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		Yahoo names new CEO. This isn't a repeat from the last two times they've done this in the past year (bbc.co.uk)		43
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Banacek		2012-07-16 09:59:25 PM

Yeah, but they made a great choice this time.

Klippoklondike		2012-07-16 10:00:17 PM

Good, their news has been looking kind of partisany lately. Maybe this will fix it.

Generation_D		2012-07-16 10:00:21 PM

Looks a bit different this time.

Fear the Clam		2012-07-16 10:02:48 PM

Generation_D: Looks a bit different this time.

Yes, but her laugh will make you barf.

Klippoklondike		2012-07-16 10:04:58 PM

Fear the Clam: Generation_D: Looks a bit different this time.

Yes, but her laugh will make you barf.

Ha, that's awesome. I bet when she orgasms she sounds like goofy

consider this		2012-07-16 10:07:53 PM

I'll give it about 6 months before Google starts suing claiming that Yahoo is copying their ideas.

Abe Vigoda's Ghost		2012-07-16 10:09:58 PM

Generation_D: [www.glamour.com image 298x402]

Looks a bit different this time.

i48.tinypic.com

Bears repeating.

Too bad about the laugh.

AliceBToklasLives		2012-07-16 10:10:27 PM

"A lot of people did not believe that Yahoo could get someone of the caliber of a Marissa Mayer to become the CEO at this stage,"

ts1.mm.bing.net

/ok, it's quite a stretch

gingerjet		2012-07-16 10:11:25 PM

consider this: I'll give it about 6 months before Google starts suing claiming that Yahoo is copying their ideas.

They haven't sued Microsoft so I doubt they will sue Yahoo.

/finally they've hired a real leader

ReapTheChaos		2012-07-16 10:18:28 PM

She worked on creating the Google search engine and the company's widely-recognised home page.

Don't get me wrong, Google's overly simplified home page is the biggest reason I use it, it's pure genius, but is creating a blank white page with one lone search box something to brag about on a resume?

tortilla burger		2012-07-16 10:26:17 PM

I'd split her stock

realmolo		2012-07-16 10:26:38 PM

Google buys Yahoo in 3...2...1...

Seriously, why does Yahoo exist, really? Nobody goes to Yahoo on purpose.

bdub77		2012-07-16 10:36:47 PM

"This is about how long I'm going to last. It is also the size of Scott Thomas's penis."

ChrisDe		2012-07-16 10:38:29 PM

Yahoo gives Goo Girl head job

Greenbeanx		2012-07-16 10:39:30 PM

So new redesigned homepage..what really can yahoo do? No ad revenue and their search isn't to great..How can they improve

Mugato		2012-07-16 10:40:37 PM

CEOs rarely actually do anything anyway, she might as well be hot.

davidphogan		2012-07-16 11:12:23 PM

ReapTheChaos: She worked on creating the Google search engine and the company's widely-recognised home page.

Don't get me wrong, Google's overly simplified home page is the biggest reason I use it, it's pure genius, but is creating a blank white page with one lone search box something to brag about on a resume?

Yes. It's iconic, and it changed a lot of attitudes about what good web design is. As simple as it sounds, it was actually a revolutionary idea at the time.

thisiszombocom		2012-07-16 11:19:27 PM

Fear the Clam: Generation_D: Looks a bit different this time.

Yes, but her laugh will make you barf.

uh... was she developmentally different?

Harry_Seldon		2012-07-16 11:26:05 PM

She reminds me of a young Meg Whitman.

malaktaus		2012-07-17 12:15:47 AM

realmolo: Google buys Yahoo in 3...2...1...

Seriously, why does Yahoo exist, really? Nobody goes to Yahoo on purpose.

Everybody needs a junk email account, might as well use your old Yahoo account from six years ago.

Disposable Rob		2012-07-17 12:39:45 AM

Yeah. Interesting choice but given that she's a techie and doesn't appear to have much experience on the business side of things, I bet that she might fail even worse than the last few CEOs. Of course, I might be completely wrong since the last few CEOs were all business people.

Klippoklondike		2012-07-17 12:46:58 AM

Ed Willy		2012-07-17 12:49:31 AM

gingerjet: They haven't sued Microsoft so I doubt they will sue Yahoo.

/finally they've hired a real leader

Suing Microsoft, even if they engaged in Watergate style industrial espionage, would risk associating Google Search with Bing, and it's not worth their reputation to be associate with Bing.

davidphogan		2012-07-17 01:14:14 AM

Harry_Seldon: She reminds me of a young Meg Whitman.

At least you didn't say Meg Griffen.

davidphogan		2012-07-17 01:18:15 AM

Klippoklondike: davidphogan: ReapTheChaos: She worked on creating the Google search engine and the company's widely-recognised home page.

Don't get me wrong, Google's overly simplified home page is the biggest reason I use it, it's pure genius, but is creating a blank white page with one lone search box something to brag about on a resume?

Yes. It's iconic, and it changed a lot of attitudes about what good web design is. As simple as it sounds, it was actually a revolutionary idea at the time.

Some love it, I hate it. I prefer Yahoo because it's easier for me to see the news and sports stuff. Yes, I really am that lazy.

Fair enough, but in the long run Google's design change seemed to work well. Overall it makes sense if someone's not a fan, but I'll give her credit that she's backed some risky ideas and won.

Hopefully she's a decent pick. She'll probably end up getting taken down with the sinking ship, but I hope she suceeds.

