The Industry Standard - Flickr video launches, doubles Yahoo! market share - Comments

Yahoo had a surge of 56% in

David Kuan — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:45:33 -0700

Yahoo had a surge of 56% in month of September (according to Nielsen Online metric). Fox down by -20%+. Google up by another 12%. Despite this surge, I still don't think it cracked the 4% mark.

comScore results for July

David Kuan — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:48:00 -0700

comScore results for July 2008

Google up to 44.1%
Fox Interactive Media down to 3.9%
Yahoo down to 2.4%

There is practically 0% chance that Yahoo can meet either criteria for favorable judgment.

comScore results for May

Bradley Baker — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:52:03 -0700

comScore results for May 2008

Google down to 34.8%, Yahoo! down to 2.9%. Fox Interactive Media (6.4%, up from 5.1%) is the big winner this (most recent available) month.

This isn't going to happen.

David Kuan — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:47:53 -0700

This isn't going to happen. In April, Google sites has increased market share to 37% while Yahoo sites (inclusive of Flickr and Yahoo! Video) continues to linger at 3.2%. Check out comScore results

Flickr video launches, doubles Yahoo! market share

The Standard — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:50:30 -0700

Yahoo's forthcoming Flickr video announcement has been widely reported after a few comments Stewart Butterfield made at Sunday's birthday party.

CNET's Josh Lowensohn thinks that the service, now rumored for over a year, stands more than a fighting chance against. . .well, too many incumbants to count.

YouTube has an approximately 34% market share as of March 14, 2008, according to comScore, whereas Yahoo! video only has 3.2%. It has been reported that Flickr Video will not replace Yahoo Video, unlike Yahoo Photos, which was folded into Flickr.

This is a prediction that must meet two (i.e. both) condiitons in order to be judged favorably:

1.) Flickr video (or equivalant service regardless of name) equals or eclipses Yahoo! Video's 3.2% market share within its first 6 months of service

2.) The combined online video market share of Yahoo! sites (all offerings i.e. Flickr video + Yahoo! Video) exceeds 6.4% within 6 months of the Flickr video launch

A judgement on this prediction will be made using comScore metrics. Only if the neccessary metrics are not available via comScore wil the editors look elesewhere for the requisite numbers, in which case they will provide their sources when making the judgement. If Flickr video does not launch by May 1, as expected, then the expiration date of this prediction will be revised accordingly.