[interesting_att]

This is what I wondered too. Yahoo could be a great business if they just accepted that they were the Internet Portal for Old People.

But this would never impress investors who are looking for insane returns. As a result, they're taking everyone down with them.

[smacktoward]

The problem with being the Internet Portal for Old People is that old people have a bad habit of dying. So unless you're also the Internet Portal for Middle-Aged People and the Internet Portal for Young People, when the current crop of old people bites the dust, they get replaced by a new cohort who bring along whatever habits they developed while you were ignoring them.

[DamnYuppie]

By old I think they are mostly referencing those who are 40 and 50 years old who were young when Yahoo was first introduced.

[duaneb]

Their client base isn't getting larger any time soon. This isn't good for a business for investment.

[cscurmudgeon]

A lot of young people use Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Finance, Tumblr, Flickr etc.