Yahoo to Cut Jobs

[webdigo]

Yahoo is about to go for a big job cut following their slow business. In 2001 they had a major job cut. And now loosing the ground to Google and Microsoft just made things really worse. How many of Yahoo's roughly 14,000 employees will lose their jobs hasn't been determined.

Source: http://www.cosmocentral.com/post/2008/01/Yahoo-to-Cut-Jobs.aspx

[guidyy]

LOL, They should start to cut some top heads.
There are too many roosters in the hen house.

[usasportstraining]

Maybe it'll turn them around....or maybe it's a sign of their doom.

[movingstartup]

100% agree with guidyy

[wisdomtool]

Read about it, their search will be outsourced to Google and MSN. Kinda of sad for Yahoo, they tried so hard to get their search engine going, and at one time I think it is the most responsive and the fastest to index.

[usasportstraining]

I wonder if that means that Adsense will take over or Yahoo will still use YPN. Anyone know?

[DannyBly]

Yea - starting to wonder what makes Yahoo unique - it's a great portal and alot of people use them for email, but what really sets them apart?

[501]

Yup, well what i think really sets them apart from google is their Advertising campaign and customer service lol.

[idotcom]

Yahoo is huge... and still #1. The job cut is basically a cleanup, perhaps to be inline with all the new stuff they've been working on.

[websys]

whats the source of the news bout them outsourcing search to google ?

[LinketySplit]

Read about it, their search will be outsourced to Google and MSN. Kinda of sad for Yahoo, they tried so hard to get their search engine going, and at one time I think it is the most responsive and the fastest to index.

This isn't the first time Yahoo outsourced their search to Google... A source on that would be good if you have one.

[webfriend]

I was searching the other day for something I needed...On google. Do you know what came up! a bunch of crap.
Every site was a few articles about general topic to the subject, and loaded with AdSense. I got so upset, I went to yahoo and search for the same term, and the first three sites had relevant content about my subject and I got my answer on the first try.
When I got into this in "95" I think, I built a site and started promoting it, and did rather well. If you built a site followed the guide lines, you could get rewarded by a pretty good place in the engines. Then google came along and "monetized" and now look, the best source of information doesn't even show on the first page sometimes.
I hope yahoo stays in, or ....My 2 cents

[gemini181]

This isn't the first time Yahoo outsourced their search to Google... A source on that would be good if you have one.

True.
I first learned about Google, when Yahoo was working with them.

[idotcom]

It's not gonna happen. Yahoo will not source to goog for search. It would go against everything they're doing and they would loose a lot.

[peter_anderson]

Yahoo Search - Rubbish
Yahoo Mail - Rubbish and Spammy
YPN - Im not in the US, so rubbish!

It aint looking good! :)

[Kagato]

Yahoo Search - Rubbish
Yahoo Mail - Rubbish and Spammy
YPN - Im not in the US, so rubbish!

It aint looking good! :)

Yeah thats true.

I don't use any of those three and I probably never will either :)

[ThisBuzz]

Yahoo Search - Rubbish
Yahoo Mail - Rubbish and Spammy
YPN - Im not in the US, so rubbish!

It aint looking good! :)

Rangers - Rubbish


It aint looking good! :)




ps. a mild joke

[netz]

Yahoo and Google are still neck-to-neck in terms of traffic.

[TonyCap]

I really hope that they don't outsource their search to another body else. I really like the Yahoo search results.

[mubin]

http://www.shoemoney.com/2008/01/20/yahoo-to-cut-20-of-jobs/

I believe my man Shoemoney broke the news first.

[pennytrader]

That sucks, not that I care for Yahoo, but I definitely care that Google's competition is cutting jobs. I dont hate Google but I love the underdog.

[mubin]

GooGle actually was the underdog. They won. So you should be happy.

[pennytrader]

Good point, I guess I just like when things are more even rather than a superpower search engine that cant be touched.

[UKWebmasterForum]

Wow, I guess they are trying to cut back on expenses, might be for the best though, the company is too big to lose their position in the Internet industry for a long while. As long as they stay being the most visited homepage on the Internet, I'm sure they won't suffer too much :p.

[webdigo]

May be Yahoo will start doing better once they cut down their expenses.
So far it doesn't look good at all. They had to clean their backyard after all.

[www.AmCy.org]

If anyone in here believes that Y! is abandoning search and plans to outsource it to G or M$, then please contact me: I'd like to make a $1 million wager with you.

[Shazz]

There stock will plum

[malcolm1]

There stock will plummet

yip and ill be buying :)

Im sure they will be getting rid of the big wig ceo's and get a crew
to restructure like Kmart did back in 2004 which is now booming ;)

thx
malcolm

[wildfire07]

Yahoo seems to be on its last legs, can seem to compete with Google, other search engines making some nice changes, but Yahoo just seems to get things goofed up all the time. 700 employees gone, 13,500 to go.

[skillipedia]

To see Yahoo search disappear same as Ask will be good news for many webmasters

[azharcs]

I am sure Yahoo is concentrating more on web 2.0, there is too much investment and competition in Search market. As i see their other services are booming, Google can't even come close to creating something as successful as Yahoo answers. Flickr is way ahead of google's picassa in photosharing.
Internet does not start and end with search.

[netz]

Based on Alexa traffic, Yahoo and Google got almost the same traffic as of this time.

[idotcom]

Based on Alexa traffic, Yahoo and Google got almost the same traffic as of this time.

Based on alexa doesn't mean anything

[angilina]

Based on alexa doesn't mean anything

yes, thats true. alexa means nothing