Digital Common Sense

The other day I wrote about Yahoo’s ongoing failure to pull up out of the tailspin they’re in. (See Yoohoo Yahoo. Where are you?). As I mention there, many people are watching Yahoo closely. This morning, pal Andy Abramson weighed in with some more thoughts.

Yahoo Getting Hung Up By The Carriers
Of late, the usually forward and information giving Yahoo executives have been playing “mums the word” on anything and everything. They’ve gone into a professionally counseled and constructed defensive PR mode, commenting on things through their high priced handlers, making only well choreographed statements, and doing their best to provide an altered state of reality, all under the guise of investor relations over public relations.
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Andy’s always on the mark, in part because he’s got some of the most reliable and solid contacts in the industry. But at this point, even his contacts are failing. Like he said, Yahoo’s hunkered down. Are they try to weather the storm or do they have their head in the sand? That’s anyone’s call, but given their silence, I fear the latter.

Things don’t bode well for Yahoo. The carriers have finally figured out they’re the enemy. They’re taking a beating at every turn by others who are moving faster and more effectively. Yahoo’s in serious decline and methinks it’s going to get worse before it gets better over there.

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