Yahoo: Business Issues

Yahoo Buys Mobile Startup With Big Search Chops

Earlier today Yahoo and Jybe announced that the latter was being acquired by the former. Jybe, which I had not heard of previously, is...

Greg Sterling | Mar 20, 2013 at 3:00 pm ET

Yahoo Clues, App Search & Other Products To Shut Down April 1

Marissa Mayer is tightening Yahoo’s belt. Since taking over as Yahoo’s CEO, she’s spoken repeatedly on the need to zero in on...

Matt McGee | Mar 1, 2013 at 6:30 pm ET

Burden Of Search UI Innovation Now Falls To Yahoo Veteran Laurie Mann

Laurie Mann has been promoted to run Yahoo Search. Mann, who is a man, has been senior vice president of engineering operations at Yahoo since...

Greg Sterling | Feb 19, 2013 at 8:49 am ET

Yahoo Announces Secure Search Partnership With AVG

Yahoo and AVG announced a new partnership deal where Yahoo will power AVG’s secure search, which will protect AVG’s customers...

Barry Schwartz | Dec 14, 2012 at 9:08 am ET

A Yahoo-Facebook Search Partnership? Reality Check Time!

The world, it seems, just cannot wait for Facebook to come along and start its own search engine and knock Google off the top of search...

Danny Sullivan | Nov 19, 2012 at 12:06 am ET

Eric Schmidt Floats Idea Of A Yahoo-Google Search Partnership

Apple, Google and mapping apps weren’t the only thing that Eric Schmidt spoke about today in Tokyo. Forbes is reporting that Schmidt also...

Matt McGee | Sep 25, 2012 at 3:12 pm ET

As The Yahoo-Microsoft Search Alliance Falls Short, Could A Yahoo-Google Deal Emerge?

Once again, Yahoo is earning so little under its search deal with Microsoft that Microsoft is having to make up the difference due to a revenue...

Danny Sullivan | Jul 19, 2012 at 9:00 am ET

Ironically, Search Might Be Less A Priority At Yahoo As Google’s Marissa Mayer Takes The Helm

Wow. Wow. Wow. That’s all that keeps running through my head as I digest the news that long-time Google executive Marissa Mayer is to take...

Danny Sullivan | Jul 16, 2012 at 6:11 pm ET

Confirmed: Marissa Mayer Leaving Google For Yahoo CEO Role

Marissa Mayer is leaving Google today, and will take over as Yahoo’s President and CEO as of tomorrow. The 37-year-old Mayer was...

Matt McGee | Jul 16, 2012 at 4:15 pm ET

No CEO News Emerges From Yahoo Shareholder Meeting

You can’t blame Yahoo’s board for being a little bit gun shy. After all, eight out of 11 directors are new this year — three...

Pamela Parker | Jul 12, 2012 at 6:50 pm ET

Former Yahoo Executive Pleads Guilty To Securities Fraud Charge Related To Microsoft Deal

The Search Alliance between Yahoo and Microsoft had some unintended beneficiaries (now casualties). Yahoo’s former senior director of...

Pamela Parker | May 22, 2012 at 12:06 pm ET

Report: Scott Thompson To Step Down As Yahoo CEO, Ross Levinsohn To Step In

Kara Swisher at AllThingsD is reporting that embattled Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is going to step down for “personal reasons.”...

Greg Sterling | May 13, 2012 at 12:37 pm ET

8 Products That Might Be On Yahoo’s Chopping Block

Yahoo’s product teams are officially on notice. Shortly after announcing Q1 earnings yesterday, new Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson dropped a...

Matt McGee | Apr 18, 2012 at 4:47 pm ET

Yahoo Q1: Revenue Beats Expectations, Search Up 8 Percent

A short while ago Yahoo released Q1 earnings, which exceeded financial analysts’ consensus estimates. Total revenue was $1.22 billion, up...

Greg Sterling | Apr 17, 2012 at 4:54 pm ET

Yahoo’s Re-Organization: Search Stays Alive, At Least On Paper

Following last week’s layoffs of about 2,000 employees, new Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson announced today an overhaul of the company’s...

Matt McGee | Apr 10, 2012 at 1:42 pm ET

Yahoo In A Fight For Its Life

According to Reuters on Tuesday next week the already embattled new Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson will lay out his vision for the company. The...

Greg Sterling | Apr 6, 2012 at 10:17 am ET

Yahoo Confirms 2,000 Employees Getting the Axe

After several days of rumors, first reported by AllThingsD, Yahoo confirmed this morning that it’s restructuring and laying off 2,000...

Greg Sterling | Apr 4, 2012 at 10:01 am ET

Will Pending Layoffs Put Final Nail In Yahoo Search?

Whatever is left of Yahoo Search — and, frankly, that’s unclear at this point — might be gone completely within the next...

Matt McGee | Mar 30, 2012 at 3:38 pm ET

Yahoo’s Co-founder Jerry Yang Resigns

Yahoo announced its co-founder Jerry Yang has formally resigned after 17 years on the job. Yang co-founded the company in March 1995, and has...

Barry Schwartz | Jan 17, 2012 at 5:17 pm ET

It’s Official: PayPal President Scott Thompson The New Yahoo CEO

AllThingsD reported late yesterday that PayPal president Scott Thompson would likely be named CEO of Yahoo. It’s now official; Yahoo just...

Greg Sterling | Jan 4, 2012 at 8:43 am ET