Yahoo to End Facebook, Google Sign-In on Its Web Properties
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#2> Still, I imagine the grand plan is to make Yahoo “cool enough” that people will actually want to use a Yahoo ID consistently. We’ll see how that one goes.
For what? as a consumer,what service Yahoo does offer that would make me want to get a yahoo id?
As a developper ,Yahoo has a few interesting services but that's it. Yahoo's shopping spree is over but it did not make it more relevant.
Re: Yahoo to End Facebook, Google Sign-In on Its Web Properties
#3> Still, I imagine the grand plan is to make Yahoo “cool enough” that people will actually want to use a Yahoo ID consistently. We’ll see how that one goes. For what? as a consumer,what service Yahoo does offer that would make me want to get a yahoo id? As a developper ,Yahoo has a few interesting services but that's it. Yahoo's shopping spree is over but it did not make it more relevant.
Yahoo has a good fantasy sports platform. They might be the leader there though espn may have passed them by now.
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#4I look forward to this being a trend that continues.
Re: Yahoo to End Facebook, Google Sign-In on Its Web Properties
#5My flickr account is created with Google login. I wonder whether they'll force me into singing up for Flickr cause it's the service with most storage for photos out there (albeit the lack of desktop sync).
Re: Yahoo to End Facebook, Google Sign-In on Its Web Properties
#6Good! The less that people see Google and Facebook accounts as "Global Internet Identity Accounts", the better.
Re: Yahoo to End Facebook, Google Sign-In on Its Web Properties
#7> Still, I imagine the grand plan is to make Yahoo “cool enough” that people will actually want to use a Yahoo ID consistently. We’ll see how that one goes. For what? as a consumer,what service Yahoo does offer that would make me want to get a yahoo id? As a developper ,Yahoo has a few interesting services but that's it. Yahoo's shopping spree is over but it did not make it more relevant.
Yahoo has a good fantasy sports platform. They might be the leader there though espn may have passed them by now.
Under Marissa Mayer's watch, Yahoo has been investing tremendous effort in refining the UX on their web/mobile properties like Yahoo Weather [1], Flickr [2], and Yahoo Sports [3].
Seems like they're giving people a reason to use their products, and then making a play to have an OAuth-level relationship with the users. Maybe they want visibility into how a user authorizes third-party apps (FB gets an awful lot of insight from FB connect!) or maybe they just want to solidify their user lock-in.
Either way, I can't imagine they justified the engineering work for massive redesign on seemingly not-profitable properties like Weather/Flickr without having a solid long-term plan for how to capitalize on that.
[1] http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/15/yahoo-weather-android-red... [2] http://blog.flickr.net/en/2013/05/20/a-better-brighter-flick... [3] http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/03/yahoo-sports-gets-ios-7-red...
Re: Yahoo to End Facebook, Google Sign-In on Its Web Properties
#8> Still, I imagine the grand plan is to make Yahoo “cool enough” that people will actually want to use a Yahoo ID consistently. We’ll see how that one goes. For what? as a consumer,what service Yahoo does offer that would make me want to get a yahoo id? As a developper ,Yahoo has a few interesting services but that's it. Yahoo's shopping spree is over but it did not make it more relevant.
Yahoo has a good fantasy sports platform. They might be the leader there though espn may have passed them by now.
This is the main reason why I have my Yahoo ID. I've been involved in many fantasy leagues on many platforms and Yahoo's has consistently been the best one year-in, year-out.
Re: Yahoo to End Facebook, Google Sign-In on Its Web Properties
#9Good! The less that people see Google and Facebook accounts as "Global Internet Identity Accounts" , the better.
I disagree. The more people use Social login and the less people use their one shared password on all sites which tends to be "password1", the better.
Re: Yahoo to End Facebook, Google Sign-In on Its Web Properties
#10> Still, I imagine the grand plan is to make Yahoo “cool enough” that people will actually want to use a Yahoo ID consistently. We’ll see how that one goes. For what? as a consumer,what service Yahoo does offer that would make me want to get a yahoo id? As a developper ,Yahoo has a few interesting services but that's it. Yahoo's shopping spree is over but it did not make it more relevant.
Yahoo has an excellent Financial Portfolio / Stock Tracking Site. I go there pretty much every day to track how things are doing.