that very Bing.
Yahoo wanting to go back to fight the search wars would be like Steve Jobs wanting to go back and fight the PC wars.
"The PC wars are over. Microsoft won!" is what Steve Jobs wisely said when he took over Apple. Marissa Mayer is better off looking in the mobile direction. That is raw territory.
Related articles
- Yahoo plots alliance with Facebook in new search deal
- Yahoo! plots alliance with Facebook in new search deal: Sources
- Mayer Should Look Beyond Search
- B-OO! Will Bing and Yahoo Scare Google?
- Yahoo's Exclusion of Inclusion
- Mayer Should Give Search To Google, If Possible
- Does Bing's 30% Market Share Really Matter?
- Yahoo! and Bing Sitting in a Tree, S-E-R-P-I-N-G!
- Why You Want to Own Facebook
- Facebook Dangerously Lags Competition
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Yahoo Facebook Search Alliance Would Be Interesting
I think this is the most intriguing move by Marissa Mayer since she took up leadership at Yahoo. But so far this is just a meeting between two powerful women in tech.
I have long advocated Facebook should go into search. And I thought from day one Yahoo outsourcing search to Microsoft was a mistake.
Facebook's Search Option
The Facebook Search Engine
Facebook Could Do Well In Search
This move is audacious. I'd be interested to know what kind of timeline we might be talking about.
But it would be a mistake to think of this in terms of a political alliance. When Yahoo and Microsoft teamed up, two plus two did not equal four. They together lost share to Google.
This is about if you can innovate. I think these two might be able to.
Marissa Mayer: Biographical Details
Marissa Mayer's Gameplan
Marissa Mayer: Photos
Sheryl Sandberg: New Yorker Profile
Yahoo! plots alliance with Facebook in new search deal
I have long advocated Facebook should go into search. And I thought from day one Yahoo outsourcing search to Microsoft was a mistake.
Facebook's Search Option
The Facebook Search Engine
Facebook Could Do Well In Search
This move is audacious. I'd be interested to know what kind of timeline we might be talking about.
But it would be a mistake to think of this in terms of a political alliance. When Yahoo and Microsoft teamed up, two plus two did not equal four. They together lost share to Google.
This is about if you can innovate. I think these two might be able to.
Marissa Mayer: Biographical Details
Marissa Mayer's Gameplan
Marissa Mayer: Photos
Sheryl Sandberg: New Yorker Profile
Yahoo! plots alliance with Facebook in new search deal
Facebook has already said it plans to boost its web search facility, with founder Mark Zuckerberg noting that the social network is “pretty uniquely positioned to answer the questions people have”. ...... Yahoo!, which started life as one the first major search engines but is now dwarfed by rival Google, would benefit from Facebook’s vast army of more than 1bn users. ..... Working with Facebook would also allow Yahoo! to piggyback on the social network’s brand cachet to help it recruit top-tier computer programmers ..... An alliance between Facebook and Yahoo! will pose a major threat to Google and stands to reorder the hierarchy of the world’s biggest technology companies. A senior figure likened Yahoo!’s position to that of a minority party in a hung parliament, with the power to act as kingmaker by choosing another party with which to align itself. ..... she and Ms Sandberg, who is also a former Google executive, are expected to use their combined might to launch a serious competitor. ..... Google dominates the market with around a 66pc share. Bing has had some effect at the edges, with just under 16pc of all searches taking place on the platform.
Related articles
- Marissa Mayer's Gameplan
- Yahoo! plots alliance with Facebook in new search deal: Sources
- Yahoo plots alliance with Facebook in new search deal
- HERE IT IS: Marissa Mayer's New Yahoo.com Homepage (YHOO)
- Marissa Mayer and the Art of the Earnings Call | PandoDaily
- Updates from the Super 6: Bing, Yahoo!, Ask, Google, Apple and Facebook
- Yahoo faces the Mayer dilemma as quarterly earnings are released: focus on media or go social
- Yahoo! Makes a Strange Bedfellow for iPhone
- Yahoo Wants To Integrate Too
- B-OO! Will Bing and Yahoo Scare Google?
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Yahoo Mail Overhaul In The Offing
Image via CrunchBase |
I think I left after I'd click saying this is spam and emails from that same address would still show up.
