Comments on: Is Yahoo Dead? I Don't Think So. Who Else With This Scale Can Be Neutral?

By: Yahoo-Lover

Yahoo-Lover — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 06:30:20 +0000

I agree completely with you Yahoo has a very large user base but the problem is their is hardly any innovation Yahoo has brought in recent years. I’ve worked with Cody, who has good communication skills but lacks any original ideas- he is a complete follower. He was spreading the effort to see if Yahoo can follow Facebook with FB Connect like strategy and other similar copy cat ideas. Yahoo needs new ideas not copy other’s because at the end of the day Y! is not good at execution – it takes even good communicator and follower like Cody six to twelve to convince Y! execs. Good luck Yahoo!

By: Randy Giusto

Randy Giusto — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:17:06 +0000

Almost every major corporation has had to reinvent itself after loosing it's way- IBM, HP, Apple, although most Web brands haven't been around long enough to see an evolutionary period, because the pace within the Web community as compared to the enterprise or consumer electronics worlds.

Yahoo! Has had it's share of problems for years, but it's not an AOL. And it's not a MySpace either. There won't be one winner. A thriving developer community depends upon several platforms to thrive, not just one. Google and Apple are polar opposites as far as openness, control, and financial models. But developers write for three screens- the Web, mobile, and soon TV (whether in closed environments like widgets or emerging open frameworks).

Blake and Cody come at a time when Yahoo! Needed to be turned around. I've had years of experience working in a growing decentralized organization that increasingly became "tangled in its own underwear." it led to catharsis. But Yahoo! Is already jettisoning old baggage and blowing up silos. That doesn't happen in a year though. It still has a long road to hoe but developers don't stay on one platform forever.

Oh, and you didn't mention Adobe and all the Flash developers out there. While Adobe may struggle with mobile they still have a deep legacy online, and like Yahoo! Have to reinvent themselves.

Neutral or not Yahoo! Still has a chance. To dismiss them shows a lack of developer community understanding. But Yahoo will need to improve its developer program initiatives, just like Nokia, as the Web and mobile collide.

By: Michael Martinez

Michael Martinez — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:41:41 +0000

Yahwho?

Wake me when they bring in a CEO with more vision than "where can we cut services next".

By: Hukuki Tercume

Hukuki Tercume — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:51:34 +0000

When people are used to being treated like a king in their jobs as you are, they can become cold and bored and take for granted all of the things a company does to help you thrive. Coming from a call center environment where I was treated like a meat puppet, I would like to share my perspective: Working at Yahoo! has been the most fulfilling work experience of my life. No one ever had a harsh word for me and everyone supported everyone daily. I always got the feeling that we were building something together rather than competing for money. To me, Yahoo! is like a big family where people come and go but always keep in touch and always care for each other. I’ve never seen so many honest smiles in one place. There’s no word for the feeling you get when you feel you can trust everyone you work with because it usually doesn’t happen.

By: Hannes

Hannes — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:26:57 +0000

the position of yahoo is pretty unique – as it was a former “superpower” but is not gone by now… if you compare it to google its much more polarized – imho

By: Cedric Dugas

Cedric Dugas — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:45:38 +0000

I think Yahoo deliver a lot of great tools for web developers, and with there forums in the dev network you can get help to get those tools integrated in your apps,

That's already a lot, that being said, I think yahoo will need to go even further in developing new product if it want to stay relevant.

Yahoo connected TV is a good example, when it first came out it was a revolution, there was nothing like it. But, it, very unfortunately, got too mucj problems. The product is sluggish on some TV's, the approval process is too long, the framework is somewhat limited and buggy and only run on linux.

Major problems, with android coming to TV, this platform will die instantly, which is a shame.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:10:34 +0000

It is kind of hard to keep with anyone who says Yahoo could be the winner here? The empirical science on Yahoo is pretty bad.

By: Aidan Beanland

Aidan Beanland — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 07:09:29 +0000

Don't forget that Yahoo!'s outlasted almost every competitor and is still one of the top online destinations.

Yeah it's easy to pick on specific areas that need improving or jump on whatever new bandwagon passes by, the fact is there's a lot of passion and excitement in the company that's felt by millions of worldwide users.

Keep an eye on http://developer.yahoo.com/ and don't forget new initiatives such as http://styleguide.yahoo.com/

By: David Lopez

David Lopez — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:25:05 +0000

I’m glad to hear Yahoo is working behind the scenes to enable itself to quickly roll out implementations to their platform without dealing with segregation. I for one would love to see them gain more market share and not fade away in the future.

By: Scott Rafer

Scott Rafer — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:08:40 +0000

YUI and YQL always get ignored in these discussions, but they are probably what’s used most/liked best by developers in the more orthodox sense. Knowing those user bases/traffic would be a key indicator.