UNLESS YAHOO WANTS TO GO THE WAY OF ALTA VISTA, DOG PILE, AND ASK JEEVES...IT SHOULD JUST TAKE BILL'S MONEY AND RUN...!!
EVEN GOOGLE WILL GO DOWN EVENTUALLY WHEN THE NEXT "CULT PAGE" GETS GOING... ON THE WEB NEWER IS ALWAYS BETTER...ONCE THE NYT "FINDS" SOMETHING...IT'S PRETTY MUCH GONE MAINSTREAM AND HEADING DOWN HILL...
FURTHERMORE, THE HEYDAY OF "SEARCH" IS OVER...THE NEXT BIG THING? PERHAPS INFO-TAINMENT? OR MICRO-INTEREST SITES FOR THE SPECIALIST.
SEARCH IS NOT AS IMPORTANT NOW THAT MOST PEOPLE KNOW HOW THE INTERNET WORKS...AND HAVE THEIR FAVORITIES SELECTED... PERHAPS PORTALS WILL COME BACK... OF COURSE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SEARCH ENGINES, CATALOGS AND PORTALS ALWAYS WAS ILL-DEFINED...
I'M NOT EVEN SURE THAT YOUTUBE, MYSPACE AND FACEBOOK HAVE "PERMANENT FRANCHISES" IN THE AMERICAN MARKET...AND CULTURE.
REMEMBER, MOST OF THESE "HOTTIES" ARE BASED IN THE YOUTH CULTURE...AND THE YOUTH CULTURE SIMPLY MUST HAVE A COMPLETE MAKE OVER EVERY 5 TO 7 YEARS...OR IT'S NOT "YOUTH" ANYMORE...! GET IT...? I'M SENSING A CERTAIN TIREDNESS IN PLACES LIKE YOUTUBE AND MYSPACE... I MEAN HOW MANY "FUNNY VIDEOS" CAN YOU WATCH BEFORE IT GETS OLD?
WORSE, THE OLD PEOPLE START TO TAKE OVER...GRANNY GETS HIP TO YOUTUBE BECAUSE SHE CAN'T GO ANYWHERE BECAUSE OF HER BROKEN HIP...
I PERSONALLY AM A YAHOO PERSON... I ALMOST NEVER VISIT BILL'S SITE...MSN... SO I'LL BE A STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND...BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS WHEN GEOCITIES WAS TAKEN OVER...
YAHOO HAS A CERTAIN LOOK...IT'S GETTING OLD... MSN LOOKS THE SAME AS IT DID FOR YEARS...EVEN THE STREET.COM IS REARRANGING THE BOXES ON IT'S PAGE...
REMEMBER WHEN GOOGLE'S WEB PAGE WAS THE ULTIMATE NON-COMMERICAL WEB DESIGN... Ahhhh, THE PURE SIMPLICITY OF IT! ONE LINE CENTERED ON A WHITE PAGE...!! (EASY TO DO TOO!).... ALAS, EVEN THAT SEEMS OLD NOW....WE MOVE ON...ON TO THE NEXT TRINKET...WE ALWAYS WANT TO A SURPRISED AND AMAZED...SOMETIMES SHOCKED...SOMETIMES ANGERED... PSYC 101!!
ON THE WEB NEW AND DIFFERENT ARE ALWAYS MORE APPEALING...MORE HIP...COOL...ПОНТОВО!
GOGGLE BEWARE... THEY ARE BECOMING THE GENERAL MOTORS OF THE WEB...! UNCOOL!
THE WEB IS 90% ENTERTAINMENT...AND 10% INFORMATION FOR MOST VIEWERS...
IF THE WEB WHERE 90% DATA AND INFORMATION...WE'D CALL IT THE PHONE COMPANY!! AND EVERY WEB PAGE WOULD LOOK LIKE THE PHONE BOOK!!
YAHOO...SHOULD TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN...
THERE ARE PLENTY OF BRAVE NEW WORLDS ON THE INTERNET TO BE EXPLORED...JUST DON'T START SOMETHING THAT MAKES PEOPLE PUT REFRIGERATORS ON THE PORCHES...!
