Comments on: The Full Jerry Yang Interview at Web 2.0

By: Steve Poppe

Steve Poppe — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:40:09 +0000

Which website has the most traffic, might I ask?

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By: former yahoo

former yahoo — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:21:27 +0000

I think what many are missing is the way Google is playing this situation. It was in Google’s best interest to coax Yahoo into a deal and now that Yahoo was relying on it, pull it out from under them. Google wasn’t trying to help Yahoo, they were trying to spite MSFT. For Google it’s mission accomplished. I don’t seem to read very often the role Google has played to ensure that there is not well capitalized competition in search. Google is just as anti-competitive as MSFT has been accused of being in the past. Do no evil….right.

By: Tony Caporicci

Tony Caporicci — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:52:05 +0000

Jerry has done a remarkable job implementing Yahoo and had the passion to come back on board. He deserves a lot of credit for that. Yahoo is doing some really cool things lately and Microsoft, Google are technological gurus and still have to sharpen their pencils all the time in lieu of Yahoo. His deal with Microsoft is going to be long lived and he shows some regret in not just signing off on that deal but Yahoo has such a huge technology infrastructure that it still has opportunity to leverage their products to compete. The Yahoo Mobile Network is robust and I agree that developers should sign in to the Yahoo Developer Network and inspire something Web 3.0ish. Yahoo has a ton of data in the cloud…Apple…Yahoo is available!

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:53:58 +0000

Maybe Michael can be the next Yahoo CEO! I hope yahoo can stay independent and I think it can. I think it needs to connect with e-commerce more and this will help with the advertising. I think it needs to start offering sub-prime mortgages and then securitize them and sell them to fannie mae and freddie mac.

By: Wuensch-Media.de

Wuensch-Media.de — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:07:07 +0000

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Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang im Interview: Vom 05.-07.11.08 fand der Web 2.0 Summit 2008 in San Francisco statt. Organisatoren waren O’Reilly Media und TechWeb. Prominenter Gast war u.a. Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang, der sich einem Interview stellte. Darin ste…

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Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:43:50 +0000

[...] Like Jerry Yang yesterday, Zuckerberg has a lot to talk about regarding the state of Facebook, and its future. [...]

By: bigben

bigben — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:05:40 +0000

diasgree with Michael and would agree with the comments of Phil, Envy,Pravin, Brian and Ian. Jerry is a great leader. The way he answers the interviewer is truly inspiring. Jerry has been true throughout. Yahoo is innovating a lot . The opening of the Yahoo platform is a great step forward. Its the only way David can fight Goliath.
Now its not Jerry who is responsible for the downfall of Yahoo. Its media and consumers who are equally responsible as well. Lets join Jerry’s efforts to make a better yahoo. We developers should sign up for Yahoos Developer network and try to come up something exciting in the coming days.

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:47:22 +0000

People are being too hard on Yahoo. I since moved over to Google for Adsense and general search. I have taken notice of their improvements however and recently started to use Yahoo Search Marketing, which has proven good results just as Google has. If anything this whole Yahoo-Google-MSFT mess has reminded me that Yahoo exists and is a real company. I have started to use their site a lot more for the personal feel it gives that Google has notoriously never had.

By: Levi McCallum

Levi McCallum — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:26:00 +0000

It’s called passion. When you love your company, you don’t want to give it up.

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Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:00:27 +0000

[...] Like Jerry Yang yesterday, Zuckerberg has a lot to talk about regarding the state of Facebook, and its future. [...]

By: Envy

Envy — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:59:30 +0000

I like Jerry, I think people give him to much shit, Yahoo is not some shit company, and they are heading in the correct direction. I think 3 or 4 years from now Michael will be praising them

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By: Wynman

Wynman — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:36:10 +0000

the company is soooo broken. i’m not sure anybody ACTUALLY WORK there anymore. even the ad sales team doesn’t answer the phone. may be they’re always in reorg meetings.

By: InterviewLocator.com

InterviewLocator.com — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:06:53 +0000

i think he held up pretty well considering the timing. most ceo’s would not put themselves out there like this. i was impressed with his interview demeanor. appears when your a billionaire life is good regardless of the hurricane you face.

CeoLocator.com- leaders rule.

By: LyQuSay Facebook App

LyQuSay Facebook App — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:04:46 +0000

Dudes/Dudettes,

The Yahoo-Google deal had a very high probability in NOT going through anyways when the Feds going to rule with the anti-trust and monopoly regulations. I think there should be a change in management; but not sure what that will gain in reality in this economic down-turn.

By: Web2Logs - LiveBlogging Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg At Web 2.0

Web2Logs - LiveBlogging Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg At Web 2.0 — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:51:55 +0000

[...] Like Jerry Yang yesterday, Zuckerberg has a lot to talk about regarding the state of Facebook, and its future. [...]

By: LiveBlogging Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg At Web 2.0

LiveBlogging Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg At Web 2.0 — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:49:49 +0000

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By: brian

brian — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:50:13 +0000

Dude…totally agree.

Yahoo has a lot of smart people (lot of guys from Stanford, MIT etc.). They know where they are and what they want.

Please understand the economic is horribly screwed up. Unfortunately caught up in a economic crisis as well the recent Microsoft’s interest in take over etc…all added fuel to the fire.

And…dont forget they are the pioneers of the internet (long before Google) and is still the world’s highest ranked website !!!

http://www.livbit.com

By: Carl Morris

Carl Morris — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:45:31 +0000

I use Flickr, I use Delicious. I know those are old news but they remain great services. FireEagle’s cool too. I feel bad for the guy, but hey. He looks tired and he’s not hyping all the cool stuff they’re doing.

By: Pravin Halady

Pravin Halady — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:43:44 +0000

Ousting Jerry is easy. The tougher question is: What could a new CEO do that Jerry can’t (or won’t)?
1> He/she could bring a secret sauce that suddenly makes Yahoo Search business reverse it’s slowdown and make it grow exponentially
2> He/she could have an Obama-like power of persuasion to make Microsoft come back with a great deal (higher than $20 a share, lower than $33)
3> He/she could be a deal wizard who could figure out a dream merger with a media biggie!
Reality is in today’s economic environment, all of the above look unlikely and so a new CEO will do nothing to Yahoo’s strategy or share-price. Jerry is needed to hold whatever’s left of the company together….
Once the economy recovers, he should gracefully leave…he does not have the ability to create strategy and drive revenues for the large conglomerate that Yahoo is today, but now is not the time to bring in someone like Chainsaw Al….

By: matt

matt — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:37:44 +0000

If you look at the company aside from the takeovers and stock price, I think Jerry’s done a lot of great things. What would yahoo look like now if Terry Semel was still in charge? The Microsoft deal might have been block by regulators anyway.

By: SVDaily

SVDaily — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:25:54 +0000

Look at the entire stock market. Yahoo stock isn’t going anywhere soon.

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By: Trace

Trace — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:17:20 +0000

“Besides Yahoo, how are things going?” … great opening.