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dougb
on Aug 12, 2010
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What Happened to Yahoo
Excellent Essay PG! I was at Lycos about the same time, and what was going on there was very similar to what you describe at Yahoo. Search was considered a commodity and out sourced to FAST. Lycos wanted to be considered a "Media Company" too.
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