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JoeStocks answered 2 months ago …

Unless Yahoo finds itself a nice niche, I can't imagine it making much money.

The company doesn't have a unique product.

You can get the same thing, an Internet portal with search functions, news, maps, finance, etc, etc, if you go to MSN or Google. With Google, you get the shiny-new-toy-with-a-sense-of-humor vibe, and with MSN you get, well, the Bill-Gates-is-gonna-suck-your-brain-out-through-your-nostrils-whether-you-l ike-it-or-not vibe... or maybe that's just me.

I have to admit it, until I surfed on over to the Yahoo homepage a few minutes ago (using Google to find it), I hadn't been to Yahoo in years. But I'm sure some of you out there can tell me what's special about Yahoo and why people will continue to use it in the future.

The problem with Yahoo isn't that it can't make money. It's that it can't draw users. Google has a better email system and a search engine that the entire world bows down and worships. Yahoo's finance site is still useful, but Google will soon beat the company in that arena, as well. Perhaps Yahoo Answers is the wave of the company's future?

Too bad Yahoo has yet to put ads in that part of the site.