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How Does This Happen?

*SIGH* I saw this post at Techcrunch. I know I’ve seen previous iterations of the AOL.com page, and they did not look like this…they definately had color and creativity to it. I’m not sure what happened to make the AOL.com such a copycat of Yahoo , but I’m pretty sure it’s not because of lack of creativity from the Design Team.

It must be something political. Why do conflicting and personal agendas get in the way so much at work… especially at a big company?

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5 Responses to “How Does This Happen?”

1. Dossy Shiobara Says:
   April 27th, 2007 at 6:03 am

   Check the comment I left over at TechCrunch:

   http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/26/aol-one-step-behind-again-new-home-page-identical-to-yahoo/#comment-1353333

2. barclay Says:
   April 27th, 2007 at 8:13 am

   eek. I’m a bit dumbfounded by this one. yikes.

3. Will Says:
   April 27th, 2007 at 11:36 am

   Yeah, safe to say this has generated a lot of buzz in the hallways and at the water cooler for the last day (and by buzz, I do not mean in a good way).

   Will

4. Kerry Says:
   April 28th, 2007 at 6:31 pm

   Makes a bunch of us very glad we’re no longer there. Its a bit embarrassing

5. Web Strategy by Jeremiah » Web Strategy Reading, A Roundup Says:
   May 9th, 2007 at 11:48 am

   […] Trademark alert: AOL Copies Yahoo Homepage Details from uber designer Hollyster. My guess? AOL Design team is being pushed around by the marketers at AOL. […]

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