I am DISGUSTED at the Yahoo CEO! Says Google is "copying Yahoo"

[user-7256]

Grrr...

http://www.toptechnews.com/story.xhtml?story_id=012000009WTC

Yahoo! CEO states that Google is becoming more and more like a portal. Now here's what he says, paraphrasing:

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Google is copying Yahoo! by adding more features.

HELLO! *bonks the CEO of Yahoo! on the head* Who's advertisements look exactly like Google's Adsense and even say "Ads by ..." on them!? (You ever see those here at NamePros? You bet you do - at first glance they're almost exactly like Google Adsense ads)

Does this guy even do any research or look at the obvious? He states that Google is becoming more of a portal site than a search service. Hm, at Google.com, I see nothing but a search box and a logo and no more than 10 links. <sarcasm>WOW - WHAT A COPYCAT GOOGLE IS. THEY'RE NOT EVEN ORIGINAL!</sarcasm>

And Google's mission statement... to make information more universally accessible and useful. This involves MANY, if not ALMOST ALL of the internet markets out there. Yahoo's mission statement is "to be the most essential global Internet service for consumers and businesses." Er... this is different from Google's mission statement .... but it just so happens that in order to do this you need to provide the most Internet services... Great idea! Go copy GOOGLE's stuff!

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Anybody else feel the same way?

UDPATE: For more reading, as soon as I can access Blogger, I'll be updating my BLOG: http://googleplans.blogspot.com to include this in it.

 

[Epic]

wow thats dumb...I'm sure yahoo took some other people's ideas as well...its not like they were the first portal site (i dont think)

 

[monRa]

Why, If i create a portal means i copy somone, thay are crazy!

 

[inspiration100]

HELLO! *bonks the CEO of Yahoo! on the head*

Bingo! Wish you could actually do it.[

 

[snareklutz]

If Google isn't a copycat copying Yahoo by making Google into a portal, I don't see how Yahoo is a copycat by copying the phrase "Ads by...". Slight contradiction there...

But yes, I gotta admit that Google is nowhere near in becoming a portal, and it's senseless to say that becoming a portal is "copying", I don't feel that if a Orange Juice Drink company decides to start making 100% Orange Juice is copying. So you actually do have a point.

 

[soj]

Yeah, I think saying that Google is copying Yahoo is a pretty stupid thing to say, after all, all that Google is doing is expanding to make more competition. IMHO I'd say that Google is actually more original than Yahoo.

 

[GJ]

wow thats dumb...I'm sure yahoo took some other people's ideas as well...its not like they were the first portal site (i dont think)

Yahoo was one of the first portal sites, they launched back in 1995 and have lasted for 10 years. They might even be the first.

 

[PolurNET]

Look at http://search.yahoo.com and then see how THEY copycat google!

 

[soj]

Yeah, true. From what I recall Yahoo has always had the cluttered search/portal page, and not the simple and clear search page like Google's.

 

[Shorty]

I totally agree with you compuXP, Yahoo is way out of line. I can't wait for Google to rise up and crush them completely.

 

[user-7256]

:bingo:

Like I said (at least I think I did), I don't hate Yahoo! - I actually designed my first website after them (well, SORT Of - www.vibewave.com but then I gave the site away), but I think Yahoo! is just jealous.

This has been a good read... thanks for sharing your opinions!

 

[Amano]

that's retarded, just another example of comanies trying to shut down their competitors

 

[hdgamer]

that's just ridiculous.

 

[hookah]

Just big corporations compete each other to grab as large market as possible. Some implicit irony? I am not disgusted. I like when business is fighting for a market - good for consumers. I dont think Google worries much due to rival's opinion about its market strategy.