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Yahoo Has Hit Rock Bottom And Is In “Absolute Disarray”

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36 pointsdavidedicillo11 comments

I have grown to really dislike how techcrunch passes off information-less blog posts as news.

I'm horribly tempted to just start flagging every Techcrunch story I see.

I wouldn't support an outright policy of flagging Techcrunch as a website, but I do think its a good idea for us to be more diligent about flagging any doomsaying blog/news posts that are not substantiative.

As I said, I'm tempted.

I have started outright flagging anything with "dying" or "dead" in the title that isn't about medicine.

http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:YHOO&fstype=ii

Yahoo makes $6,000,000,000 (6 B) in revenue every year.

Yes, they have some problems. But "Absolute Disarray"? Come on. Their problem is just finding out how to leverage that cash into more cash. That's not a bad problem to have.

Profit is between 20-25% , which is not bad (looking at all the problems and issues) ... they shud just concentrate on core competencies, get rid of clumsy products and focus on asian countries (which is 50% of world population and thats where the future growth is) and if you want more then try to deliver prod/services best suited to Africans and you'll cover 75% of world population. Remember serving bottom of the pyramid???

EDIT: Btw where is Carl Icahn???? he spent several months to denigrate Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang to bring in new CEO!!! Not that whether Jerry was good or bad but the whole drama seems to be waste of time , money and energy...

I have no inside knowledge, but I have generally found that things are usually not as good as people say they are, nor as bad as people say they are. Nevertheless, Yahoo clearly has some issues to resolve.

Perhaps they are wishing they had taken the Microsoft buyout offer?

Whether or not it's true, it is certainly believable. And that means Yahoo has already lost the battle.

They've been in freefall for years. Only their huge warchest of old collected revenue has delayed their landing.

Techcrunch in disarray. Founder moves to Seattle and loosens already inadequate editorial control. Spreads wild speculations and rumors without research or validation, lashes out when proven wrong.

That's not to mention the whole Calcanis affair.

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