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Microsoft-Yahoo Deal: Why you stand to lose
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macFanDave 
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Posted 30 July 2009 - 04:58 AM
Since Google came along, I have never used Yahoo! search again. It doesn't make a damn bit of difference if Yahoo! search is "powered" by Bing or a hamster on a wheel.
What I hope this does is to make Google "stick to the knitting" and at least maintain their search technology. Their PageRank system has been totally gamed and the quality of the results has been falling fast. Anything remotely technical gets you a flood of results of crazy inventions from patentstorm.com and freepatentsonline.com. Companies like those have figured out Google's mojo and are inserting themselves where they are not welcome.
But, no, Google has decided on a course for world domination. Like a drug pusher, they are going to "give" you a free OS, free Office apps, free mail, free, free, free, free, free. How can this be? Once they have all of your documents, mail, photos, etc., they are going to be reading and evaluating them (mechanically, of course, if that makes you feel any better) and get a clear picture of what companies can best help you lighten your wallet. Maybe some people like this deal, maybe some actually like getting targeted ads that are close to their interests (rather than getting shotgun-blasted with irrelevant stuff).
This is not a good deal for me. I'll pay my $29 to get Snow Leopard and keep all my data on the hard drive that sits right in front of my face. I'll go look for the products I want when I want them.
In the meantime, I hope Google is more than a one-trick pony. When they started, their searches seemed to have psychic powers and give you the results you could only dream of. What they failed to realize that they would have to dynamically evolve the system to keep one step ahead of those who would pervert the searches.
Maybe this appearance of what appears on paper to be a formidable challenger will kick Google into action that is not evil.
What I hope this does is to make Google "stick to the knitting" and at least maintain their search technology. Their PageRank system has been totally gamed and the quality of the results has been falling fast. Anything remotely technical gets you a flood of results of crazy inventions from patentstorm.com and freepatentsonline.com. Companies like those have figured out Google's mojo and are inserting themselves where they are not welcome.
But, no, Google has decided on a course for world domination. Like a drug pusher, they are going to "give" you a free OS, free Office apps, free mail, free, free, free, free, free. How can this be? Once they have all of your documents, mail, photos, etc., they are going to be reading and evaluating them (mechanically, of course, if that makes you feel any better) and get a clear picture of what companies can best help you lighten your wallet. Maybe some people like this deal, maybe some actually like getting targeted ads that are close to their interests (rather than getting shotgun-blasted with irrelevant stuff).
This is not a good deal for me. I'll pay my $29 to get Snow Leopard and keep all my data on the hard drive that sits right in front of my face. I'll go look for the products I want when I want them.
In the meantime, I hope Google is more than a one-trick pony. When they started, their searches seemed to have psychic powers and give you the results you could only dream of. What they failed to realize that they would have to dynamically evolve the system to keep one step ahead of those who would pervert the searches.
Maybe this appearance of what appears on paper to be a formidable challenger will kick Google into action that is not evil.
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Posted 30 July 2009 - 09:08 PM
I haven't been to Yahoo in years, and I suspect I could say the same for most of my friends and co-workers.
After hearing about this "deal", I headed over to Yahoo and got a big banner telling me to go look at their "new" site. So I did.
Want to know why Yahoo has failed? Besides the fact that they basically launched Google by outsourcing search to the fledgling start-up that went solo and owned Yahoo's face, take a good look at their "new" page...
It looks like it was made in late 1999, early 2000. It looks like Yahoo has never really caught up in the world and still thinks there's some dot-com boom to speak of. Google's page is a lesson in simplicity. Yahoo's page is "let's party like it's Y2K!".
The Microsoft-Yahoo deal isn't going to change the mindset at Yahoo, nor is it really going to drive people there. At best, they'll pool their market share which would put them somewhere in the neighborhood of 17%.
For most people, the only interaction they have with "Yahoo" is "Yahoo Messenger".
After hearing about this "deal", I headed over to Yahoo and got a big banner telling me to go look at their "new" site. So I did.
Want to know why Yahoo has failed? Besides the fact that they basically launched Google by outsourcing search to the fledgling start-up that went solo and owned Yahoo's face, take a good look at their "new" page...
It looks like it was made in late 1999, early 2000. It looks like Yahoo has never really caught up in the world and still thinks there's some dot-com boom to speak of. Google's page is a lesson in simplicity. Yahoo's page is "let's party like it's Y2K!".
The Microsoft-Yahoo deal isn't going to change the mindset at Yahoo, nor is it really going to drive people there. At best, they'll pool their market share which would put them somewhere in the neighborhood of 17%.
For most people, the only interaction they have with "Yahoo" is "Yahoo Messenger".
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