This is a wee bit odd. Because, you see, I have not been on any Yahoo site (admittedly other than Tumblr – but, hey, they only just bought them, OK?) for, like, ever… However, this week, two (not one, no, two) bits of news got me to look at them again. Now, the first one was – of course – the (apparently) insane photo shoot (is that how you call it) which Marissa Mayer had in Vogue (apparently, no one has read the gazillion-word interview; nor did I because I couldn’t find it on the Vogue website because they seem to have a bit of a weird paywall thing going on but never mind…). The gist is this: is it OK (or not) to pose in swanky, sexed-up (does this screw up my SEO now) poses if you are a tech CEO only because you are a woman? Well, my short answer would be “no”. Just imagine Larry Ellison doing that, right? Can you picture it? No, nor can I. Case closed.
So, swiftly on to the second bit of news then (brought to me – and you – by my very special friend, Robert Tercek). And that – kinda – took be aback a little. Because, you see, Yahoo was #1 on the web again – yes, ahead of Google and Facebook and all of the other cool kids! This hasn’t happen so much lately, you know. To be precise: not since 2008. So dear Mrs Mayer (or Ms? I don’t know; she’s married but kept her name – what’s right?) seems to be doing something right, right? Suffice to say that a) I wanted you to know and b) I will be monitoring this a lot more closely. Heck, I might even surf to a Yahoo site soon again (and even something other than Tumblr). And if you don’t believe me: here it is. Who would have thunk, huh?
PS: I randomly chose one of their “30 Days of Change” logos. I think it’s Day 10…