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Google throws away 12 years of work by investors (Portfolios in Google Finance)

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Re: Google throws away 12 years of work by investors (Portfolios in Google Finance)

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It is mind boggling to me that both Google and Yahoo have thrown away their finance sites. It's utter garbage. And on the phone, Google Finance is even worse. They don't even use the same site or the same behavior, even though I'm pointing to the same URL. It's insane. Why would they completely disregard finance? Are they really not able to make a profitable site using ads?

Re: Google throws away 12 years of work by investors (Portfolios in Google Finance)

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Was anyone really using this feature? Even the author sounds like he wasn't actively using the feature. He entered some data 6 years ago, and went back today to find it was missing.... He didn't even notice until almost a year after it was removed.

Keeping every feature around, even the unused ones that look like failures, is a bad idea.

Re: Google throws away 12 years of work by investors (Portfolios in Google Finance)

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It is mind boggling to me that both Google and Yahoo have thrown away their finance sites. It's utter garbage. And on the phone, Google Finance is even worse. They don't even use the same site or the same behavior, even though I'm pointing to the same URL. It's insane. Why would they completely disregard finance? Are they really not able to make a profitable site using ads?

When did Yahoo have their own finance site?

(most of it is provided by a third party, or was when I worked for said provider)

Re: Google throws away 12 years of work by investors (Portfolios in Google Finance)

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post #3

That is the problem with depending on a third part service. Even if it was a company that you paid for the service, at some point they might not find it profitable and close down the service or company.

Finance is just a pile of third-parties trusting each other in exchange for money.

Re: Google throws away 12 years of work by investors (Portfolios in Google Finance)

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post #7

It is mind boggling to me that both Google and Yahoo have thrown away their finance sites. It's utter garbage. And on the phone, Google Finance is even worse. They don't even use the same site or the same behavior, even though I'm pointing to the same URL. It's insane. Why would they completely disregard finance? Are they really not able to make a profitable site using ads?

When did Yahoo have their own finance site? (most of it is provided by a third party, or was when I worked for said provider)

Yahoo finance has been around for a very long time!

Re: Google throws away 12 years of work by investors (Portfolios in Google Finance)

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It is mind boggling to me that both Google and Yahoo have thrown away their finance sites. It's utter garbage. And on the phone, Google Finance is even worse. They don't even use the same site or the same behavior, even though I'm pointing to the same URL. It's insane. Why would they completely disregard finance? Are they really not able to make a profitable site using ads?

When did Yahoo throw out their finance site? https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/
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