Yahoo's Earnings Weakness Starting To Get Old

from the yahoo? dept

It’s no secret that Yahoo’s performance has been pretty shabby of late, as it cost CEO Terry Semel his job. The company has tried to argue that its new Panama advertising platform would turn its performance around, but so there seems to be nothing doing. This evening, the company released its earnings, which look to be more of the same. Profits aren’t growing and there’s no sign that they’ll grow anytime soon. To be fair to Jerry Yang, he does deserve some time to right the ship, but as one analyst put it, “This is growing old.”

Filed Under:
Companies: yahoo

Rate this comment as insightful
Rate this comment as funny
You have rated this comment as insightful
You have rated this comment as funny
Flag this comment as abusive/trolling/spam
You have flagged this comment
The first word has already been claimed
The last word has already been claimed
Insightful Lightbulb icon Funny Laughing icon Abusive/trolling/spam Flag icon Insightful badge Lightbulb icon Funny badge Laughing icon Comments icon

Comments on “Yahoo's Earnings Weakness Starting To Get Old”

Subscribe: RSS Leave a comment
15 Comments
Jake says:

Re: Just a reminder to Yahoo.

Google has nothing to do with pop-up ads. Its advertising model actually helps curb pop-up ads, and it clearly distinguishes advertised links fron search results via color coding (lt. blue) and location (right side of page). Have you ever used google? Did you EVER get a pop-up ad? Do a bit of reading if you have no experience and don’t know what you are talking about.

Paul` says:

Google

Google is king. One day Google will head a planet wide government and will eliminate poverty and hunger and we shall live in peace for ever after.

Seriously though look at the Google landing page compared to MSN and Yahoo’s. Who wants lower quality searches mixed with a page crammed full of ad’s, useless news and just generally cluttered with junk when they can go to a nice clean and simple looking Google? Even when Google shoves ad’s down your throat they are usually relevant and still don’t clutter up the page.

Overcast says:

Remember when you decided to use Google as your search engine?

Then remember how you started using pop-up ads?

That is when I left you for Google. Because the difference was less of you shoving ads at me for crap I had no desire to buy.

I second that 100%.

Yahoo was nice when it loaded fast and was simple. Now it’s a bunch of ads and articles about hollywood garbage.

Right now – I just went to Yahoo.com. American Express Ad – among many others, Links to Celebrity Videos…. blah~

Add Your Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Have a Techdirt Account? Sign in now. Want one? Register here

Comment Options:

Make this the or (get credits or sign in to see balance) what's this?

What's this?

Techdirt community members with Techdirt Credits can spotlight a comment as either the "First Word" or "Last Word" on a particular comment thread. Credits can be purchased at the Techdirt Insider Shop »

Follow Techdirt

Techdirt Daily Newsletter

Techdirt Deals
Techdirt Insider Discord
The latest chatter on the Techdirt Insider Discord channel...
Loading...