Comments on: Yahoo! onePlace: Mobile Content Collection

By: UseMime

UseMime — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:20:51 +0000

There’s a service out there already which is similar - Bookmarks, RSS Feeds etc but No Downloads required…

http://www.usemime.com

By: Farhad

Farhad — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:39:58 +0000

While I am not impressed with Yahoo! in general, their recent moves on mobile are pretty darn smart. They are fighting Google Mobile on their own terms.

Rather than going head to head with Google Mobile Search, which they would loose out to invariably, Yahoo! is taking the battle to a place where they have much more experience than Google - being a portal and a provider of quality services. There a bit more of an explaination here:

http://www.accuracast.com/sear.....-oneplace/

I think this could change from being a battle to reign supreme on mobile search to being a battle to get maximum eyeballs on mobile.

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:23:59 +0000

I don’t think Americans understand yet why this service will be useful. I think it’s more targeted towards the European market where mobile phone networks are far superior and people use decent handsets. If I thought a Blackberry was the best there is out there then I probably wouldn’t see the benefit of this either.

By: Sid

Sid — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:00:03 +0000

@2 — Nobody listens here. This is TechCrunch. Welcome to the Web 2.0 circle jerk.

By: WMMike

WMMike — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:15:52 +0000

Does anyone else get the sense that Yahoo is streamlining their operations and making a strong push with a new medium in mobile?
But the question is, how long until the “mobile web” ceases to exist?
When devices improve, aren’t we all using the same Web - is a mobile version still necessary?

By: Rod

Rod — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:58:13 +0000

I like the idea, but already do a lot of that myself manually. Blackberry service has be so unreliable lately that I make sure all flight info is copied directly to the device so that I don’t have to rely on an Internet connection.

Will this service will provide that offline capability?

By: Folks

Folks — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:23:32 +0000

My Yahoo! on phone?

By: Niraj

Niraj — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:15:03 +0000

Some of the features like auto-updating sports scores and stock quotes will be interesting/useful. Between the additions of this and widgets in Yahoo! Go 3.0, it’ll be a useful all-in-one app for mobile devices.

By: seamus

seamus — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:13:46 +0000

I’m always astonished when people suggest that Yahoo is releasing products in response to the Microsoft bid… as if Yahoo (or anyone) could churn out a reliable product in four weeks.

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:03:19 +0000

” *yawn* ”

This is so true. I can’t think of a single use I would have for this. To me this is just a pretty form of uselessness

By: Search Engine Optimization Journal

Search Engine Optimization Journal — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:41:04 +0000

We have to agree with the post above stating how everyone is trying to RSS everything and overuse certain combining ideas. It is not that innovative although it does look good and may be useful for some. There seems to be too many RSS feed gadgets…an overflow of them.

By: Dan London CCO

Dan London CCO — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:32:03 +0000

I thought they said that Yahoo! one search was going to change the mobile web….It didn’t…is this going to get any traction? how can it be monetized? ads? where are they?

Google has said that mobile ads are a waste….

By: eytanl

eytanl — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:08:32 +0000

*yawn*

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By: Ravi Shanker

Ravi Shanker — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:53:29 +0000

Lots of services…not much Buzz!

By: Otis Gospodnetic

Otis Gospodnetic — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:47:18 +0000

Question:
“….you can view and arrange them on the fly” — on the fly? As opposed to? You mean “easily”? Or “by drag & drop”?

By: MadMax3000

MadMax3000 — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:45:16 +0000

It seems pretty interesting to see how Yahoo is doing.

The company is not doing too well; turned down $42B, layoff 1000’s of employess… and still manage to keep on bringing new services (onePlace, yahoo live video, others), while scrapping old one.

They need to get the company together, then they can add new stuff.

Maybe all these new features are to increase the valuation of the company so they can sell it for more than MS offered. Let’s see!

http://www.givemebeats.com/

By: YDRIVE

YDRIVE — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:44:57 +0000

Interesting..

By: Are You Listening?

Are You Listening? — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:43:12 +0000

It’s great to see Yahoo launching so much new stuff. Not.

Yahoo is just launching a bunch of crap to get blogs to write about them. More and more stuff for the 415 and 650 types. Great, no one else cares.

What happened to real innovation on the web? It seems like all the big players and small players are just trying to find ways to RSS this, or Twitter this, or combine this, or add this.

Real innovation does one of the following:
- Allows me to spend more time with my family and friends
- Reduces stress
- Makes me healthier
- Makes me smarter
- Makes me richer

Most of these products accomplish none of the above.

By: bs

bs — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:39:33 +0000

a lot of “mobile” stuff today