Anyone else feel like a rebranding of the company should be considered?
Marissa Mayer Wants Three More Years to Turn Around Yahoo
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#12Why is HN obsessed with Yahoo ? See for example : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11013507 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11121796
Nothing to do with yahoo. Mayer failing makes hn happy.
Wonder why?
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#13Her answers were very trump like "some things have gone well, some things haven't gone well, some things have grown faster than expected, some have gone slower"
"Have we made big bets? Yes we've made some big bets"
No real insight into changes that are coming up, just really empty answers.
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#14The management, the talent may have infinite problems and might have contributed to Yahoo's demise but I don't think solving any of them would give it a magical upswing. There is no way it can get turnaround without nailing down a product that everyone wants. Frankly, I don't see that happening in near future, considering that all the previous efforts including acquisition of Tumblr haven't really contributed much.
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#15Yahoo has already transitioned into being a niche advertising and media company. That's not necessarily a problem, but Yahoo still fancies itself as big tech player and that hasn't been the case for over a decade. It may make sense for Yahoo to try and become a better media and advertising company, but Marissa Mayer is surely not the best choice of CEO for that kind of company. I'm not even saying she's a bad CEO, just that she is not an appropriate choice for the kind of company that Yahoo has become. I don't see how 3 more years with her at the helm can result anything other than an extension of Yahoo's long skid into mediocrity.
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#16Why is HN obsessed with Yahoo ? See for example : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11013507 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11121796
Nothing to do with yahoo. Mayer failing makes hn happy. Wonder why?
Yahoo is one of the oldest Internet companies. It's the first portal / search engine that some of us used on a regular basis. So it has a place in our hearts.
It also pre-dates the era of gender hysteria and other assorted identity politics brought to tech by social justice warriors.
Happier times.
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#18Anyone else feel like a rebranding of the company should be considered?
I don't. A re-branding would feel empty and solve no underlying problems. Their brand also has significant value, despite their struggles.
What they need is a new product.
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#20Why is HN obsessed with Yahoo ? See for example : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11013507 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11121796
Nothing to do with yahoo. Mayer failing makes hn happy. Wonder why?
I was rooting for her. So much so I bought gobs of Yahoo stock when Marissa got the job. The stock didn't do too bad but when it was apparent she wasn't able to save the company I sold it for a profit. Still hoping she can turn Yahoo around. It's a really iconic company.