Comments on: CES: Interview: Jeff Weiner, EVP-Network Division, Yahoo: 'You'll See This Stuff In '08' http://paidcontent.org/2008/01/14/419-ces-jeff-weiner-evp-network-yahoo/ The economics of digital content Sat, 25 May 2013 21:53:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jeremy http://paidcontent.org/2008/01/14/419-ces-jeff-weiner-evp-network-yahoo/#comment-56367 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:19:45 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2008/01/14/419-ces-jeff-weiner-evp-network-yahoo/#comment-56367 It's been about two years since I left Yahoo, and I was part of the company formerly known as SMG – Search & Marketplace Group. Affectionally, we called it Weiner's world among the team :)

The "personalization" bit is one that's been bandied about for years…Yahoo has some amazing patents, technologies, etc, in this area as well.

However, even with that amazing IP, user data, engagement, and hundreds of millions of inboxes…they can't seem to deliver.

To me, this smacks of the same "rah rah" kind of speech that Jeff, Terry, or another executive from the C level team would deliver every few months when I worked there. Sorry, but the one company in the world that sells out it's search results is still playing for tomorrow, not next year, and it's that kind of shot sightedness that's plagued them for years which is one of their biggest handicaps.

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