'Age of Marissa' to kick in with Yahoo Mail overhaul?
Yahoo is readying "a major overhaul" of Yahoo Mail for December that will sport "a cleaner, 'more Gmail-like' design." .... Gmail saw 287.9 million unique worldwide visitors during the period, edging out Hotmail, which finished with 286.2 million unique visitors. Yahoo -- the once mighty e-mail power -- came in third with 281.7 million. ..... Yahoo, however, holds a comfortable lead in the United States with 76.7 million, compared to second-place Gmail with 69.1 million and third-place Hotmail with 35.5 million.Along With New Homepage, Yahoo Also Set to Launch a “Gmail-Like” Email Reboot to Slow Gmail Gains
the latest iteration of Yahoo Mail will be released in early December, just after the new homepage is rolled out widely ..... has publicly committed the company to releasing innovative and mobile-focused products as a key differentiatorAs Fantasy Football Servers Fumble on Game Day, Yahoo Rolls Out More Homepage Tests Ahead of December Launch
upwards of $350,000 for a prime placement for a day, rising in price depending on complexity. ..... Yahoo was going to veer toward a “mobile first” sensibility. “Yahoo will have to be a predominantly mobile company”Marissa Mayer Makes Her Move at Yahoo!
At Friday's close of $17.26, the stock is up 20% from its 52-week low. ..... Mayer, who sources tell me is greatly respected in Silicon Valley, has a sort of Obama moment, if you will—in the '08 sense, not the '12 sense. Having taken a rather bad hand, she enjoys tremendous good will in her effort to restore hope to Yahoo! and engender change. ..... As powerful data centers churn out incredible computing power and analyze every single move a Web user makes on every fast new gizmo in their hands, it's time to be aggressive, Ms. Mayer.
Related articles
- 'Age of Marissa' to kick in with Yahoo Mail overhaul?
- 'Age of Marissa' to kick in with Yahoo Mail overhaul?
- Along With New Homepage, Yahoo Also Set to Launch a "Gmail-Like" Email Reboot to Slow Gmail Gains
- Gmail Officially Overtakes Hotmail and Yahoo Mail, but Only Because They Lost Users
- Gmail finally beats Hotmail according to third-party data [chart] [GigaOM]
- But Of Course
- Yahoo's Marissa Mayer-Crafted Renaissance Will Focus on Products, to Compete with Google, Facebook
- What Yahoo Could Have Done With $4.3 Billion?
- Major Overhaul in the Works at Yahoo Mail
- US court says reading other people's online email is OK, privacy be damned
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Vimeo, Circa, Instapaper All Look Good
Image via CrunchBase |
I am not that sure about Quora. It might be too expensive.
Vimeo would be a must in my book, and Circa would be a great foray into mobile.
I don't think Path is for sale.
Flipboard and Circa are both interesting. News is a major consumption item on mobile, just like on the web.
"Search is a core daily habit for all of us and a fundamental user behavior, the top priority for Yahoo," she said. "We'll focus on reshaping Search, driving smart distribution deals and making organic investments to grow our market share. There's a clear upside potential here, and it's time now to execute against it...... Mayer will likely be courting search start-ups that can beef up Yahoo's algorithmic chops in the ad-tech space."When Mayer takes on Page on search, sparks will fly.
She has a better chance of competing with Google in the ad space than search. A number two position in search is pretty good too.
I am not familiar with Criteo, but if it is like Google AdWords, that would be swell.
A Roadmap of Yahoo's (Potential) Acquisition Targets
Related articles
- Instapaper for Android has been updated; includes a number of fixes, one of which deals with the Nexus 7
- Vimeo 'tip jar' lets users pay creators for content
- Circa Is Trying To Fundamentally Change How We Read The News
- Social Media for Startups - Find and Build a Community That Cares
- Documentation: Transforming Our Perspective on Vimeo
- Slideshow tribute
- Top 100 Tools for Learning 2012
- Vimeo launches tips jar for content creators. More of this, please, media industry
- Vimeo Creators Can Now Make Money Off Their Videos
- Drag, drop, and roll: Bootstrapped Beijing startup launches site for video playlists
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)