The Biz of Coding

Yahoo Inc.’s founder David Filo visits India: Yahoo! will compete in Search

by Ujwal Tickoo on August 28th, 2006

India is the focus of Internet leaders Yahoo! (YHOO) and Google (GOOG).

David Filo visited India around mid August to see his expanding company with about 700 Yahoo! employees in Bangalore. While in India, David Filo reiterated the resolve of Yahoo! to compete in the Search space and win lost ground back from Google:

“Google is strong in search and we are investing a lot in refining this technology to convince people to come to Yahoo! for Search…Competition is everywhere. The very beauty of the Internet is that anyone with a good idea can spring up to become a competitor. Ten years ago when we started out, a lot of people said that we will not be able to compete with Microsoft. They had all the resources to make us irrelevant. Yet, we have come on top to be among the most endearing brands”

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