Comments on: Yahoof! http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/09/19/yahoof/ by Jeff Jarvis Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:42:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Kris G http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/09/19/yahoof/#comment-175036 Kris G Fri, 27 Oct 2006 06:22:06 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/09/19/yahoof/#comment-175036 Yahoo, it has to learn many lessons from "Big G". But as a small business and <a href="http://www.softbean.com" rel="nofollow">custom web site development</a> company owner my favorite is still yahoo. Becs it is giving big support to small business owners. Yahoo, it has to learn many lessons from “Big G”. But as a small business and custom web site development company owner my favorite is still yahoo. Becs it is giving big support to small business owners.

]]> By: mike http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/09/19/yahoof/#comment-142161 mike Sat, 23 Sep 2006 21:46:09 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/09/19/yahoof/#comment-142161 I think Yahoo has realized it's riding the last part of the wave it was riding and is broadening their scope, like snapping up webjay as an example. Many of these companies get so large that they are afraid to make a change, and change is what the internet is about, anyone remember Altavista? So far, google has been the one to beat, and they are still looking forward by encouraging API's and their recent launch of google code, they have kept with the fact that as much as you try to contain the internet, it just wants to be free. Google may need to watch out for sites like Technorati and Digg, because they are part of the new generation of finding things on the net. I think Yahoo has realized it’s riding the last part of the wave it was riding and is broadening their scope, like snapping up webjay as an example. Many of these companies get so large that they are afraid to make a change, and change is what the internet is about, anyone remember Altavista? So far, google has been the one to beat, and they are still looking forward by encouraging API’s and their recent launch of google code, they have kept with the fact that as much as you try to contain the internet, it just wants to be free. Google may need to watch out for sites like Technorati and Digg, because they are part of the new generation of finding things on the net.

]]> By: BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Not so Current http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/09/19/yahoof/#comment-138923 BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Not so Current Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:53:06 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/09/19/yahoof/#comment-138923 [...] What they did do is create a small and uncompelling collection of videos — a few made by them, a few made by others — about things like driving and flying. Why? Because there are ad dollars there (well, in the case of automotive, there aren’t as many ad dollars from automotive as they may have thought). Making money is fine. But when I saw a button called “action” on Yahoo’s Current, I thought it might be about taking action in the country and the goverment. No, it’s about going fast. Odd, considering how going fast on the ground or above does have an impact on global warming. [...] [...] What they did do is create a small and uncompelling collection of videos — a few made by them, a few made by others — about things like driving and flying. Why? Because there are ad dollars there (well, in the case of automotive, there aren’t as many ad dollars from automotive as they may have thought). Making money is fine. But when I saw a button called “action” on Yahoo’s Current, I thought it might be about taking action in the country and the goverment. No, it’s about going fast. Odd, considering how going fast on the ground or above does have an impact on global warming. [...]

]]> By: Robert Feinman http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/09/19/yahoof/#comment-137204 Robert Feinman Tue, 19 Sep 2006 21:13:59 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/09/19/yahoof/#comment-137204 Here's an exercise you can try at home. Make a paper investment in Google and Yahoo stocks as of today's close. "Invest" equal amounts of money into each. See where they are in, say, a year from now. Just for the record Google P/E is 59. Yahoo P/E is 30. Normal range these days is 15-20 for "dynamic" companies. One of the laws of investing is that companies tend to drift towards the mean. That means if they have recently had a large run up the chances are they will decline in price and vice versa. To make the comparison even better pick a mainline company of your choice and track that as well. I suggest something like GE. Here’s an exercise you can try at home.
Make a paper investment in Google and Yahoo stocks as of today’s close. “Invest” equal amounts of money into each.

See where they are in, say, a year from now. Just for the record Google P/E is 59. Yahoo P/E is 30. Normal range these days is 15-20 for “dynamic” companies.

One of the laws of investing is that companies tend to drift towards the mean. That means if they have recently had a large run up the chances are they will decline in price and vice versa.

To make the comparison even better pick a mainline company of your choice and track that as well. I suggest something like GE.

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