If Yahoo! needed any more trouble as it stands, they’ve got it. In what appears to be a desire to inflict damage upon themselves, Yahoo! employees have posted five star reviews on the iTunes App Store for their own Axis web browser, a newly-released app for iOS platforms.

It’s not illegal to post a review saying you like your own product, but it’s not ok either, considering how the iTunes review system works.

Three Yahoo! employees putting up two-word reviews with five star ratings and no mentioning whatsoever that they work at Yahoo! will undoubtedly fall under “bias.”

Here’s what Yahoo!’s Patent Counsel, David Ishimaru, had to say about his company’s own app:

“Using the iPhone version and it’s pretty darn slick. Slick enough for me to want to download the other version.”

Working at Yahoo! should at least grant you access to a beta before everyone else. Then again, Mr. Ishimaru is only paid to take care of Yahoo!’s legal matters.

Yahoo!’s Network Operations Center Engineer, Brian Koch, seemed to have lost his inspiration (if he ever had any): “Cool. Cool, cool cool” - which doesn’t even make sense from a semantic perspective.

Finally, Yahoo! Director, Product Management, Ethan Batraski, was slightly more original (as quoted by The Next Web): “Awesome browser!” Well, at least Batraski got his punctuation marks right.

As Apple customers should know, the iTunes review system includes the standard question - “Was this review any help?” - at the end of each write-up.

Needless to point out, Yahoo! is offering more help than it should for customers who might be interested in downloading their web browser.

Granted, the application still averages a 4.5-star rating with the employee submissions removed, according to electronista. In other words, Axis is not a half-bad service.

Speaking of which, those who haven’t yet tried the app might be interested to know that it serves up visual snapshots of the Internet as you make your search. Results can be previewed before visiting the sites, and you can sync your bookmarks and recently visited pages across supported devices.