Yahoo is starting a classifieds listings business. Now that makes sense.
As local search, online classifieds, and Web business directories continue what seems to be an inevitable merger, Yahoo has planted a stake firmly at the crossroads. The firm announced today a new classifieds and listings division and the appointment of newspaper industry veteran, Hilary Schneider, to steer the U.S. unit.
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Yahoo is starting a classifieds listings business. Now that makes sense. As local search, online classifieds, and Web business directories continue what seems to be an inevitable merger, Yahoo has planted a stake firmly at the crossroads. The firm announced today a new classifieds and listings division and the…
“Yahoo is starting a classifieds listings business.” … not quite starting, they had a classifieds site running for some years now. http://classifieds.yahoo.com/
I think the hire is just so they can make more money from it. And integrate it with other Yahoo! services.
Yes, Chris, I shoulda said that differently. They are focusing on the business ….
It seems like a good idea, but it brings to mind the age-old question of which came frist: the head or the tail?
Targetting keyword based on pre-existing content is not nearlly as valuable as targetting content to words actual searchers use.
Chicken/Heads win! Tails lose.