Comments on: Yahoo’s New Video Effort Symbolic of Its Troubles http://newteevee.com/2008/02/15/yahoos-new-video-symbolic-of-its-troubles/ NewTeeVee Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:17:22 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Yahoo Video Gets “Streamlined” http://newteevee.com/2008/02/15/yahoos-new-video-symbolic-of-its-troubles/#comment-260298 Yahoo Video Gets “Streamlined” Tue, 05 May 2009 00:09:24 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=3212#comment-260298 <p>[...] still appears to power video for sites like Fox News), despite a $160 million purchase price. Chris skewered a Yahoo Video redesign of a year ago for failing to connect the dots of all of Yahoo’s video [...]</p> [...] still appears to power video for sites like Fox News), despite a $160 million purchase price. Chris skewered a Yahoo Video redesign of a year ago for failing to connect the dots of all of Yahoo’s video [...]

]]> By: Flickr Adds (Short) Video « NewTeeVee http://newteevee.com/2008/02/15/yahoos-new-video-symbolic-of-its-troubles/#comment-235833 Flickr Adds (Short) Video « NewTeeVee Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:30:05 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=3212#comment-235833 <p>[...] this is the third video-related product Yahoo has released in as many months. It re-launched Yahoo Video in February, launched Yahoo Live in March, and now has Flickr video. And don’t even get me [...]</p> [...] this is the third video-related product Yahoo has released in as many months. It re-launched Yahoo Video in February, launched Yahoo Live in March, and now has Flickr video. And don’t even get me [...]

]]> By: Wherefore Art Thou Yahoo Video? http://newteevee.com/2008/02/15/yahoos-new-video-symbolic-of-its-troubles/#comment-232218 Wherefore Art Thou Yahoo Video? Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:17:56 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=3212#comment-232218 <p>[...] Albrecht on NewTeeVee posted an interesting analysis last week on Yahoo’s difficulty integrating its video properties and services on the Web. While Yahoo [...]</p> [...] Albrecht on NewTeeVee posted an interesting analysis last week on Yahoo’s difficulty integrating its video properties and services on the Web. While Yahoo [...]

]]> By: modernfeed.com » Blog Archive » Yahoo’s New Video Effort Symbolic of Its Troubles « NewTeeVee http://newteevee.com/2008/02/15/yahoos-new-video-symbolic-of-its-troubles/#comment-231889 modernfeed.com » Blog Archive » Yahoo’s New Video Effort Symbolic of Its Troubles « NewTeeVee Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:48:01 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=3212#comment-231889 <p>[...] Yahoo’s New Video Effort Symbolic of Its Troubles « NewTeeVee [...]</p> [...] Yahoo’s New Video Effort Symbolic of Its Troubles « NewTeeVee [...]

]]> By: Andrew http://newteevee.com/2008/02/15/yahoos-new-video-symbolic-of-its-troubles/#comment-231732 Andrew Sat, 16 Feb 2008 06:29:31 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=3212#comment-231732 <p>The new Y video also muddies the Flickr waters. Does this mean that the plans to add video to Flickr have changed? If not, how will the two video services relate to each other? Y closed down its own photo site to avoid such confusion - and now this.</p> The new Y video also muddies the Flickr waters. Does this mean that the plans to add video to Flickr have changed? If not, how will the two video services relate to each other? Y closed down its own photo site to avoid such confusion – and now this.

]]> By: Yahoo Video Redesign Underwhelms http://newteevee.com/2008/02/15/yahoos-new-video-symbolic-of-its-troubles/#comment-231719 Yahoo Video Redesign Underwhelms Sat, 16 Feb 2008 05:00:27 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=3212#comment-231719 <p>[...] Chris Albrecht sees the redesign as reflective of the company’s information silo woes. The current featured video is the new trailer for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The trailer’s video page contains the video, the standard synopsis rating and playcount info, comments and related vids. But what you’d never know from just looking at it is that Yahoo has the exclusive with that trailer, and that just a click away at Yahoo Movies, there is a special Indiana Jones mini-section with previous Indy movie trailers, cast photos and more. [...]</p> [...] Chris Albrecht sees the redesign as reflective of the company’s information silo woes. The current featured video is the new trailer for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The trailer’s video page contains the video, the standard synopsis rating and playcount info, comments and related vids. But what you’d never know from just looking at it is that Yahoo has the exclusive with that trailer, and that just a click away at Yahoo Movies, there is a special Indiana Jones mini-section with previous Indy movie trailers, cast photos and more. [...]

