Comments on: Yahoo reorg centralizes power

Company says a reorganization into three main teams will improve products and speed decision-making. Jerry Yang and Sue Decker are still are in charge.

[rexworld]

I know it's an old metaphor but it feels appropos here -- they're just shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic. The ship is still sinking, and this management shuffle does nothing to stave off what seems inevitable.

I don't think Yahoo sinks totally into oblivion, but they're going to be relegate to being a second-tier player. The only real question now is whether Microsoft manages to make a dent now that they no longer need to fight both Yahoo and Google in the search advertising market.

Maybe now that Microsoft can focus on just the one search competitor they can put up a better fight than they've done so far. It happened in office suites -- once it got down to just Office vs. WordPerfect, Microsoft was able to really tighten the screws and blow out WordPerfect.

[The_Decider]

How is Yahoo sinking? Profits are higher than expected and they fought off the Borg. Now they just need to get rid of the greedy, idiotic Icahn.

[johnsin]

Lotus Notes, Lotus Notes! haha.. okay that wasn't called for. I completely agree. We see this over and over again in the industry. Companies stacked with far to many big egos, when it should be big brains. Let the old guard grow. Bring in some new blood. Some new ideas. If you can't win an industry and know you are always going to come in 3rd.. it might be better off throwing it all away.. and roll the dice.. invest in new talent and create a whole new industry that you become number 1 in. Otherwise.. all those cliche "Yahoo Signs" that look like old Motel signs.. are going to end up exactly what they look like. Old, retro signs of a company out of business..

[joebagger]

not really sure what this paragraph means:

Patel's work had been overseen by Jeff Weiner. Brad Garlinghouse, who's leaving this summer, had run the new work moving to Dietzen and Bhat.

[Shankland]

Thanks--we'll clarify. Basically, much of Weiner's old job is now Patel's new job.

[Redwoodman]

The attitude of Yahoo management is directly reflected by countless thousands of chat room users seeing no action taken for a decade on the chat room porn bot problem which Yahoo ignores. Yahoo is the largest porn pusher on the planet and allows chat to operate with nobody at the helm.

[fdunn3]

Get ready for another exodus. It may not be comprised of all high profile employees but of employees that know that the "writing is on the wall" either for future advancement or job security. Stability is what Yahoo needs right now, not the "turbulence" being introduced by these Org changes.
If Yang and the board really thought that Yahoo was doing so well that they drove away an attractive offer for the company then why all of the counter-productive changes? They are not improving their situation or that of their employees, rather it is the opposite effect.

[beaverbj]

I know yahoo's had problems with management but google's gotten a free ride in the media. I use both yahoo and google for search and, quite frankly, one is not better than the other. But from what you hear in the media, you'd think google search really is light-year's ahead, but I think the average user can't see the difference if there is one. And Yahoo has so much more than google offers--an integrated web platform, a veritable shopping mall of information, answer sites, sports scores, weather, chat rooms, shopping, news, pics, all in one place. This balances out any advantage that there might be with google search. In a word: you find what you're looking for on yahoo. When the media acts like google fanboys, it's time for readers to say the emperor has no clothes.

[The_Decider]

How is Yahoo sinking? Profits are higher than expected and they fought off the Borg. Now they just need to get rid of the greedy and idiotic Icahn.