Can Yahoo Make Them Pay?
from the semel-at-work dept
For a while after Terry Semel took over at Yahoo it seemed like everyone couldn't wait to write about how he failed. It seems the tide is turning. Six months or so after he started, they were practically
writing obituaries for him. One year after he started the
the reviews were mixed, but at least they weren't all trying to talk about what a failure he was. Now, suddenly, people are noticing that
Semel may have turned Yahoo around. There are still plenty of questions, and it's not clear that Semel's strategy will work, but he certainly seems to have a plan and is sticking to it. Personally, I think Yahoo has done a dreadful job lately in meeting the needs of their users. They seem to believe that making money is mutually exclusive from listening to what your users want. While they have tried to increase the value of their offerings in some cases, mostly they've focused on ways to be more annoying, in order to force you to pay.
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I'm still amazed at yahoo's free services
I'm not a yahoo zealat or anything, I'm perfectly willing to listen to examples of why anyone thinks they're being bad to users, but I've been very happy and keep wondering how they give me as much free stuff as they do.
steve snyder
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