]]> By: What’s Wrong with Yahoo! | www.univalleihe.org http://newteevee.com/2008/02/15/yahoos-new-video-symbolic-of-its-troubles/#comment-231711 What’s Wrong with Yahoo! | www.univalleihe.org Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:19:59 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=3212#comment-231711 <p>[...] Here is one person’s opinion about what is wrong with Yahoo!. Although there some good points in this post, it is challenging to coordinate the efforts of just so many people. If Microsoft is supposed to sort out all of the initiatives that Yahoo! has undertaken and fix them… We are in trouble. Last I looked, as successful as Microsoft is, they still haven’t standardized on what <CTL>+F does in its various programs. [...]</p> [...] Here is one person’s opinion about what is wrong with Yahoo!. Although there some good points in this post, it is challenging to coordinate the efforts of just so many people. If Microsoft is supposed to sort out all of the initiatives that Yahoo! has undertaken and fix them… We are in trouble. Last I looked, as successful as Microsoft is, they still haven’t standardized on what <CTL>+F does in its various programs. [...]

]]> By: former Yahoo employee http://newteevee.com/2008/02/15/yahoos-new-video-symbolic-of-its-troubles/#comment-231710 former Yahoo employee Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:15:45 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=3212#comment-231710 <p>I meant, "Chris is absolutely right..." in the previous comment. I thought I was reading Om Malik's blog because it had pointed to this post.</p> I meant, “Chris is absolutely right…” in the previous comment. I thought I was reading Om Malik’s blog because it had pointed to this post.

]]> By: former Yahoo employee http://newteevee.com/2008/02/15/yahoos-new-video-symbolic-of-its-troubles/#comment-231709 former Yahoo employee Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:14:52 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=3212#comment-231709 <p>To the "someone" who claims this is not about politics, as a recently laid off Yahoo! employee, I would like to counter that it indeed is. There is in fact no internal coordination between groups that hold the key to connected functionality for one or the other site. Product managers are distributed over multiple properties, some of which might not report into the same overall "division." Trying to get things done when you have to scale up the divisional hierarchies, and the back down again, can be a nightmare, and most teams give up and implement what's on their roadmap. There are no rewards for attempting to improve the system, and most short term benefits derive from launching what you can with the aid of your own team's resources.</p> <p>Om is absolutely right about this one. What's happening on Y! Videos, and indeed on multiple Y! sites, is very symptomatic of what's wrong with Yahoo! as a company.</p> To the “someone” who claims this is not about politics, as a recently laid off Yahoo! employee, I would like to counter that it indeed is. There is in fact no internal coordination between groups that hold the key to connected functionality for one or the other site. Product managers are distributed over multiple properties, some of which might not report into the same overall “division.” Trying to get things done when you have to scale up the divisional hierarchies, and the back down again, can be a nightmare, and most teams give up and implement what’s on their roadmap. There are no rewards for attempting to improve the system, and most short term benefits derive from launching what you can with the aid of your own team’s resources.

Om is absolutely right about this one. What’s happening on Y! Videos, and indeed on multiple Y! sites, is very symptomatic of what’s wrong with Yahoo! as a company.

