ForwardSlash: Yahoo depressed about dumping Google
Posted by Matthew on Tuesday January 6, 2004 @10:39AM
from the stupid-is-as-stupid-does dept.
matthew writes: [From SlashNOT, Jan 14th, 2005] Visibly upset, and drinking heavily, Yahoo today expressed serious regret over dumping Google a year ago.
“We were Yahoo and Google, man. Everyone knew us, loved us–wanted to be Us. Then I had to go mess it up. Why do I always do that, man? We really had a good thing going—the best portal plus the best search—it was like we owned the web.”
“I guess I wanted different things—you know, some variety. So I started going after paid links. When google found out I was doing paid links, it was like something died between us. But why shouldn’t I? This isn’t 1995—it’s not all free browsing and happiness.”
“And yeah, there were major control issues. I wanted a partner that would be more submissive to my demands.”
“So I broke it off with Google. Things went down hill fast. As it turns out, people seem to want relevant links rather than paid inserts when they search for something. All of our friends sided with Google in the breakup. I’ve lost so much money that I’m sharing bandwith with AOL, and I’ve alienated pretty much everyone else.”
“I’ve tried to call Google a bunch of times, but I guess Google is doing just fine without me. I just wish I had a chance to apologize. I still do Google searches all the time.”