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rumdude

(448 posts) Thu Sep 29, 2016, 12:34 AM Sep 2016

Yahoo News is the most popular news site on the web, so

why does everyone say Yahoo is failing?

The overall website is ranked 5th in the world.

I don't get it.

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Yahoo News is the most popular news site on the web, so (Original Post) rumdude Sep 2016 OP

It's not failing anymore Egnever Sep 2016 #1

Being popular doesn't necessarily mean you're profitable. ESPECIALLY in the business they're in. napi21 Sep 2016 #2

A lot of the articles they present have a right wing slant. Their finance page used to still_one Sep 2016 #3

Egnever

(21,506 posts)

1. It's not failing anymore

Reply to rumdude (Original post)

Thu Sep 29, 2016, 12:41 AM

Sep 2016

Verizon bought it

napi21

(45,806 posts)

2. Being popular doesn't necessarily mean you're profitable. ESPECIALLY in the business they're in.

Reply to rumdude (Original post)

Thu Sep 29, 2016, 01:08 AM

Sep 2016

But the first poster was correct, Verizon owns them now.

still_one

(92,212 posts)

3. A lot of the articles they present have a right wing slant. Their finance page used to

Reply to rumdude (Original post)

Thu Sep 29, 2016, 01:18 AM

Sep 2016

good, now it is worthless, bombarded with ads, and the performance sucks. More and more ads are also popping up on their main news site, and as far as I am concerned, with their news stories becoming less balanced, and the abundance of ads, I spend very little time there now, and since 500 million users had information that may have been compromised since 2014, the only use I have for yahoo mail, is using it as a junk repository

Yahoo used to be a reasonable site. For me it is practically worthless now, and Verizon in my view really got taken by the deal.

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