Derek Brown
Derek Brown
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The online advertising market still seems to be struggling. It's difficult to look at that and see substantial near-term growth.
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We are in the midst of an inflection point for Yahoo -- and the online advertising industry in general -- that finally pushes Internet marketing into the mainstream and sets the stage for robust growth.
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Importantly, our comments are meant only to reflect near-term conditions, not long-term questions about the viability of online advertising.
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There was some early quarter seasonal softness that may have been interpreted as a fundamental change in the appetite for online advertising. But the question isn't how does pricing change week to week, but what is the broader demand over an extended period of time.
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Successful online merchants need to devote time to customer service, ... Companies need to realize customers do have fears and they need to address those fears head-on.
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Trust and safety is a huge division in the company. They have a number of safeguards in place, but it is a very diverse market place. The question, I think, is are they doing enough? Could they be doing more? Should they be doing more?
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We continue to view eBay as a core Internet holding. However, we are still struggling to find a meaningful near-term catalyst and believe that the company is entering a more mature phase of its growth cycle that could limit potential upside in future quarters.
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We're trying to get winners here, and Woodrow Wilson won it all last year. There are quite a few other prospects there that I will see. Camden is a tremendous source of talent. Once we get that pipeline solidified, I'll try to do some things in Baltimore, too.
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Much to everyone's surprise, eBay seems to have had a much better quarter across several crossover categories.
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But the sector itself is still a nascent, high-margin, rapidly growing industry. And the indications we've seen are that it hasn't changed much.
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She has a great work ethic and will definitely be a force to be reckoned with for a long time with that discipline and motivation.
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People were looking forward to her coming back. She's a very big part of our team, not just on the floor. She's one of the co-captains and she gets everybody going. Without her, it allowed all of our younger kids to get experience on the front line. So things started to come together after that.
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legitimate chance that Yahoo! could fall short (of estimates) in the (fourth) quarter.
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Yahoo! has been a fairly good indicator of how others in the Internet group perform, ... buy.