Mike over at Topix.net suggested that Yahoo is sort of like Las Vegas.  He meant more in terms of monetization while surfing, but I’m thinking “hey, they ARE like the old Vegas!”

I see Yahoo as 1960’s Vegas, which was the “hippest and coolest” Vegas:
* Signature Yahoo Martinis served with blinking plastic “ice” cubes.  Yahoo fancy ice sculpture. (Mashup Camp Yahoo Party, Feb 2006)
* Burlesque show and GoGo Dancers at PURE (Webmaster World Las Vegas) Party sponsored by … Yahoo. November 2005
* The RAT PACK = Tech Development Team.  I know many would agree with me that Jeremy Zawodny is the Frank Sinatra of Web 2.0