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Re: [nafex] Reducing advertisement exposure



I checked out Yahoo's website today at lunch to glance at the 
headlines.  One of their headline items was about how much money they 
are losing.  They put a nice spin on it, but it wasn't hard to read 
between the lines.  Apparently, their new dating service is keeping them 
afloat.

Ginda

On Thursday, April 11, 2002, at 07:10 PM, Gordon Nofs wrote:

> Yahoo Stock has been dropping constantly.
>    Gordon
> =========================================
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Thomas Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>
> Reply-To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
> To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [nafex] Reducing advertisement exposure
> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 11:09:10 -0700
>
> Hi,
>
> My biggest concern is that Yahoo will go "belly up" and take all the
> list archives, and the list, down with the ship.
>
> They are getting a lot more aggressive advertisement wise, and that
> signals to me that they are in financial trouble, and willing to annoy
> the membership to save the company trying to generate more ad revenue.
>
> Let's face it, they live off their "ad dollars", and if 50% or more are
> blocking advertisements, they have to be in trouble!  The ads themselves
> come from some very odd companies as well.  I realize a sucker is born
> every minute, but the birth rate is way too low to support these ads.
> (smile)
>
> It may be wise to have a contingency plan in place before Yahoo
> collapses.  Just my opinion.
>
> Later,
> Tom.
>
> Greg Miller wrote:
>
>>  As someone who has always viewed the messages on the NAFEX list with
>> a
>> standard email program, I thought I'd try reading the messages by
>> using the yahoogroups website.
>
>
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>
> Gordon C. Nofs
> Flint, MI.
>
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