GWSuperfan		2012-07-17 01:29:44 AM

From the twitters: "Marissa Mayer joining Yahoo? Bravo. It's great seeing accomplished people take leadership positions with non-profits."

LULZ

skinink		2012-07-17 01:58:15 AM

Is the Yahoo board still trying to locate Jerry Yang so they can have a few 'words' with him about not selling the company to Microsoft, or is Yang already sleeping with the fishes?

EchoMike		2012-07-17 02:54:03 AM

Even a less cluttered home page would be better than what they have now. Something like this, maybe?...

img688.imageshack.us

/still looks too much like Bing meets Windows 8 to me though

bionicjoe		2012-07-17 02:56:27 AM

bionicjoe		2012-07-17 03:02:17 AM

davidphogan: ReapTheChaos: She worked on creating the Google search engine and the company's widely-recognised home page.

Don't get me wrong, Google's overly simplified home page is the biggest reason I use it, it's pure genius, but is creating a blank white page with one lone search box something to brag about on a resume?

Yes. It's iconic, and it changed a lot of attitudes about what good web design is. As simple as it sounds, it was actually a revolutionary idea at the time.

Looks like someone doesn't remember the 'web portals' idea. It was a walled-garden of awesome clutter.

It wasn't so much the simple design as it was the speed. Google was the first 'fast' webpage.
Dial-up was still heavily in use, and those with DSL/cable were fighting with neighbors over speed. Google was always fast. Simplicity just added to it.

Also a search engine is more than a box on a web form. I'm sure she worked on those computers without screens with blinky lights & whirring fans in the big white room where the keep the internet.

farkeruk		2012-07-17 03:32:30 AM

davidphogan: Yes. It's iconic, and it changed a lot of attitudes about what good web design is. As simple as it sounds, it was actually a revolutionary idea at the time.

www.hep.uiuc.edu

The thing with Google was the speed that it brought back results and the quality. It was mind-blowingly better.

Atomic Spunk		2012-07-17 03:45:22 AM

I wonder if she does anal?

nucal		2012-07-17 04:52:36 AM

Fear the Clam: Generation_D: Looks a bit different this time.

Yes, but her laugh will make you barf.

That was a major buzz kill ...

eajc4f		2012-07-17 06:04:45 AM

realmolo: Google buys Yahoo in 3...2...1...

Seriously, why does Yahoo exist, really? Nobody goes to Yahoo on purpose.

Japan and other large parts of Asia, at least. There are a LOT of people here, and they all use Yahoo. Google barely has a presence here, at the moment.

schief2		2012-07-17 06:36:53 AM

eajc4f: realmolo: Google buys Yahoo in 3...2...1...

Seriously, why does Yahoo exist, really? Nobody goes to Yahoo on purpose.

Japan and other large parts of Asia, at least. There are a LOT of people here, and they all use Yahoo. Google barely has a presence here, at the moment.

Not China - go Baidu or go home. Of course, Google's relatively small presence here has something to do with that whole "not caving in to the Chinese government's censorship demands" than anything else.

/sometimes my searches redirect to google.com.hk, sometimes they redirect to...nothing

Cybernetic		2012-07-17 07:17:08 AM

Wow, there's no chance that she was hired to broker the sale of Yahoo to Google, is there?

/Of course there is.

Jacobin		2012-07-17 08:01:21 AM

Abe Vigoda's Ghost: Generation_D: [www.glamour.com image 298x402]

Looks a bit different this time.

Bears repeating.

Too bad about the laugh.

Yeah but she has a big ball

darkscout		2012-07-17 08:25:14 AM

farkeruk: davidphogan: Yes. It's iconic, and it changed a lot of attitudes about what good web design is. As simple as it sounds, it was actually a revolutionary idea at the time.

[www.hep.uiuc.edu image 492x374]

The thing with Google was the speed that it brought back results and the quality. It was mind-blowingly better.

God I remember the logicals you could use to build HotBot searches. I know google has similar ones but still (pamela AND Anderson) AND (naked OR boobs)

wutchamacallem		2012-07-17 09:20:10 AM

Atomic Spunk: I wonder if she does anal?

Not always.

SithLord		2012-07-17 09:40:47 AM

tortilla burger: I'd split her stock

As has been pointed out, someone else already did and now there's dividends on the way.

Broom		2012-07-17 10:49:47 AM

Klippoklondike: Fear the Clam: Generation_D: Looks a bit different this time.

Yes, but her laugh will make you barf.

Ha, that's awesome. I bet when she orgasms she sounds like goofy

I'd be OK with that. I'm a geek, and we tolerate women who aren't perfect.

/Call me, Marissa. I won't hold your beauty and your billion$ against you.

ProfessorOhki		2012-07-17 04:09:05 PM

bionicjoe: [s3.amazonaws.com image 390x1500]

..and then you click the first link, which ends "- Yahoo!" which gives them the exact same traffic as if you had gone to their entertainment page directly from Facebook. Sure, it's helping Google along the way, but it's not actually taking any hits away from Yahoo.

ProfessorOhki		2012-07-17 04:11:57 PM

ProfessorOhki: bionicjoe: [s3.amazonaws.com image 390x1500]

..and then you click the first link, which ends "- Yahoo!" which gives them the exact same traffic as if you had gone to their entertainment page directly from Facebook. Sure, it's helping Google along the way, but it's not actually taking any hits away from Yahoo.

Wait a second, on top of that there's a chance of the user going to Yahoo to do the search rather than Google, so making you go out of your way and through a search engine can only INCREASE their traffic.

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