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2017-01-10 Economy

Marissa Mayer to Leave Yahoo Board; Yahoo to Change Name to Altaba

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Posted by Fred 2017-01-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 They turned down a $50 billion offer from Microsoft, just 8 years ago.

Yahoo itself (without its outside investments) is worth about nothing IMO.

Posted by phil_b 2017-01-10 02:05|| 2017-01-10 02:05|| Front Page Top

#2 I got into Yahoo when I was consulting and needed an email address.

Now it would take a month to change email addresses and such.

Yahoo is a loathsome teeth grinding shill for the democrats splashing nonsense and fake news every where about supposed Trump awfulness.

I hope they crater, I hope all of these pseudo search engine leftist crackpot in bed with Hillary and Obumble types go into the tank.

I want them all to fail. I want some tech company with a conservative social view to start a search engine and offer email...

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2017-01-10 11:04|| 2017-01-10 11:04|| Front Page Top

#3 I needed an email address, and chose Yahoo--I so wish I hadn't. Its pages are BOGGED down with so many ads and flashy gizmos that even the stories I want to read (which aren't that many) take forever and a day to load. Its "news" pages are filled with BULLSHIT leftist political takes and "news" about fake celebrities that never did one damn thing constructive with their life (other than allegedly be a celebrity).

Its search engine is laughably bad. As much as conservatives hate being tied to anything like Google, Google seriously kicks yahoo's ass when it comes to search engine performance.

In short, if I were paid to design the single worst web company I could imagine, I think I would deposit the check and wait until the funds cleared, and then type up a one word submission: Yahoo.

Posted by Crusader 2017-01-10 11:12|| 2017-01-10 11:12|| Front Page Top

#4 bing is worse than yahoo imo

Posted by lord garth 2017-01-10 19:05|| 2017-01-10 19:05|| Front Page Top

#5 Bing is ONLY SLIGHTLY less Yelp/YP/etc. ad-dominated in searches

Posted by Frank G 2017-01-10 21:11|| 2017-01-10 21:11|| Front Page Top

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