Yahoo acquires GoPollGo (opens in new tab)

The announcement at http://gopollgo.com/ hits all the acquisition bingo spots:

* "We are excited"

* "It has been so rewarding

* "We're so excited"

* "we couldn’t be happier"

* "thanks to all our users,"

* "As of today, we'll no longer be supporting [GoPollGo]"

Just recently I read pg's old essay on Microsoft. (http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html)

> The surprising fact is, brilliant hackers—dangerously brilliant hackers—can be had very cheaply, by the standards of a company as rich as Microsoft. They can't hire smart people anymore, but they could buy as many as they wanted for only an order of magnitude more.

This seems like Marissa Mayer's strategy.

Title correction: Yahoo acqui-hires GoPollGo. Like Summly, the service itself will disappear completely.

I would be excited to go work for yahoo at this moment in their history. They're making some relatively big moves to get their game back.

How to hire smart people for your multinational corporation and get free PR in the process: - comb through startups with talented founders - "acquire" their "company" - Make techcrunch headlines - 2 to 4 year committed employees, team oftentimes included - ??? - Profit

The announcement is posted at http://gopollgo.com/

Congratulations on the acquisition, OP.

Yahoo is really upping the mobile aqui-hires. I wonder if people are excited to actually go work at Yahoo or if they're just happy to be acquired.

Congratulations, Sam!