They have to monetize the use of the services somehow. Advertising, aggregated data mining, public opinion measurement, navigable "knowledge" base, whatever.
Probably there are at least a couple graduate thesis projects in grammar forensics and spelling pathology - that are low hanging fruit on these services already.
It is probably one of the biggest machine-readable stores of unstructured social data in history. If nothing else, it would make interesting test data for validating/invalidating algorithms.
Getting some input from RAND corporation might catalyze some ideas for what Yahoo could do by combining various chunks of aggregated data to synthesize new products.
At the size Yahoo is at, most statistical/logical driven sociological analysis organizations would probably think of useful applications and novel ways of presenting the data.
2006-06-17 19:41:06
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answered by John C 5
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Well you know how stock people are any little thing can change the market it depends on the perspective of the brokers I would imagine. I think it is a big success and will be properly fine tuned over the years.
2006-06-15 12:09:36
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answered by xx_muggles_xx 6
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I hope so, I own 50.1% of Yahoo stock. Actually I just started this to know which came first the chicken or the egg.
2006-06-15 12:07:52
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answered by ? 5
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Maybe, but I'm not investing in Yahoo.
2006-06-15 12:07:52
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answered by M☆mma 4
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i expect eventually you will have to pay to be a member, I'm not investing in yahoo, but hey, that isn't a bad idea! i think this site will be a very beneficial asset to yahoo.
2006-06-16 18:26:58
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answered by Foxy 4
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not really. Google had this feature for years now.
2006-06-15 12:09:21
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answered by ishawon 2
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Only if they can make money from data mining this pile of ~~~~.
2006-06-16 02:32:59
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answered by Michaelsgdec 5
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they're not making any money on this.
2006-06-15 12:06:45
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answered by sabai2024 2
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