Derek Brown
Derek Brown
anytime
Pretty much anytime I have time off, we come to the beach.
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Other Internet companies are not likely to blow through their quarters the way they have in the past,
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I've seen a few bizarre things on the street, especially in the past year, and this would be close to the top of the list.
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Teams that finish strong should be rewarded in the tournament. We finished this season as strong as any team could finish.
talking
They know, just by talking about it, that it can happen.
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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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There were some concerns about paid-search pricing, ... but we observed no obvious changes in advertiser behavior during the quarter and that seems to be borne out by Yahoo!'s results.
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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.
quarter
The more I delve into the numbers, the better the quarter seemed,
good
As a framework, it's about as good as it gets.
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They don't know it's like to lose. I think the experience they had last season, they drew from that.
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Yahoo! has been a fairly good indicator of how others in the Internet group perform, ... buy.
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The quarter was phenomenal. It was another in a long line of outstanding quarters by a company that really in almost every way is separated from its Internet peers.
comments meant online questions reflect viability
Importantly, our comments are meant only to reflect near-term conditions, not long-term questions about the viability of online advertising.