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I haven't used my Yahoo account in years, but when I did it was to play Backgammon. I'd guess that a large number of the Yahoo user accounts are quite dormant, like mine.
I haven't used my Yahoo account in years, but when I did it was to play Backgammon. I'd guess that a large number of the Yahoo user accounts are quite dormant, like mine.
An overwhelming majority of emails used to register for SemiWiki are in fact gmail. Rarely do I see a yahoo.com. SemiWiki.com is #150,124 on the Alexa rank so we have some work to do.
I understand the strategic rational behind this acquisition but I don't agree with it. Verizon wants to become a player in the digital advertising market, and is accumulating media properties to support it's ambition (with the Yahoo acquisition, Verizon moves into the number 3 position in digital advertising, behind Google and Facebook). The problem is that content is no longer where value is created in the ad market - it's in targeting, and Verizon lacks the targeting data to compete effectively with Google, Facebook and Microsoft (previously #3, #4 pro forma VZ-YHOO). Therefore, I think this will be a dead end strategy for Verizon.
Back years ago Verizon used to be GTE - General Telephone and Electronics. In fact they were a mediocre telephone company but made good money. They saw cellular coming and made a major push. Over the decades they have consistently paid 4-5% dividends and had steady growth. They were wise to get into cellular. Now the question is where do you go from here. But looking at the LTE roadmap - from the recent Linley Mobile and Wearable Conference - there is a lot of ground to cover in the future. I would not bet against Verizon. Disclosure - I have been long in VZ for a very long time.
