Yahoo 360°

Does Yahoo look desperate...
to beat Google.......
seems kinda......

first Google introduced Gmail.......
the 2GB free Mailing Service....
Yahoo's 200 MB mailbox...
was a no-match...
oh yeah they've increased it to 1GB...
still a 2nd rate to Gmail....

then Google bought Blogger.....
accdg.. to: http://azeem.azhar.co.uk/archives/2003/04/why_google_boug.html
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Why Google bought Blogger

Tony Perkins interviews Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt on the Pyra/Blogger acquisition. This is the first of a three parter and it is fairly light. According to Schmidt the rationale was the quality of the Blogger team, rather than the platform or the user base.
I suppose ultimately what you do buy is a team. But the team is only attractive because of the technology and the user base. You can't trust the team until they've proven themselves in the field.
It's nice to see that Schmidt is still excitable about the Internet in a Mosaic kind of way:
there will be a million weblogs of communities that are very distinct and very strong. And they don’t favor one political party or one particular view of life. And the creationists will have theirs and the people who are non-creationists will have theirs. Every group will find people who are either simpatico or players. There will be thousands of those [communities].
To his credit, Schmidt says this "is not necessarily all good". It's this discontinuity that is interesting. The super fragmentation is going to through up lots of questions around common values and shared experiences. Where is there room for serendipitous or contrarian views? I'm personally very scared of the creationists only reading each others' diatribes?
(Yes, perhaps it should be anti-evolutionists rather than creationists. It worries me that he refers to creationists and non-creationists. Come on Google!)
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What did Yahoo do????
they'ved introduce
Yahoo 360 it's features:
1. Blog
Create your own blog or online journal. Share thoughts, experiences, pictures with your friends.
2. Blast
Share a quick communication your friends can reply to -- an idea, attitude, question, or web link.
3. Photos
Let your friends view your Yahoo! Photos albums.
4. Local Reviews
Rate and review local restaurants and businesses, and share with your friends.
5. Friends
Show your linked friends.
6. LAUNCHcast Station
Let your friends listen to your LAUNCHcast music station.
7. Lists
Create and share lists of your favorite books, movies, music, TV shows and more.
8. Groups
Let your friends see the Yahoo! Groups to which you belong.

oh yeah yahoo 360 is only by invitation...
and don't try to mail me asking for an invitation...
'coz i don't have any....
anyone w/ a kind soul..
pls. lend me some invites....

wishlist:

1. hope Google could make-up a free hosting stuff somewhat similar to yahoo's Geocities.... and it's pesky 15 MB...... and 20 MB monthly bandwidth.......
2. Google messenger.....

yeah!! bring Yahoo down.... wohoo!!!!
Yahoo sucks....