Yahoo Improves EU Mapping, Does It Still See Maps As Strategic?

Jun 12, 2009 at 10:18am ET by Greg Sterling

These days it's hard to remember that at one time Yahoo was the pioneer in dynamic mapping. It introduced enhanced local search features and capabilities into the map before Google, Microsoft and MapQuest. At a certain point, however, Yahoo opted out of the map feature wars that erupted between Google and Microsoft (StreetView, 3D, aerial, UGC). Since that time there have been a range of incremental improvements for Yahoo Maps. Accordingly the company said that it has given Yahoo Maps a "face lift" in the UK, and in France. There are a range of improvements discussed. While these ongoing im [...]

Filed in: Features: Analysis, Yahoo: Business Issues, Yahoo: Employees, Yahoo: Maps & Local

Yahoo Hires Morse As CFO

Jun 11, 2009 at 5:25pm ET by Matt McGee

Yahoo has announced the hiring of Tim Morse as Chief Financial Officer. He'll report directly to CEO Carol Bartz. Morse most recently was CFO at Altera, and before that served as CFO for General Electric Plastics. According to Yahoo's SEC filing, Morse gets a base salary of $500,000, a signing bonus of $500,000, and has a "target bonus" of another $500,000. Morse will officially join Yahoo on June 17, and take over the CFO position on July 1. [...]

Filed in: Yahoo: Employees

Bartz Continues Torpedoing Yahoo Search

Jun 8, 2009 at 9:30pm ET by Danny Sullivan

Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz has been talking a lot over the past two weeks about Yahoo and how it competes against Google and Microsoft. Each time she does, I feel like she's digging the hole even deeper for Yahoo's prospects in search. Rather than communicate a clear search strategy -- which you'd better have if you're in a war against Google and Microsoft -- she resonates mixed messages that Yahoo can ill afford to send. Yahoo's Not A Search Engine Let's go back to the end of May, when at the D conference, I was less than enamored with her comments. As I wrote earlier: Yang got reamed [...]

Filed in: Features: Analysis, Top News, Yahoo: Business Issues, Yahoo: Employees

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