Comments on: so long, terry semel … now what, yahoo? http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/06/19/so-long-terry-semel/ Insight and opinion from the world of employment. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:24:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: ed http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/06/19/so-long-terry-semel/#comment-34490 ed Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:04:05 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/06/19/so-long-terry-semel/#comment-34490 Joel - Great post, totally agree. Regarding delicious and flickr --this is a huge point. Many, many people (living within the entire spectrum of geekdom) have integrated these websites into their daily life. You *never* see Yahoo integration, not even a quaint search box, on any of those sites. Pushing out their content and tools to a variety of web channels should do wonders for their traffic growth. And HotJobs? Same thing. Bigger challenge there; the face of the online job market is changing. Joel -
Great post, totally agree.

Regarding delicious and flickr –this is a huge point. Many, many people (living within the entire spectrum of geekdom) have integrated these websites into their daily life. You *never* see Yahoo integration, not even a quaint search box, on any of those sites. Pushing out their content and tools to a variety of web channels should do wonders for their traffic growth. And HotJobs? Same thing. Bigger challenge there; the face of the online job market is changing.

]]> By: Andrew Lampe http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/06/19/so-long-terry-semel/#comment-33883 Andrew Lampe Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:58:13 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/06/19/so-long-terry-semel/#comment-33883 I also like your point number 5 for Y!...because between your wiki, ucheez and your blog you could really use a bit of your own advice. And when did having 20 percent market share make you nonexistant? By your very definition Apple Computer should be nothing but a little multi billion dollar multi national operation that only services about 2% of the PC market...hardly anything for microsoft/dell/hp/etc... to worry about. I also like your point number 5 for Y!…because between your wiki, ucheez and your blog you could really use a bit of your own advice. And when did having 20 percent market share make you nonexistant? By your very definition Apple Computer should be nothing but a little multi billion dollar multi national operation that only services about 2% of the PC market…hardly anything for microsoft/dell/hp/etc… to worry about.

]]> By: joel http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/06/19/so-long-terry-semel/#comment-33875 joel Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:43:13 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/06/19/so-long-terry-semel/#comment-33875 Yeah, MySpace would pretty much cover the video and social networking issue. Yeah, MySpace would pretty much cover the video and social networking issue.

]]> By: Andrew Lampe http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/06/19/so-long-terry-semel/#comment-33869 Andrew Lampe Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:29:17 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/06/19/so-long-terry-semel/#comment-33869 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/19/is-myspace-worth-12-billion/ BLOG YOU FOOL!! BLOGGGGGGGG! http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/19/is-myspace-worth-12-billion/

BLOG YOU FOOL!! BLOGGGGGGGG!

]]> By: RealityCheck http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/06/19/so-long-terry-semel/#comment-33537 RealityCheck Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:08:53 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/06/19/so-long-terry-semel/#comment-33537 All excellent points, except: 1. Bebo is interesting - but only if you're interested in the UK market. It's too similar to MySpace to get major traction in the US, even with Y! synergies. 2. Revver has been dead for a long, long time. 2 of the 3 founders even left last Fall. Why are you hot on Revver? 3. Flickr and Delicious are destined to remain geeky. These sites won't gain that much more traction. I do think they are both great properties however. All excellent points, except:

1. Bebo is interesting - but only if you’re interested in the UK market. It’s too similar to MySpace to get major traction in the US, even with Y! synergies.

2. Revver has been dead for a long, long time. 2 of the 3 founders even left last Fall. Why are you hot on Revver?

3. Flickr and Delicious are destined to remain geeky. These sites won’t gain that much more traction. I do think they are both great properties however.

]]> By: Michael http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/06/19/so-long-terry-semel/#comment-33530 Michael Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:36:59 +0000 http://www.cheezhead.com/2007/06/19/so-long-terry-semel/#comment-33530 It makes business sense to integrate everything, of course, but Yahoo is complicated enough as it is. Yahoo and the Internet has changed a lot since Jerry Yang began the company. But as a <a href="http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/422832/US?c_id=wom-bc-mdm" rel="nofollow">Standard & Poor's</a> analyst reminds us, Jerry Yang is not exactly new blood. I wonder if he will be able to look at his company with fresh eyes, enough to really see what's happening on the screen. -- Michael from the U.S. Desk at TheNewsRoom.com It makes business sense to integrate everything, of course, but Yahoo is complicated enough as it is. Yahoo and the Internet has changed a lot since Jerry Yang began the company. But as a Standard & Poor’s analyst reminds us, Jerry Yang is not exactly new blood. I wonder if he will be able to look at his company with fresh eyes, enough to really see what’s happening on the screen.

– Michael from the U.S. Desk at TheNewsRoom.com

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