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rcjordan

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Yang resigns from all positions at Y
« on: January 17, 2012, 10:33:31 PM »
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Re: Yang resigns from all positions at Y
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2012, 02:08:44 PM »
With or without Yang's help, Yahoo has been run into the ground.  Yang should have left 12 years ago.
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Re: Yang resigns from all positions at Y
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2012, 10:04:07 AM »
Come on, Yahoo, get pushing your search marketing side and produce a rival to Adsense. Microsoft, too!
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Re: Yang resigns from all positions at Y
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2012, 01:31:37 PM »
They tried that with typical Y! sexy name: Yahoo Something Something Network Something.  Like all Yahoo projects it got 3 months of hype and effort and then languished, unfinished and ignored for 2 more years until somebody finally killed it.

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Re: Yang resigns from all positions at Y
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2012, 02:34:27 PM »
It's not directly relevant, but one of my friends just got laid off by Y! He was working in the maps division, then got pruned in a headcount reduction exercise. Then it turned out that a different section had sacked too many people, and no longer had the headcount to complete their project, so he was offered a temp contract there. Because they were so far behind schedule, the whole section (including him) were given a 50% salary bonus. Awesome
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Re: Yang resigns from all positions at Y
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2012, 05:01:48 PM »
Was it Yang who said it was okay for them to be in number two position?  What a stupid thing to say...  I remember when Y dumped Inktomi (basically ruining the company's value) and then bought them up for a couple of dollars a share.  It seemed brutal and smart at the time.  They had a big advantage in PPC with Overture too.  I don't think it is as simple as them getting out-played by Google, this isn't G's genius at work.
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Re: Yang resigns from all positions at Y
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2012, 10:29:53 PM »
No they didn't get outplayed by Google, they squandered their opportunities or just missed them.  It was mismanagement that killed Y!
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