Yahoo shuts down another project -- The death of Yahoo Buzz

[$5 submissions]

From the HYPE to the REALITY: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/buz...update-01.html

Buzz showed early promise but fizzled out after its general rollout.

With the closure or fire sale of many Yahoo properties recently (think: mybloglog, delicious, geocities, etc etc), do you guys see the writing on the wall for this darling of Web 1.0/Dot Com Boom 1.0?

[mynameisjim]

You could say the same thing about so many Google properties as well. Remember when Google was going to take over print and radio advertising? How about Google Wave, Google Buzz, various shopping pages, Google video, the Google phone, etc.

Google just gets a free pass because of Adwords. But 99% of what they launch fails.

Most internet companies are one hit wonders.

[$5 submissions]

Originally Posted by mynameisjim

You could say the same thing about so many Google properties as well. Remember when Google was going to take over print and radio advertising? How about Google Wave, Google Buzz, various shopping pages, Google video, the Google phone, etc.

Google just gets a free pass because of Adwords. But 99% of what they launch fails.

Most internet companies are one hit wonders.

You have a point, Jim. Yahoo is just more public about their expansions. Unlike Buzz, many of their failed expansions involved buying a small upcoming company. I wonder how the accounting for these stack up to Google's inhouse ventures and whether the skyrocketing costs of Google's per employee costs will figure in their future development plans.

[babymaker]

So what is yahoo now anyway a joomla cms front end of recyled news?? LOL, why do they have like 50k employies, at this point one gfy webmaster could run this shite out of his moms basement while playing WOW at the same time And then at least maybe they would be profitble :D

[$5 submissions]

Originally Posted by babymaker

So what is yahoo now anyway a joomla cms front end of recyled news?? LOL, why do they have like 50k employies, at this point one gfy webmaster could run this shite out of his moms basement while playing WOW at the same time And then at least maybe they would be profitble :D

Hehe I like how you think. Y has become a bureaucracy. It might be able to deliver better shareholder value by spinning off more satelite projects/subsidiaries and streamline operations to be a leaner/faster/meaner enterprise.

[mynameisjim]

Originally Posted by $5 submissions

You have a point, Jim. Yahoo is just more public about their expansions. Unlike Buzz, many of their failed expansions involved buying a small upcoming company. I wonder how the accounting for these stack up to Google's inhouse ventures and whether the skyrocketing costs of Google's per employee costs will figure in their future development plans.

I always chuckle when I saw stories about how amazing it is to work at Google with all the perks and how Google says it's the secret to their success, keeping their workers happy. Those of us who are a little older and worked in the 90's bubble remember that all too well. I remember being at companies that had all those perks like "nap rooms" and come in whenever you want, free food, pool tables, beer on Friday, etc. They claimed all those perks where the secret to their success. Then when the money got tight, it's funny how quickly they abandoned all those perks for their employees..lol.

The article you posted talked mostly about hiring, but Google will hit a rough patch, and we'll see how well they treat their employees then. It's like sports, when a team is winning, everybody gets along.

But one of these days, Google is going to need another product that produces revenue. Imagine if Apple was still trying to bet it's future on the iPod, that's pretty much what Google does with adwords. They massage the numbers to wring every ounce of cash out of Adwords but eventually the well will run dry.

Google has so much potential, but I think they need more strategy and less tech in upper management. Imagine what Steve Jobs or Bill Gates could do with Google? If those guys were in Charge, Google would own half the planet by now..lol.

[KillerK]

Originally Posted by babymaker

So what is yahoo now anyway a joomla cms front end of recyled news?? LOL, why do they have like 50k employies, at this point one gfy webmaster could run this shite out of his moms basement while playing WOW at the same time And then at least maybe they would be profitble :D

I prefer Yahoo for Sports and Financial info, The Fantasy Baseball/Football etc is great. Email is better than gmail/google knowning your life story.

Plus Yahoo doesn't hate affiliates, google sure does.

[xxxjay]

Originally Posted by $5 submissions

From the HYPE to the REALITY: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/buz...update-01.html

Buzz showed early promise but fizzled out after its general rollout.

With the closure or fire sale of many Yahoo properties recently (think: mybloglog, delicious, geocities, etc etc), do you guys see the writing on the wall for this darling of Web 1.0/Dot Com Boom 1.0?

Probably a good time to buy stock, the price to debt ratio will be awesome this quarter.

[jigg]

and there were reports Yahoo! will be going to go on another buying spree, looking for startups! Everything that gets bought at this company gets buried to never be heard from again

[CaptainHowdy]

[czarina]

yahoo wont last much longer. Shame I bought over $2K worth of their stock about 6 years ago