Comments on: Yahoo Continues To Embrace This Openness Thing. Ebay Widget On Yahoo Home Page

By: matt

matt — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:06:08 +0000

I wonder how long it’s gonna take to roll the new homepage out.

By: popular wealth

popular wealth — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:34:36 +0000

I can’t believe nobody else is noticing but the kickback is upwards of 60% of eBays take. They are affiliate links.

By: Popular Wealth

Popular Wealth — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:32:19 +0000

There is a lot of genius here Jeffrey, they’re not promoting “openess”, they’re getting in on the ebay affiliate action. Those are affiliate links and think about it… every “you’ve been outbid” notice now potentially routes through Yahoo!

By promoting AOL and GMAIL access in their interface and merging that with ebay affiliate links they’ve just created a scenario in which Yahoo! will likely snipe mega bucks worth of affiliate earnings… that’s genius!

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:42:10 +0000

You’re confusing “openness” with “business development”. “Open” is when anybody can put a widget on Yahoo’s home page. Business development is when eBay pays Yahoo millions of bucks for real estate on its home page. There’s really very little genius going on here.

By: david

david — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:50:49 +0000

Hey Mike,

I’ve got a different take. At $9.07 Yahoo is looking for coins under the cushions. Yahoo is eBay’s newest super affiliate.

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By: Danny P

Danny P — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:59:38 +0000

I’ve never been a big fan of the Yahoo homepage (much like many others I’m sure). Its about time they finally embraced something of value for their clients rather than just value for them.

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Yahoo Adds eBay App To Home Page | Advertising Goose — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:56:31 +0000

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By: matt

matt — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:16:48 +0000

I wonder if they’ll have a google search app?

By: Roger Banning

Roger Banning — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:25:19 +0000

Hm, this is a great start. If Yahoo can move this to web scale, I think they have a chance at differentiating themselves against Google and moving the game beyond the search war. There is no bigger page on the web than http://www.yahoo.com, and application developers will be eager to participate in the Yahoo platform given the traffic.

While the press is focusing on the CEO and stock drama, I think there are some folks at Yahoo working hard to surprise us naysayers.

Good luck Yahoo. I may stop be stopping by soon for a visit.

By: Mike: Is there anything you want to say to me? Now is the time

Mike: Is there anything you want to say to me? Now is the time — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:20:00 +0000

This is just fun. Giggles. The Preseason. I really love this website.

No joke.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:38:09 +0000

_someone_ at Yahoo understands that advertisers care about eyeballs, and current eyeballs really want their online experience to be the way _they_ want it. If they can keep their users happy, they can keep getting paid for ads – simple as that.

At least it’s something different than the dumb YHOO stock price issues we keep hearing about.

By: deleo

deleo — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:48:32 +0000

Yahoo with its platform could present the web on a single web page. Think if Amazon, Netflix, Facebook etc. wanted to put a page on Yahoo the way that ebay has. Is this something people will want? Who knows, but it’s probably Yahoo’s best chance at becoming relevant again. It will be interesting to see if they have the clout to pull it off. Why would other these sites want people to stay on Yahoo and not come to them directly?

By: CVOS affiliate

CVOS affiliate — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:31:55 +0000

And yahoo is receiving how much of a kickback from ebay?

By: Dealyzer

Dealyzer — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:05:45 +0000

Kudos to Yahoo! Good job!

By: MikeT

MikeT — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:51:42 +0000

Smart move. Yahoo needs people to come back to it and offering such access to eBay may be attractive to many – eBay has a huge user base.
However, how much stuff can you cramp on your home page? Yahoo’s is quite cluttered already…

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:40:11 +0000

Lame. This been done before. I heard Myspace and hi5 has something called applications. AOL too.

Showing off Ebay isn’t stewpid. People don’t like ebay anymore. The sellers on ebay are expensive arrogant and thieves like the paypal people. They are out to scam the buyers.

By: niraj

niraj — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:27:02 +0000

Very Desparate. what can you lose when you have already lost.

By: anon

anon — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:25:39 +0000

I think they are just trying to lower their bandwidth bill. You have to cut corners wherever you can.

By: gagahput3ra

gagahput3ra — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:31:30 +0000

Damn i really want to get that new homepage…..some people are too lucky to have it…the old one sucks

By: JT

JT — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:31:16 +0000

4 letters: S-I-C-K

By: eknirb

eknirb — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:30:36 +0000

When can you move these around, or add/delete? I could care less about horoscopes. etc.

By: CMC Fan

CMC Fan — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:23:45 +0000

Very nice

By: Miguel

Miguel — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:17:48 +0000

This is awesome!

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:15:54 +0000

This is great!

-b