I'm really hoping Yahoo the best. Although they have no products, that I'm aware of at least, that I'm using, I have used Tumblr briefly. Like some others here, when I heard Mayer was appointed as CEO from Google.
I thought that was awesome for the company, and even though some of the devs didn't like the HR changes, it does show her commitment to change that is badly needed.
What I will give Yahoo the biggest credit they deserve is that THEY ARE making headlines and becoming a common topic of discussion. I just really hope that Yahoo does cultivate Tumblr (even though I think the acquisition is over priced to make headlines) and carve a strong niche as a bloggers goto solution, and that the users don't start a mass exodus.
>>What I will give Yahoo the biggest credit they deserve is that THEY ARE making headlines and becoming a common topic of discussion.
Making headlines does not have to cost over a billion dollars. Hiring PR agencies is much cheaper.
My opinion however is along the same lines: at least Yahoo! Is looking like they have some sort of plan and are working (i.e. spending) towards them. This is probably better than the alternative, which is doing nothing.
A lot of people still use a yahoo email. I suppose when they first got their email, it was supposedly better than hotmail (gmail hasn't even come out yet), and they haven't bothered to change since because, really, it's good enough. Yahoo messenger too, I guess. And probably a lot of people have yahoo as their homepage (for some reason...wonder why!) and never bothered to switch it to something else more sensible. That might explain how yahoo.com is still top 5 on Alexa[1].
You actually bring up a great point about the Yahoo's homepage.
I think I remember a while ago that Yahoo's homepage was automatically set when I bought a new laptop....you know the bundleware crap that laptop makers have set when you buy a pc laptop.
I actually really agree with you, I just didn't want to say it so strongly lol!
Am I the only one that believes that in Tech, it's out with the old and in with the new? Or do you believe if it "ain't," broke, don't fix it?
Yahoo as a company could be trying to rebrand it's self though (at least I really hope so)....but then again didn't Research In Motion just rebrand their company as Blackberry (finally)...maybe hope is lost already for Yahoo?????
I thought that was awesome for the company, and even though some of the devs didn't like the HR changes, it does show her commitment to change that is badly needed.
What I will give Yahoo the biggest credit they deserve is that THEY ARE making headlines and becoming a common topic of discussion. I just really hope that Yahoo does cultivate Tumblr (even though I think the acquisition is over priced to make headlines) and carve a strong niche as a bloggers goto solution, and that the users don't start a mass exodus.