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Yahoo forgot what had taken them there
Amid aggressive acquisitions, Yahoo neglected its core products such as Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Answers, and Flickr. Competitors like Google, Quora, and Instagram surpassed them by continuously improving their platforms. The company failed to strengthen and evolve the services that originally made it successful.
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Amid aggressive acquisitions, Yahoo neglected its core products such as Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Answers, and Flickr. Competitors like Google, Quora, and Instagram surpassed them by continuously improving their platforms. The company failed to strengthen and evolve the services that originally made it successful.
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