]]> By: Mark Sigal http://newteevee.com/2008/02/15/yahoos-new-video-symbolic-of-its-troubles/#comment-231685 Mark Sigal Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:52:01 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=3212#comment-231685 <p>I blogged on this same topic. Here is an excerpt:</p> <p>Yahoo, despite a magnificent footprint of users and services used by users, not to mention content, media and agency relationships, has never seemed to be able to connect the dots for their users.</p> <p>This is a cardinal sin, but organizationally, they are too silo'd to cross that chasm, which is their folly.</p> <p>Check out the full post if interested:</p> <p>http://thenetworkgarden.com/weblog/2008/02/the-market-make.html</p> <p>Cheers,</p> <p>Mark</p> I blogged on this same topic. Here is an excerpt:

Yahoo, despite a magnificent footprint of users and services used by users, not to mention content, media and agency relationships, has never seemed to be able to connect the dots for their users.

This is a cardinal sin, but organizationally, they are too silo’d to cross that chasm, which is their folly.

Check out the full post if interested:

http://thenetworkgarden.com/weblog/2008/02/the-market-make.html

Cheers,

Mark

]]> By: Coldhitz http://newteevee.com/2008/02/15/yahoos-new-video-symbolic-of-its-troubles/#comment-231684 Coldhitz Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:23:15 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=3212#comment-231684 <p>Well... This is not lookingto be too bright of a decision for a company that's trying to fight back the wolves to bring in the sheep. What a blown opportunity ...Whoa is Yahoo.</p> Well… This is not lookingto be too bright of a decision for a company that’s trying to fight back the wolves to bring in the sheep. What a blown opportunity …Whoa is Yahoo.

]]> By: Frank Sinton http://newteevee.com/2008/02/15/yahoos-new-video-symbolic-of-its-troubles/#comment-231674 Frank Sinton Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:18:58 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=3212#comment-231674 <p>1) Why don't they just focus on Video Search?</p> <p>2) For a company that was at the forefront of MediaRSS, why can't they even get their RSS right (no enclosures/swf files, feed doesn't even come close to validating in feedvalidator.org). http://video.yahoo.com/rss/video/featured</p> 1) Why don’t they just focus on Video Search?

2) For a company that was at the forefront of MediaRSS, why can’t they even get their RSS right (no enclosures/swf files, feed doesn’t even come close to validating in feedvalidator.org).
http://video.yahoo.com/rss/video/featured

]]> By: foryourimagination http://newteevee.com/2008/02/15/yahoos-new-video-symbolic-of-its-troubles/#comment-231668 foryourimagination Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:05:37 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=3212#comment-231668 <p>Did you notice that most user favorites, fans, contacts and even some video ratings were wiped clean? Not a great launch when you wipe out the community.</p> Did you notice that most user favorites, fans, contacts and even some video ratings were wiped clean? Not a great launch when you wipe out the community.

]]> By: Someone http://newteevee.com/2008/02/15/yahoos-new-video-symbolic-of-its-troubles/#comment-231662 Someone Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:30:16 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=3212#comment-231662 <p>It is not a lack of communication, nor politics. I suppose it's sensationalistic to think so.</p> <p>Do you even know who worked on the new video site?</p> It is not a lack of communication, nor politics. I suppose it’s sensationalistic to think so.

Do you even know who worked on the new video site?

]]> By: PlayaDev http://newteevee.com/2008/02/15/yahoos-new-video-symbolic-of-its-troubles/#comment-231661 PlayaDev Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:25:03 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=3212#comment-231661 <p>What ever happened to Jumpcut? I thought they were going to be integrated into all of the video functionality?</p> What ever happened to Jumpcut? I thought they were going to be integrated into all of the video functionality?

]]> By: What’s wrong with Yahoo? Take a look at its new video site, and get a clue. - GigaOM http://newteevee.com/2008/02/15/yahoos-new-video-symbolic-of-its-troubles/#comment-231650 What’s wrong with Yahoo? Take a look at its new video site, and get a clue. - GigaOM Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:22:59 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=3212#comment-231650 <p>[...] night. But the revamped site is an inadvertent metaphor for all the reasons Yahoo’s in trouble. Continue Reading @ NewTeeVee Share/Send Sphere Print Previous Post Next [...]</p> [...] night. But the revamped site is an inadvertent metaphor for all the reasons Yahoo’s in trouble. Continue Reading @ NewTeeVee Share/Send Sphere Print Previous Post Next [...]

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