Comments on: Yahoo! This peanut butter is del.icio.us

By: Deep Jive Interests » Yahoo’s Tentacles Spread Into Blogosphere — MyBlogLog Gobbled Up!

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 04:33:03 +0000

[...] Yahoo’s Tentacles Spread Into Blogosphere — MyBlogLog Gobbled Up! November 17th, 2006 at 4:28 pm by Tony UPDATE: Sounds like MyBlogLog’s acquisition announcement was a bit premature; TechCrunch announced a bit of a retraction / update; thanks to Mat Ingram for letting me know. Tsk-tsk to me for updating this post 24h later (which, according to Rob Scoble has allowed to transmutate it into fact; my apologies to anyone who has mistakenly witnessed this miracle of truth). [...]

By: IP Democracy

IP Democracy — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:11:06 +0000

[...] But, according to a companion piece in the WSJ by Kevin Delaney, Garlinghouse’s memo has been embraced by higher-ups and he’s been given increased responsibility as a consequence. So, it’s possible that Yahoo!’s public relations people deliberately leaked the memo to signal the company’s determination to solve its problems, as some people believe. [...]

By: howard Lindzon

howard Lindzon — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 21:29:35 +0000

I would still like to sell a company to them. Their cash is still green :)

By: Peanut Butter is De.licio.us -- Alec Saunders .LOG

Peanut Butter is De.licio.us -- Alec Saunders .LOG — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 20:43:05 +0000

[...] http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/11/18/yahoo-this-peanut-butter-is-delicious/ [...]

By: Eric Jackson

Eric Jackson — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 18:30:37 +0000

I agree with Brent that Yahoo! has some excellent engineers. I think most of them are frustrated by the business folks and its at their feet that the blame lies here. They’re good people and hopefully this memos dislodges something there.

Keep your eye on Susan Decker. Rosensweig is too close to Terry and not respected enough by the rank-and-file Yahoo!s

Eric