Comments on: Yahoo and Automattic: Perfect Match? http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2008/04/21/yahoo-and-automattic-perfect-match/ News, plugins and themes for blogging applications Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:23:05 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gordon R. Vaughan http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2008/04/21/yahoo-and-automattic-perfect-match/comment-page-1/#comment-212346 Gordon R. Vaughan Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:50:51 +0000 http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2008/04/21/yahoo-and-automattic-perfect-match/#comment-212346 Yeah, it seems like Yahoo needs help in the blogging & social networking areas, probably even if Microsoft buys them. For a long time, I wondered why Yahoo didn't snatch up Xanga, which just a few years ago had a pretty popular blogging and social network platform. Xanga's languished in the past couple of years, but seems to still be working on their site, adding features such as pulse, a Twitter-like component. Now, it might make more sense for Yahoo to buy Automattic, since they've got a lot more momentum and are working on networking features. It is surprising, though, how Yahoo hasn't made more moves in this area. Yeah, it seems like Yahoo needs help in the blogging & social networking areas, probably even if Microsoft buys them.

For a long time, I wondered why Yahoo didn’t snatch up Xanga, which just a few years ago had a pretty popular blogging and social network platform.

Xanga’s languished in the past couple of years, but seems to still be working on their site, adding features such as pulse, a Twitter-like component.

Now, it might make more sense for Yahoo to buy Automattic, since they’ve got a lot more momentum and are working on networking features.

It is surprising, though, how Yahoo hasn’t made more moves in this area.

]]> By: Douglas Karr http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2008/04/21/yahoo-and-automattic-perfect-match/comment-page-1/#comment-212317 Douglas Karr Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:28:10 +0000 http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2008/04/21/yahoo-and-automattic-perfect-match/#comment-212317 Please don't give them any ideas. It seems Yahoo! has gotten about efficient as the government when it begins to 'takeover businesses'. Please don’t give them any ideas. It seems Yahoo! has gotten about efficient as the government when it begins to ‘takeover businesses’.

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