Comments on: Yahoo Allows Users To Turn Ads Off Completely

By: Belmassio

Belmassio — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:31:09 +0000

I’ve had a hunch for some time that things are even worse then they appear at Yahoo.

I think Y may be just dying on the vine.

By: VeryEasyEuro

VeryEasyEuro — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:12:26 +0000

simply the Yahoo SUICIDE

By: @crowdmanage

@crowdmanage — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:59:26 +0000

If I had to invest my entire net worth in today’s big tech players and rely on it for a pension in 30 years, I would go for a balanced portfolio of Google (50%), Microsoft (30%), Twitter (15%), Faceboook (5%), Yahoo (0%), and that was before I’d even heard the news that Yahoo was switching off its revenue stream!

By: everything.tv

everything.tv — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:14:40 +0000

100 % right Michael, this just shows why Yahoo has become a second rate company. They make one bad decision after another, they should have sold to MSFT for their shareholders last year, they should have done more with some of their top properties. They were here before Google and they let them just pass them by like they were standing still.

By: MHB

MHB — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:14:19 +0000

The default on the setting on the page is to opt out of all. You have to select the interests that you want to see.

I do not get how a company that sells ads allows people to shut them off

By: JS

JS — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:34:01 +0000

I think what the announcement meant is that users can opt out of “interest-based ads”, not all ads altogether. My guess is that, by opting out, users will not see tailor-made ads, but rather the full variety of ads in yahoo’s portfolio.

By: Tim Davids

Tim Davids — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:33:10 +0000

Brilliant! Next will be all advertisers can opt out of paying their yahoo invoices LOL.