Comments on: Yahoo mum on Microsoft, but hints at Digg rival

At online ad event, execs Yang and Decker dodge questions about Microsoft takeover bid, but talk up forthcoming announcement about a new feature on Yahoo's home page.

[Lite Rocker]

How does this help the bottom line again?

Oh that's right, it DOESN'T.

I always laugh when anyone touts a "competitor" site (in development no less!)

How about launching something truly innovative, and setting the way for a revolution instead of following in one.

Yahoo, your days are behind you. You should be bought and grown into so much more.

[seamusfurr]

Really?

You think Microsoft will "launch something truly innovative"?

Also, do you understand Yahoo's key profitability drivers? Please try to do so before commenting.

[rcrusoe]

re:bought and grown into so much more"

Sorry, not going to happen. Not if Microsoft ends up purchasing
Yahoo!.

The only thing my friends and I could think of that MS has
produced that is truly their own is "Microsoft Bob". So it is highly
unlikely that they will do anything unique with Yahoo!.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,125772-page,3/article.html

[n3td3v]

I hope Yahoo Buzz does well

i hate kevin rose, his website, the users of the website and his prancing around on diggnation.

good luck Yahoo!

i hope you manage to suck the blood out of Digg.

[bertmg]

Yahoo needs to get their act together first

Like Google, Yahoo have, for longer than Google, most of the tools to continue being a success and trend setter. But unlike Google, the company lacks vision and their tools lack integration.

One powerful and second to none, Yahoo acquired Geocities, a potential MySpace, to dispose of it; It also acquired/created Yahoo questions, a potential Ask.com, to toss it; Now it got Flicker and it is offered as a "separate" non Yahoo service, same as delicious. Continuing the list, they continue reinventing the wheal: They come up with 360 and Mash to accomplish what they could not with Geocities. The difference is that Geocities already have a huge user database and they did not take advantage of it. Don't get me started with "Briefcase" and "Bookmarks". great services that are/did dissapearing with no replacement. delicious could replace bookmarks, but as mentioned is not branded with Yahoo.


The moment yahoo bought delicious, I saw it as a great way to compete not only with Digg.com, but also with competitor services that don't offer this one great functionality, like Google. AOL and Google have shown that integration along with alot of free services are the key to get users and extend their brand!. Yahoo's lack of Integration has been their Aquille's heal and it will be their demise. Until they don't get that working, the new advertised Digg rival service will be buried with the rest.

If they cannot be innovative like they were in the past, at least simulate the ones who are!... may as well sell themselves to Microsoft or any other company who understands the user market and branding better.