“Can Yahoo! build a fast enough, smart enough search engine that can figure out that I live in the Bay Area and then query upcoming.org for a concert of a band that I’m interested in and integrate it back with their other search results? Can their technology handle the task at hand?
In order for Yahoo! to turn the ship around they need to do one simple thing. Execute.”
— Thomas Hawk, writing on Seeking Alpha and asking whether Yahoo! can truly develop its social media and social search tools in a way that will meet Wall Street growth wishes.