Charlene Li Quotations

Yahoo is taking aim at women and other people who have felt left out of the discussion.

The fact of the matter is--the average user shouldn't have to get used to RSS. It should be something that's just as easy as browsing the Web or doing anything else on the Internet.

Some of the power has shifted from companies to people. Using social media tools (blogs, wikis, tagging, etc.) more individuals are creating semi-spontaneous 'groundswells' of opinions to which companies and other institutions are realizing they must respond. From marketing to consumers organizations are being pulled into engaging with individuals.

We're all learning here; the best listeners will end up the smartest.

Then they show up at the door and the reality is that they are 5-foot-8, 240 pounds and have not run a mile in years. A background check is not going to help you with that.

Leadership is defined not by the position you hold but by the people who follow you.

I think that women no longer have to set up a boundary between work life and home life. One of the hallmarks of my thinking is that I bring a lot of my personal life into my work. That's a huge advantage I have over men, who may feel they have to separate the two.

If the ad is bad people get turned off. That's 125 million potential viewers, so you just killed reach. But there's also a big potential payoff. I think it does pay off because you get a lot of traffic, a lot of free public relations(in media stories). It helps position themselves for the next round of financing.

From the consumer point of view, there may be questions about whether you'll have to be an AOL subscriber to get Time magazine, ... That combination of media with the access is one through which you may be able to block access to your competitors' subscribers.

It's the same reason why someone has a Web page or why people feel comfortable going on reality TV.

People often say to me, "How come you don't want to be CEO of a company?" And I tell them, "I don't want to." I know I can do it, but I don't enjoy it. Why does that have to be the definition of success?

If you think you are in control, you're fooling yourself. As soon as you start listening, you realize you're not in control. And letting go will yield more and better results.

In theory, it makes a lot of sense to combine the two operations, especially on the back end. But merging the two actual portal consumer experiences into a unified site will be a nightmare.

The 800 pound gorilla just entered the blogosphere, with Google launching its blog search.

I see women going anywhere they want to. And I do mean want to. Because a lot of people measure success merely by position, title and salary. I think women feel comfortable enough in their own skin to put that secondary to what they want. They don't have to define success by the measure of society.

Taking a close look at all technical options is the right thing for them (AOL and MSN) to be doing.

Companies need connections to their markets to create long-term loyalty.

Twitter is not a technology. It's a conversation and it's happening with or without you.

Search engine users aren't terribly loyal, so a better or more targeted technology could make headway.

My personal assessment is that most of the dot.com ads fell short of what they should have done, which is educate people on why they should visit the site.

I think Google is going to blow them out of the water. So they need to dive into some niche and develop something other than just blog search.

The 800-pound gorilla just entered the blogosphere, ... the secret sauce to Google's blog-search success.

Microsoft's real aim is to build and host a service platform that will be robust enough that other developers will want to use it to deliver their services through it.

Microsoft is moving out of selling boxes into selling real, true services.

This relevancy ranking is what I think will be the secret sauce to Googles blog search success.

Ad-supported software for consumers and very small businesses is only the beginning. Microsoft's real aim is to build and host a service platform that will attract the investment of developers looking for a way to reach these market sectors.

Despite the struggles of its ISP arm, AOL.com is well positioned because of the number of users of AIM (AOL's Instant Messaging) and the strength of its new online mail offering.

That's not to be underplayed. At some point, you'll want a personal experience, and you can't get that online. ... There's still an opportunity online for small and midsize businesses to drive traffic to their offline stores, and that offers a way for them to differentiate themselves. It is pretty dismal when you look at the numbers, but there is that silver lining in the dark clouds.

They were hoping to become what AOL was supposed to be when it made the Time Warner deal six years ago.

They're the first ones out there with an integrated approach to sharing content. But there will be fast followers.

They are being fairly careful about it, but they are walking very rapidly toward becoming a portal. They have a lot of other services gunning for them, so they have become most keen about building user loyalty so the users don't have a reason to go someplace else.

There is this natural inclination by big communications giants to want to be the focal point for the user experience, the starting point, the way to search the Web, and not just an instant message or voice communication tool.

At least they're not going backwards. This is a turnaround. They're growing. Just not as much as everyone else.

It's only a small number of people who know what to do with it.

It's going to take a long time for video search to develop.

The big hurdle for video search to overcome has been the dearth of content that people really want to find online. That's starting to change rapidly.

They have to differentiate themselves. And entertainment is a big part of peoples' lives.

Social search is not one of these things that will take off overnight. It will take a lot of time to build.

If you come to our site, you're going to get money, ... You can't get a better motivation than that. My curiosity is piqued.

I don't think my mom will be able to use it.