Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Yahoo! We're Number 2!
In Jonathan Thaw’s article “Yahoo! Gives up Quest for Search Dominance,” the author reports on how Yahoo! Inc., a pioneer in the internet search engine field, has conceded that they will never be able to compete with the dominant Google search engine and are willing to except their place in the market.
YAHOO! We're number 2!
Yahoo! Search was founded in 1994 and was the premier engine of its time until about two years ago when it switched from Google’s search engine to its own technology. Ever since then, users have faded and stocks have been on a steady decline. With Google constantly offering new features and quick product development, any search engine would have a problem competing.
I found this site on “technorati.com” and it is titled “Metamend.” Jamie Olsen is the author in response to this revelation by Yahoo! that it is no longer striving to be the best in the business of search engines. She explains that although Susan Decker, the VP of Engineering for Yahoo!, was the person who claimed the company was content on settling for second place, Decker later revised her statement, believing there to be a mix up. The weblog included a brief snippet of what the VP said and a link to her whole statement. This site was interesting because the main news sources, such as Seattlepi.com, reported this information, but this site was able to find a rebuttal statement made by another member of Yahoo! Search.
The author was able to find a link to a new statement that was not widely reported on and display it for the public. Sure, the more important news sources like CNN.com and abcnews.com take more time to fact check and to make sure that all the information is reported on quickly, but this site was able to quickly add a new element to the story.
Olsen was able to find a new statement and comment on it before it was reported on most professional news websites. The speed and potential accuracy of the writing was impressive as well as the provided links and the proper grammatical structure. Although brief, this website appears to be well-done. The author is well-versed and poised in her writing. She gets right to the point of the subject at hand.
YAHOO! We're number 2!
Yahoo! Search was founded in 1994 and was the premier engine of its time until about two years ago when it switched from Google’s search engine to its own technology. Ever since then, users have faded and stocks have been on a steady decline. With Google constantly offering new features and quick product development, any search engine would have a problem competing.
I found this site on “technorati.com” and it is titled “Metamend.” Jamie Olsen is the author in response to this revelation by Yahoo! that it is no longer striving to be the best in the business of search engines. She explains that although Susan Decker, the VP of Engineering for Yahoo!, was the person who claimed the company was content on settling for second place, Decker later revised her statement, believing there to be a mix up. The weblog included a brief snippet of what the VP said and a link to her whole statement. This site was interesting because the main news sources, such as Seattlepi.com, reported this information, but this site was able to find a rebuttal statement made by another member of Yahoo! Search.
The author was able to find a link to a new statement that was not widely reported on and display it for the public. Sure, the more important news sources like CNN.com and abcnews.com take more time to fact check and to make sure that all the information is reported on quickly, but this site was able to quickly add a new element to the story.
Olsen was able to find a new statement and comment on it before it was reported on most professional news websites. The speed and potential accuracy of the writing was impressive as well as the provided links and the proper grammatical structure. Although brief, this website appears to be well-done. The author is well-versed and poised in her writing. She gets right to the point of the subject at hand.
