Monday, October 16, 2006

Yahoo! In Disarray

It's no incidence that Yahoo's stock price has tanked over 30% during last 12 months. The company appears in total disarray. There have been no innovations to speak of coming from the company during the last 5 years. For the mostly cosmetic changes they did make to their web sites, the quality and friendliness has actually dropped. Many of their web pages cannot even display with correct layout (which is really unusual for a major portal like Yahoo!). The changes made to Yahoo finance message board is a disaster. The new e-mail interface is terrible. ... Its China operation has been a total failure.

I sense that the talented people have been leaving the company and the management is clueless in what needs to be done to revitalize the once-leading tech company.

For more insight and what might help Yahoo to right the sinking ship, read the Eric Jackson's blog on Yahoo's CEO Terry Semel. Eric is the president and CEO of Jackson Leadership Systems, Inc., a leadership, strategy, and process consulting firm.

Updates:
[10/18] YHOO closed down more than $1 on "good" news - its new advertizing system, code-named Panama, is ready to run. Very bearish. More here on Yahoo! current state of disarray.

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