Comments on: Yahoo! Uses WordPress, Google Uses Blogger http://www.ginside.com/2008/1610/yahoo-wordpress-google-blogger/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=yahoo-wordpress-google-blogger Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:16:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jonathan Dingman http://www.ginside.com/2008/1610/yahoo-wordpress-google-blogger/#comment-577 Jonathan Dingman Mon, 19 May 2008 01:47:19 +0000 http://www.ginside.com/?p=1610#comment-577 Nicki, I understand that there are needs greater than what 360 may offer presently, but why not go out and make the acquisition to do so? Why don't you acquire Movable Type or another blog service out there. There are plenty still available which are competitive. Blogspirit, Blogs.com, Blog.com, Blo.gs, and the list goes on. Google made the competitive move back in 2002, yes, six years ago, when other companies such as Yahoo! probably should have followed. Yahoo! has a much better international audience than Google does, I feel, but Yahoo! is slowly losing its grasp on that audience because of Google's innovation and search powerhouse. Additionally, I realize that Yahoo! has relationships with both Wordpress and MT, I have been involved with Wordpress for a number of years now. But the thought still remains in my mind. "Why doesn't Yahoo! create either their own blogging platform, something better than 360, or acquire a company that will get the job done" Google has done it right. They use their own blog platform for all of their blogs and everything stays within their own network. They utilize Blogger and then automatically sends traffic to their own service when others want to create blogs like it. It simply makes sense. Thank you for taking the time to comment and touch on the subject, I would love to further hear your thoughts on the matter at hand. Nicki,

I understand that there are needs greater than what 360 may offer presently, but why not go out and make the acquisition to do so? Why don’t you acquire Movable Type or another blog service out there. There are plenty still available which are competitive. Blogspirit, Blogs.com, Blog.com, Blo.gs, and the list goes on.

Google made the competitive move back in 2002, yes, six years ago, when other companies such as Yahoo! probably should have followed.

Yahoo! has a much better international audience than Google does, I feel, but Yahoo! is slowly losing its grasp on that audience because of Google’s innovation and search powerhouse.

Additionally, I realize that Yahoo! has relationships with both WordPress and MT, I have been involved with WordPress for a number of years now. But the thought still remains in my mind.

“Why doesn’t Yahoo! create either their own blogging platform, something better than 360, or acquire a company that will get the job done”

Google has done it right. They use their own blog platform for all of their blogs and everything stays within their own network. They utilize Blogger and then automatically sends traffic to their own service when others want to create blogs like it. It simply makes sense.

Thank you for taking the time to comment and touch on the subject, I would love to further hear your thoughts on the matter at hand.

]]> By: Nicki Dugan http://www.ginside.com/2008/1610/yahoo-wordpress-google-blogger/#comment-576 Nicki Dugan Mon, 19 May 2008 00:09:14 +0000 http://www.ginside.com/?p=1610#comment-576 Jonathan: I wanted to weigh in with some perspective. When we were evaluating our platform options for our corporate blog in 2006, we were looking for a scalable platform, the ability to fully customize our layout and design, and the ability to moderate comments. We found WordPress best fit our needs. However, Yahoo! 360 was used by many of Yahoo! businesses for their product blogs. You'll note that many transitioned to WordPress after we announced in October that we're going to transition 360 to a more integrated "profile" experience -- meaning that it's really a better experience for individuals vs. organizations. Yahoo! actually supports many different platforms. Yahoo! Web Hosting has a relationship with both WordPress and SixApart. Hope that helps clarify. Nicki Dugan Editor, Yahoo!'s Yodel Anecdotal Jonathan:

I wanted to weigh in with some perspective. When we were evaluating our platform options for our corporate blog in 2006, we were looking for a scalable platform, the ability to fully customize our layout and design, and the ability to moderate comments. We found WordPress best fit our needs. However, Yahoo! 360 was used by many of Yahoo! businesses for their product blogs. You’ll note that many transitioned to WordPress after we announced in October that we’re going to transition 360 to a more integrated “profile” experience — meaning that it’s really a better experience for individuals vs. organizations. Yahoo! actually supports many different platforms. Yahoo! Web Hosting has a relationship with both WordPress and SixApart.

Hope that helps clarify.

Nicki Dugan
Editor, Yahoo!’s Yodel Anecdotal

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