Comments on: The last portal http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/16/the-last-portal/ by Jeff Jarvis Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:14:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » The real bottom-up http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/16/the-last-portal/#comment-55598 BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » The real bottom-up Fri, 26 May 2006 12:20:46 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/05/16/the-last-portal/#comment-55598 [...] Kenji Mori says it well: It might not be Yahoo alone, but most of us have long been accustomed to organizing information in a hierarchical manner, breaking the whole into pieces or parts by directory, so that we are comfortable calling the starting page “the top page.” It is time to think in the opposite. Why not call it “the bottom page,” from which we initiate queries and update our boundaries as we move up along the way. [...] [...] Kenji Mori says it well: It might not be Yahoo alone, but most of us have long been accustomed to organizing information in a hierarchical manner, breaking the whole into pieces or parts by directory, so that we are comfortable calling the starting page “the top page.” It is time to think in the opposite. Why not call it “the bottom page,” from which we initiate queries and update our boundaries as we move up along the way. [...]

]]> By: kenjimori.com » The bottom page http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/16/the-last-portal/#comment-52772 kenjimori.com » The bottom page Tue, 23 May 2006 09:31:56 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/05/16/the-last-portal/#comment-52772 [...] It might not be Yahoo alone, but most of us have long been accustomed to organizing information in a hierarchical manner, breaking the whole into pieces by directory, so that we are comfortable calling the starting page “the top page.” It is time to think in the opposite. Why not call it “the bottom page,” from which we initiate queries and update our boundaries as we move up along the way. [...] [...] It might not be Yahoo alone, but most of us have long been accustomed to organizing information in a hierarchical manner, breaking the whole into pieces by directory, so that we are comfortable calling the starting page “the top page.” It is time to think in the opposite. Why not call it “the bottom page,” from which we initiate queries and update our boundaries as we move up along the way. [...]

]]> By: Jimmy http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/16/the-last-portal/#comment-49037 Jimmy Thu, 18 May 2006 02:13:03 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/05/16/the-last-portal/#comment-49037 Call me Mr. Old Media, but just what does Google's home page offer me? A jumping off point to millions of other places to go? Well, fine, if that's what you want. I, for one, like the fact that I can go to ONE place and find what I need. If I want to go to those millions of other places, then all I have to do its type something into that handy little search box at the top. Yahoo may indeed be the last portal, but is that a bad thing? Yahoo has survived long past many of its rivals and will most likely outlast what's left -- including everbody's favorite "destination": Google. Of course, that doesn't mean Yahoo, or Google for that matter, can afford to be stagnant or unwilling to change, but I wouldn't count out "the last portal" yet -- even if they cancel your email because you stop using them. Call me Mr. Old Media, but just what does Google’s home page offer me? A jumping off point to millions of other places to go? Well, fine, if that’s what you want. I, for one, like the fact that I can go to ONE place and find what I need. If I want to go to those millions of other places, then all I have to do its type something into that handy little search box at the top. Yahoo may indeed be the last portal, but is that a bad thing? Yahoo has survived long past many of its rivals and will most likely outlast what’s left — including everbody’s favorite “destination”: Google. Of course, that doesn’t mean Yahoo, or Google for that matter, can afford to be stagnant or unwilling to change, but I wouldn’t count out “the last portal” yet — even if they cancel your email because you stop using them.

]]> By: John http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/16/the-last-portal/#comment-48962 John Wed, 17 May 2006 17:42:42 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/05/16/the-last-portal/#comment-48962 Gee, don't play "Taps" for Yahoo just yet. Its profits were up 126% in 2005 over 2004, it has the largest News site (in terms of unique visitors) on the Internet, its collection of Entertainment sites (Movies, TV, Games, ET Online and Music) makes it by far the leader in that field, it has the largest Financial news site on the Internet, and it has by far and away the largest email service on the Internet. It may possibly become "the last portal," as Jeff describes, but it may be that it's the last one because it's so much better than everyone else. Gee, don’t play “Taps” for Yahoo just yet. Its profits were up 126% in 2005 over 2004, it has the largest News site (in terms of unique visitors) on the Internet, its collection of Entertainment sites (Movies, TV, Games, ET Online and Music) makes it by far the leader in that field, it has the largest Financial news site on the Internet, and it has by far and away the largest email service on the Internet.

It may possibly become “the last portal,” as Jeff describes, but it may be that it’s the last one because it’s so much better than everyone else.

]]> By: Dick http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/16/the-last-portal/#comment-48887 Dick Wed, 17 May 2006 07:37:28 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/05/16/the-last-portal/#comment-48887 Its high time for Yahoo to develop something new to make their users stick to them and even add to the existing list. Some sort of redesigning of their web page to catch the users attention, more and more pictures with the text. They really need to do something or either imagine their future, which is i suppose...............Dark. Its high time for Yahoo to develop something new to make their users stick to them and even add to the existing list. Some sort of redesigning of their web page to catch the users attention, more and more pictures with the text. They really need to do something or either imagine their future, which is i suppose……………Dark.

]]> By: Emil Sotirov http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/16/the-last-portal/#comment-48866 Emil Sotirov Wed, 17 May 2006 04:57:22 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/05/16/the-last-portal/#comment-48866 Yahoo is in the hands of traditional media people and designers. These people like things "pretty" and "controlled" - not a good thing for a web company. They'll be losing users... pretty soon. Yahoo is in the hands of traditional media people and designers. These people like things “pretty” and “controlled” - not a good thing for a web company. They’ll be losing users… pretty soon.

]]> By: susan http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/16/the-last-portal/#comment-48797 susan Tue, 16 May 2006 21:01:12 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/05/16/the-last-portal/#comment-48797 why wouldn't yahoo reward their heavy users (people who use my.yahoo.com as their home pages) by rolling out a new my yahoo page and instead give less loyal customers a new product? why wouldn’t yahoo reward their heavy users (people who use my.yahoo.com as their home pages) by rolling out a new my yahoo page and instead give less loyal customers a new product?

]]> By: clinton http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/16/the-last-portal/#comment-48793 clinton Tue, 16 May 2006 20:52:42 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/05/16/the-last-portal/#comment-48793 Jarvis I'm bored. Do something interesting. Jarvis I’m bored. Do something interesting.

]]> By: Bruce Barber http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/16/the-last-portal/#comment-48788 Bruce Barber Tue, 16 May 2006 20:19:16 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/05/16/the-last-portal/#comment-48788 Viva simplicity! Viva simplicity!

]]> By: David http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/16/the-last-portal/#comment-48760 David Tue, 16 May 2006 17:00:02 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/05/16/the-last-portal/#comment-48760 But Jeff, Google is adding to its content and isn't it only a matter of time before their clean interface goes the way of a Nascar automobile? But Jeff,

Google is adding to its content and isn’t it only a matter of time before their clean interface goes the way of a Nascar automobile?

]]> By: David http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/16/the-last-portal/#comment-48759 David Tue, 16 May 2006 16:59:06 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/05/16/the-last-portal/#comment-48759 But Jeff, Google is adding to it's content and isn't it only a matter of time before their clean interface goes the way of a Nascar automobile? But Jeff,

Google is adding to it’s content and isn’t it only a matter of time before their clean interface goes the way of a Nascar automobile?

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