---
title: "Yahoo Analyst Day"
date: 2006-05-18
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2006"
    url: "/tag/2006.md"
---

# Yahoo Analyst Day

Yesterday Yahoo! held their [Analyst Day](https://web.archive.org/web/20110307090635/http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/calendar.cfm?CalendarID=3) – the 188-page slide presentation [is here](https://web.archive.org/web/20110307090635/http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/downloads/2006AnalystDay.pdf) (12MB). There’s too much in the preso for any one mind to fully comprehend, but here are the things that stood out for me…

## Yahoo’s Big Bets for the Next 5 Years

See slide 16:

1\. Next Generation Experience –> a.k.a. a customer focus, the user experience

They listed a progression of user experiences, from the Directory in the early years, to Content Verticals, to Web-based Services (communicate), Social Media (communities) and multi-device (“I want to have access to my stuff wherever I go and on any device” — e.g. Yahoo! Go).

2\. Monetization

3\. Platforms

4\. Beyond the Browser – a particular focus on Yahoo Go and mobile (see slide 51, which states Yahoo has a “Mobile Leadership Position”)

## Media Group priorities

Slide 58:

2006 Priorities: Create Superior User Experience

- Build robust platforms
- Develop key strategic relationships
- Maximize user generated content
- Build core brand extensions

## Lotsa Mollah!

Slide 170 – The Internet Ecosystem: Roughly An $80 Billion Global Industry

This is why Microsoft wants to be [a media company](https://web.archive.org/web/20110307090635/http://blogs.zdnet.com/web2explorer/?p=172)!

So in summary, Yahoo as usual is making all the right noises. Focus on user experience, building platforms, user generated content, etc. Of course as [Greg Sterling noted](https://web.archive.org/web/20110307090635/http://gesterling.wordpress.com/2006/05/17/yahoo-analyst-day-raw-notes/), “The theory is right on, executing is very hard.”

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/yahoo_analyst_d.php))*