Archive: July, 2007

A couple of days ago I wrote a long article at the SiteProNews.com blog titled “Yahoo! to Shed Sacred Cows?” in response to comments made by Yahoo!’s new CEO, Jerry Yang. Earlier this week, Yang wrote an open letter to anyone interested in Yahoo! outlining impressions and ideas that had formed in his 30-days as chief exec. Promising action after a 100-day strategic planning period, Yang suggested changes are coming and that there would be no sacred cows.

I was asked my thoughts about Yang’s comments on WebmasterRadio yesterday during the first ten minute segment of my show, The Alternative. Unfortunately, the question came in the middle of the segment and I wasn’t able to fully answer the question. I’m not even sure I scratched the surface.

What does Yang mean when he says there are “no sacred cows” at Yahoo! anymore? What is, or was, sacred in Sunnyvale? Is Yang promising a core shake-up of the company he and partner Dave Filo started a dozen years ago? Does it come down to who shows Jerry the money?