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Friday, February 15, 2008

Yahoo Video vs Yahoo Videos

With today's launch of a "new and improved" Video sharing service, Yahoo is re-entering the arena dominated by YouTube. What continues to amaze me is the sheer inconsistency Yahoo properties exhibit. With a newly launched Yahoo Video service, Yahoo still has its old Yahoo Videos service. This is how Yahoo Video looks like:
compared to the old Yahoo Videos (which still exists):

I am sure a lot of users will inadvertently go to Yahoo Videos to check out the new service, only to feel dejected and promising themselves to never try a newly improved Y! service. While I remain a big fan of certain Yahoo properties such as Yahoo Finance, I have reasons to blame Yahoo for causing it's own debacle. Here is my latest laundry list of Yahoo inconsistencies/limitations that piss me off at times:

1. On the above Yahoo Videos search page, if you click on "Web" to redirect to Yahoo Search, here's how the page looks like:

Look at how the Yahoo logo has changed from "Yahoo Search" in the top center to "Yahoo!" in the far right corner.

2. Most Yahoo properties still use the old styled red Yahoo logo (Look at Finance, Mail, Search etc.),while some of the new services are coming up with their new logos making it inconsistent. Look at Yahoo Autos, Yahoo Hotjobs to see the difference:

3. I like the new Yahoo Tech-Ticker, but why is that not a part of Yahoo Tech.
4. It continues to amaze me why Yahoo still doesn't have a blogging platform. Google last quarter made 34% of it's revenue from the Adsense program and Yahoo can add billions too to it's topline by providing a blogging platform and partnering with millions of publishers like us. What's stopping it from acquiring great platforms such as Typepad.

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