IDG Contributor Network: Here’s why Yahoo is still in a sad, slow decline

There is one simple truth in tech that never seems to change: The best products always win, one way or another. They attract users and keep them. I know you can push out poorly designed products and hope they last in the marketplace for a while, but for the long haul, if your company produces products that are truly remarkable, they will stand the test of time. They will rack up sales. They will lead to a high stock price.

Over the past two years or so, Yahoo has fallen into a steady, slow and mind-numbing slump. You can blame Marissa Mayer if you want, but the truth is that Yahoo just doesn’t make great products consistently. Some of them are just not that useful. While there are millions of people who use Yahoo for email, searches and photo sharing, my firm belief is that a portion of these “users” are not really that active. I have a few Yahoo email accounts myself. In fact, I have signed up for almost every Yahoo product over the years, I have a Tumblr and a Flickr account, and I’ll usually try most of the apps for weather forecasts, news and even the one for watching television.

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