Ah, satire. If you ever wonder whether you company is getting a reputation, just wait for the blogosphere to make fun of you. Case in point: Yahoo! Announces Acquisition of Company Before Its Foundation:

SUNNYVALE, CA, Jan 11, 2006 (YARDLEYPRESS) � Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YAHOO), a leading global Internet company, today announced the acquisition of an unnamed Web 2.0 company three days before it was to be founded. �Yahoo! is committed to generating mass quantities of free public relations by acquiring more pre-revenue, pre-business plan companies than any other global Internet company,� said Chris P. Bacon, Director of Hype Production.

Heh.

Director of Hype Production. For all I know, we may actually have one of those somewhere.

Thanks to Kevin Burton for passing this one along.

Posted by jzawodn at January 12, 2006 05:03 PM