Yahoo! rewards loyal users
Friday, 10. February 2006, 03:52:26
I haven't been able to confirm the veracity of this article, but it states that Yahoo! will be rewarding users who primarily search the web via their search engine.
I must admit that the benefits exposed in the article are really tempting. But this sounds like bribing users with side benefits. It is something like "our search engine is good but not the best, but we thought you would sell us your soul in exchange for this bonus features that not everybody else will be enjoying".
I personally think that Yahoo! is a great web portal, and a great search engine too. But I sincerely hope this is not true. It is simply not their style, not the kind of things that took them to the place they occupy today, and certainly something that will give them a very bad reputation. Google gives most of these features precisely to ensure that you'll prefer them. Yahoo! is trying to ensure your preference for them by precisely and explicitly giving you these benefits.
Guess they'll have to work harder, because preference is about will. And once again, I really hope this is not true.
I must admit that the benefits exposed in the article are really tempting. But this sounds like bribing users with side benefits. It is something like "our search engine is good but not the best, but we thought you would sell us your soul in exchange for this bonus features that not everybody else will be enjoying".
- Unlimited mail space? Gmail's 2.5+ gigabytes (3 hopefully coming soon) are more than sufficient for me, almost unlimited. I still barely use 150 megabytes.
- No Yahoo! Mail ads? Gmail has unobtrusive text ads that have even been useful sometimes, but always out of my way.
- Outlook Access to Yahoo! mail? Gmail has POP access for everyone for free, even if you use Yahoo! as your main search engine.
I personally think that Yahoo! is a great web portal, and a great search engine too. But I sincerely hope this is not true. It is simply not their style, not the kind of things that took them to the place they occupy today, and certainly something that will give them a very bad reputation. Google gives most of these features precisely to ensure that you'll prefer them. Yahoo! is trying to ensure your preference for them by precisely and explicitly giving you these benefits.
Guess they'll have to work harder, because preference is about will. And once again, I really hope this is not true.
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zenya # 10. February 2006, 22:20
What could they possibly reward users with ?
I just upgrade my Fire Fox and it has cool features and also I upgraded opera 9. nice widgets too
Let me know if you find out what Yahoo has in their minds ..
ON Gmail you can send files over 10 mb I sent mp3 was 13 megs
Thanks
E
gnapse # 13. February 2006, 03:29
The link address is http://news.com.com/2300-1038_3-6037161-1.html?part=rss&tag=6037161&subj=news
In the article they explain all the benefits Yahoo is supposedly offering in exchange for being preferred.
zenya # 15. February 2006, 00:41
Yahoo is also reading email addresses
Gmail I don't think is doing this.
Go gmail
Eve
MiguelCanada # 17. February 2006, 01:40
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If not, I understand...
Mike