Comments on: A Brief History of Yahoo Acquisitions

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 23:38:01 +0000

I have a snapshot of eGroups’ building in San Francisco before they were acquired by Yahoo. I’ll post it online one of these days.

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 03:26:36 +0000

Geocities never really took off in the way that Flickr did in such a short time. Maybe Flickr will do better. Let’s wait and see. :-)

By: Raffy

Raffy — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 20:26:03 +0000

While a unique identity may be nice to have (if only to bulk up the site’s hip value), just pray that Flickr’s service doesn’t go downhill in Yahoo’s clutches.

Wait, didn’t Yahoo take over Geocities? Never mind.

Speaking of alternate photo-sharing services, ever look up Zoto.com?

By: Bam

Bam — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 18:56:53 +0000

That shouldn’t be surprising at all; they’re Yahoo properties now, so it’s in their business interests to make their acquisitions fit in as just another Yahoo service.

What I think you’re really getting at is that rather than eye each of these acquisitions as merely a means to get technology or establish a presence in a particular type of service, it’d be nice if they could build upon the existing user base and community rather than pave over it with the Generic Yahoo Experience. (Such as it is.)

Unfortunately, even since the old just-a-directory days, I don’t recall Yahoo ever having anything resembling a personality, so you’d best go find another photo-sharing venue. :-(