Yahoo Revenue Misses Estimates as CEO’s Turnaround Sputters Business

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The Yahoo home page is a spammy disaster. Why would any user or investor think it was going anywhere?

Just look at the google home page to get a sense of how to build trust with users. It's not trying to trick you into clicking a sponsored link, not wasting your CPU on huge banner ads.

I would have to be paid $1K per year to switch to a yahoo email account, and I'm not even sure I'd be happy with the offer.

looks like you are not bleeding purple!

Cringe. Funny story--The last and only time I heard that expression was in reference to the guy who had architected their search platform. Of course, several months later he quit and took a job at Microsoft.

I'll pay you 1000 dollars to use one for the year if you document it, sell me the rights, and split the proceeds 50/50. I have some choice emails too.

I'll seriously take you up on that offer, if you truly meant it.

If you're serious, I'd actually do it.

Agreed. I complained about mile-long pages over a decade ago. The current yahooo incarnation is a bit shorter, but denser than ever. I understand that the look is desired in Asian markets, but not over here.

TL;DR: Someone needs to teach Yahoo about the value of white space.

Did you actually read the earnings report? The issue is not the homepage and their mobile business has increased significantly but overall business is lacklustre.

Mayer and company are talking about the earning right now: http://finance.yahoo.com/topics/yahoo-q1-2015-earnings/

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