Yahoo! Tech - 2 thumbs down
Yahoo! really wants to "get" a lot of things: Web 2.0, social bookmarking you name it - Big Purple wants, and needs, to be in the mix.
The latest offering from Sunnyvale is Yahoo! Tech which aims to provide "reviews, help, and how-to advice for buying and using personal electronics".
I'm apparently not alone in thinking that CNET Reviews is in Yahoo!'s cross hairs.
To cut a long story short - right now Yahoo! Tech scores a 2 out of 10 on content, usability, design, and value. They'll probably get a little better with time.
But here's the catch with Yahoo! Tech, My Web 2.0, Yahoo! Mindset etc - it's not good enough. Sure, launching and tweaking as you go along is a good idea... if you improve on your offering in proper chunks. In my mind Y! isn't doing that. Stuff gets launched, stuff seems to get ignored, and stuff becomes irrelevant.
I miss the good old days when Y! would launch great, innovative features, sites and services. Today they are playing catch up, and not very well either. Are they listening to the people within the company who have great ideas (they exist, I'm sure)?
Come on Yahoo!, make us believe again.
The latest offering from Sunnyvale is Yahoo! Tech which aims to provide "reviews, help, and how-to advice for buying and using personal electronics".
I'm apparently not alone in thinking that CNET Reviews is in Yahoo!'s cross hairs.
To cut a long story short - right now Yahoo! Tech scores a 2 out of 10 on content, usability, design, and value. They'll probably get a little better with time.
But here's the catch with Yahoo! Tech, My Web 2.0, Yahoo! Mindset etc - it's not good enough. Sure, launching and tweaking as you go along is a good idea... if you improve on your offering in proper chunks. In my mind Y! isn't doing that. Stuff gets launched, stuff seems to get ignored, and stuff becomes irrelevant.
I miss the good old days when Y! would launch great, innovative features, sites and services. Today they are playing catch up, and not very well either. Are they listening to the people within the company who have great ideas (they exist, I'm sure)?
Come on Yahoo!, make us believe again.
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