Comments on: Yahoo CEO Semel steps down, Yang takes over

The company names co-founder Jerry Yang to be CEO, as Terry Semel shifts to a role as nonexecutive chairman.

[t8]

Yahoo made the biggest mistake.

Yahoo's biggest mistake was not buying out Google when Google came to them and ask to invest in them.

Now Google is king and Yahoo is declining.

The other reason for Google's rise is that their stuff is extremely simple to use. Their stuff is also uncluttered. But Yahoo is a media company and media companies are about plastered advertisments.

To that end, Google understands what people like, don't like, and what they don't mind. Yahoo and MSN are simply places to put big flashy ads. Google isn't that stupid.

Let's face it, when people google, do they use Yahoo?

[Fil0403]

Google understand what people like?

I don't know what people you're talking about, but, when I want a desktop search utility, I want a desktop search utility, I don't want a desktop search utility with a sidebar filled of dozens of gadgets clustering my desktop and slowing down my PC.

[Rick W.]

Congratulations Jerry!

Congratulations Jerry! I'm sure you'll do wonders to help Yahoo move onward and upward. - Rick W.

[lone_horse_64]

YAHOO "yahell" GOES BELLY UP!

YAHOO "YAHELL" HAS MY FULL PERMISSION TO ...........
[TAKE~AN~AERIAL~INTERCOURSE~AT~A~ROLLING~PASTRY]!!!

THEY->
* CENSOR!
* INVADE OUR PRIVACY!
* MESS WITH OUR COMPUTERS!
* ARE A MONSTER OF THEIR OWN MAKING.
REST IN PIECES MR SEMEL.

[tketcher]

Yahoo Brought This On Themselves

I tried to work with Yahoo for Hosting and a number of other issues. If & when they did respond to a problem it was with a high degree of arrogance, misinformation and were a general nuisance. Basically they told you, you were an Idiot if you could not figure out how to work around their cludgy systems. Funny, I have been making a pretty good living at this business for around 25 years now. Never saw one single company doing such an effective job of Pi*( Poor Customer Service. I still use some of their free services but you cannot do business with them and expect any degree of professionalism.