Yahoo 10th anniversary

[David Fulton]

The March 2005 issue Wired has an article asserting that Yahoo and 
Google look different because their objectives are different. Having 
your personal services (e-mail, stock portfolio, travel information) 
in one site is convenient. Yahoo got lots of early adopters and now, 
since there are so many other services available there, they are 
reluctant to leave.

Here's an excerpt: "Google defines itself by its technology. (They) 
wake up every morning thinking about how a new algorithm or another 
rack of servers can be put to use to solve a particular problem. But 
Yahoo! isn't out to save the world. 'I wake up every morning thinking 
about what our customers want', (CEO Terry) Semel says. Google 
invents for markets that don't exist; Yahoo! goes after markets it 
wants to own. ...while Google was busy becoming what Yahoo! used to 
be, Yahoo! has become what AOL should have been."
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David Fulton
Liverpool Public Library
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