Is Yahoo! Broken? The Web Debates…
Nov 20th, 2006 by Dan Blank
The past few days have seen quite a few prominent articles that question Yahoo!’s leadership position online. From the “peanut butter memo,” to the New York Times analysis of Yahoo!’s brand - the buzz on the web is that the company is at a crossroads.
Fred Wilson took a look at Yahoo!’s numbers to see if they were losing marketshare. He found they weren’t, with the conclusion:
“While the Internet may be far from mature, many of the leading businesses on the Internet are starting to be.”
Dave Winer adds to the Yahoo! conversation with three points:
- There is no way to make them lean and focused, that’s not how big companies work.
- Yahoo should continue to buy their innovation from outside, because that’s where innovation comes from.
- What Yahoo may need is someone who can speak for them, who can give an exciting speech, who can lead all the external forces, and internal ones too.
[…] I won’t go into deeper analysis of Yahoo’s real status. Dan Blank offers a nice starting point for those who wish to learn some more. My point is different. I think Brad pulled a cheap political trick that will only backfire. […]
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