Yahoo!: We Were Never a Search Company

[zodiacfml]

they just admit defeat, yet i like their Autos page.

 

[agawtrip]

e-mail and messenger (yahoo messenger)

 

[anamaniac]

Email and instant messenger for me.
My first email account with with Yahoo. Still use it for my formal email.

 

[spuddyt]

yahoo.com: search O RLY?

 

[pocketdrummer]

How exactly is a "Web Portal" different from a "search engine"?

Google also does e-mail, chat, word processing, calendars, etc.... but they are first and foremost a search engine. I think Yahoo is pretty much the same thing, only without the minimalistic home page.

 

[eddieroolz]

Never needed Yahoo.

 

[San Pedro]

I use yahoo.jp for a couple things, to check weather, since it seems to be the most reliable results and to check for train schedules, which is pretty awesome when you don't have a car and you use trains a lot.

My wife checks the site sometime for celebrity news, but that's about it.

When I was younger (like 10-14 years ago) I used yahoo for chatting and messenger, and never really as a search engine, so I see what they're saying.

 

[Guest]

Yahoo has never been a search portal. It has always been an ad oriented company and nothing more. To those too retarded to see that, oh well. I used the email once and couldn't wait to get away from it. A lot of people love the yahoo toolbar. I'm not one of 'em.

 

[Guest]

I've always been sceptical of Yahoo and its products, especially as their websites are constantly exhorting you to install some plug-in or add-on or another.

That the CEO views the sports division as a role model for the rest of the corporation is worrying, seeing as how they have ruined the Eurosport website since their tie-up and rebranding. It's prior success was founded upon purveying niche sports coverage, and particularly detailed English language coverage of European and international soccer leagues. After Yahoo's rebranding the focus was changed to cover the mainstream, and the uniqueness of the product evaporated.

 

[back_by_demand]

I am one of the few people in the world who doesn't use Google as the default search engine

And before you say it, no I don't use Yahoo or Bing (who does?)

I got 2 words for ya - ALTA VISTA

 

[hoofhearted]

Only yahoo I do is when I google something and get a "yahoo answers" link. Not bad, except that they can "close" something even though someone else might have something more to add.

 

[GravityParade]

They used to have real live people screening their engine submissions and put a lot of effort into their search product. I don't see how they can deny that now. I think their CEO is kind of a retard.

 

[downer88]

Some haXor just used their skillz to block my old yahoo email. Nice, but its been empty for a while!

 

[eodeo]

What sort of company do you think Yahoo! is?

One I don't use...

Like that

 

[neiroatopelcc]

They have a wierd business strategy! Instead of promoting the only thing they're known for, they're denying they ever were part of that trade!
If yahoo isn't a search company, is it even a company? Or just a collection of people?