Chapter 674: Yahoo Founder: Yang Zhiyuan
Yahoo. Yahoo is the world's first comprehensive website to offer a portal news advisory category.
At that time, Yahoo once led the Internet boom in the United States and successfully drove the Nasdaq index to rise by tens of thousands of points.
Although the myth of Yahoo has gradually been shattered after the dot-com bubble, the power of Yahoo cannot be underestimated.
Yahoo is also the most well-known portal in the world, and Yahoo is also one of the most trafficked websites in the world.
However, in the face of Yahoo's continuous globalization process, Yahoo has also been challenged by Yan zhòng.
First of all, countries or regions from all over the world have begun to enter the Internet and compete with Yahoo.
Like China, Yahoo has not been able to have much presence in China.
But none of these are the biggest headaches for Yahoo.
The biggest headache for Yahoo is Google, which is also in the process of globalization.
This is a small company that relied on Yahoo's official homepage and only provided search services for Yahoo.
In just a few years, he has grown into a Yahoo Being.
By the time Yahoo woke up to Google's growth as a threat to its position on the Internet, it was too late.
"David, how is our search engine lately?"
Yahoo founder Zhiyuan Yang has been very concerned about their search engine business lately.
That's right, after Sosou in China started a battle with Google, Yang finally realized that providing Google search services on their website not only did not bring much convenience to Yahoo, but on the contrary, he helped Google. Now, if it weren't for Yahoo's upfront series of advertising dollars, Google would have threatened its position. As a result, Yahoo has recently completely cut off its cooperation with Google and developed a search engine of its own.
I have to say that as a global Internet giant, Yahoo's technology in search engines is also very good.
It's a pity that Google has already completed its layout in the global search engine, and Yahoo still doesn't have much to say even if it has developed its own search engine.
"Again, with the exception of Japan, where our Yahoo search form is good, other countries are making slow progress."
David, one of the co-founders, also said depressedly.
"It's a terrible thing."
Yang Zhiyuan frowned, "You said, do we have any chance of cooperation with Microsoft?" ”
Yang Zhiyuan is a Chinese-American, looks more Sven, wears a pair of glasses, and looks very gentle.
However, in the United States, Yang Zhiyuan's very gentle face is a symbol of the American Internet.
At least, the frenzy of the Internet in the United States was led by this Mr. Yang Zhiyuan.
"It's hard to estimate."
David shook his head, "Although we have a good relationship with Microsoft, however, Microsoft has recently secretly worked on a search engine called Bing Search, and the search business potential is getting bigger and bigger, and with Microsoft's appetite, they can't give up." Even if we can cooperate with Microsoft in a short period of time, I am afraid that Microsoft will rely on its own operating system in the future and cultivate a more powerful opponent. ”
"That's right."
Yang Zhiyuan nodded.
How Google grew up is not something they Yahoo raised.
If you cooperate with Microsoft, if you support Microsoft's search engine, even if you destroy Google, it will not be worth the loss. After all, Microsoft is much more powerful than Google. As for the reason, it's simple. Microsoft's operating system is currently irreplaceable in the world, but Google's search engine is much more likely to be replaced.
"I had a plan?"
David thought for a while and said, "Judging from the effect of Yahoo Japan, I have always wanted to look for Internet companies that I can cooperate with in various countries. I think that with our technology, our brand, and the connections and resources of local companies, we at Yahoo may be able to overtake in corners and enter other countries beyond Google's full control. ”
"You're thinking about it, and I've thought about it before."
It's just that Yang Zhiyuan shook his head again, "It's a pity, if you want to find such a company, you must look for a genius in the Internet area." Japan's Masayoshi Son is one, so our Japanese Yahoo succeeded. China's Zhang Ning is also one. It's just that Zhang Ning is more talented than Son Masayoshi, and even Google has been suppressed by him, and it is impossible for him to cooperate with us Yahoo. As for other countries, it is a pity that other countries do not pay much attention to the Internet, and there are no decent talents. If we follow this plan, I am afraid that our Yahoo search will not be able to be promoted to the world. ”
In this analysis, Yang Zhiyuan seems to not know how to lay it out.
I really didn't expect that in just a few years, Google would grow to such a scale.
Looking at Google's market share, it almost occupies more than 80% of the global market.
This is still to add China and Japan, the two Internet powers, if China and Japan are excluded, Google's global market share will reach more than 90%. In many places, such as Europe, Google's market share has even reached a terrifying 97%.
Such a terrifying market share, in the world, only Microsoft can do.
The two of them didn't know what to say for a moment.
In fact, both of them have considered this, and as for saying it, they are just thinking about the possibility of this.
However, it seems that the two did not find any opportunity after a discussion.
While the two were discussing the globalization of the Yahoo search engine, the secretary knocked on the door and walked in.
"Mr. Yang, Zhang Ning, the founder of China Penguin, came to visit."
"Zhang Ning?"
Yang Zhiyuan and David said in unison.
I was talking about Zhang Ning just now, but I didn't expect this guy to come directly.
"What is he doing here?"
David said.
"I don't know."
"Do you want to work with Yahoo in China?"
"It's unlikely, although Penguin is not an Internet giant, but in China, they have completed the layout, they have the ability to dominate the Chinese market, and it is impossible to cooperate with our Yahoo in China."
"I know, I'm talking about the portal business, and at the moment Penguin has not launched a portal business."
"It can't be."
Yang Zhiyuan still shook his head, "I don't know why Penguin has not launched a portal business until now, but I believe that as long as they want to enter this area, it will not take a few years, with the share of instant messaging QQ in China, they can become the No1 domestic portal website." ”
"Then this guy, what's the matter with us?"
"Let's go out and have a look, I think, we'll find out soon."
Yang Zhiyuan didn't want to guess anymore.
Of course, Yang Zhiyuan is also very interested in Zhang Ning's arrival.