Yahoo shuts down its publisher ad network
March 31, 2010
Yahoo has announced that it is shutting down yet another portion of its business today as it brings an end to its Google AdSense competitor, Yahoo Publisher Network.
Category: Yahoo!
Yahoo launches “Sketch-a-search”
March 24, 2010
Yahoo has launched an iPhone app which allows users to draw the area on a map within which they want to perform a location-based search. It’s designed to give more control than using a fixed radius.
Facebook overtakes Yahoo in U.S. traffic
February 18, 2010
Facebook has grown a phenomenal amount over the past few years, from being a MySpace also-ran to the ubiquitous all-star it is today. And it’s now overtaken Yahoo to become the second most-trafficked site on the Web in the United States. And it has Google in its sights.
Yahoo-Microsoft deal gets transatlantic thumbs up
February 18, 2010
Microsoft and Yahoo have announced the US Justice Department has given formal backing to their proposed advertising partnership. It comes on the same day as the European Union confirms it has no objections to the deal.
Yahoo-Microsoft deal a step closer
February 15, 2010
The proposed search and advertising partnership between Yahoo and Microsoft looks set to get approval from the European Union this week. Though the deal would still need the backing of U.S. regulators, a thumbs up in Europe would remove a major potential stumbling block.
Yahoo continues to lose share of search engine market
January 15, 2010
It seems that Yahoo still can’t hold on to its share of the United States search engine market, even with Microsoft now handling it.
Yahoo shutting down MyBlogLog next month
December 23, 2009
It looks like Yahoo is going to shut down popular blogging widget MyBlogLog next month, leaving more than a few people scratching their heads.
Yahoo adds privacy tool amid FTC interest
December 7, 2009
Yahoo has followed Google’s lead in giving users more details about the information it stores about them. It comes as the Federal Trade Commission holds a public debate on privacy issues with customer data.
Yahoo and Microsoft make a deal
December 5, 2009
If it seems like it has taken years for Microsoft and Yahoo to finalize any kind of a deal, it almost has. But, at long last, the two say they have hammered out a deal in the key area of Web search.
GeoCities is no more – from hero to zero in a decade
October 26, 2009
In 1999, when the Web was still merely a small part of some people’s lives rather than the behemoth it is today, GeoCities was the third most-visited Web site on the Internet. Today, Oct. 26, 2009, it is being killed off forever, not just decommissioned and archived but actually deleted from the Web altogether. R.I.P. GeoCities – you will be fondly remembered.
Carl Icahn leaves the Yahoo board
October 24, 2009
Carl Icahn, who led a stockholder revolt at Yahoo aimed at taking over the board of directors, changing the management team, and selling to Microsoft, has resigned from the Yahoo board.
Hotmail phishing scam may also affect AOL, Gmail and Yahoo
October 6, 2009
Scammers who put together a list of 10,000 stolen Hotmail passwords may also be responsible for collecting 20,000 passwords from other e-mail providers. AOL, Comcast, Earthlink, Gmail and Yahoo are all said to be affected.
Bing and Wolfram Alpha strike a deal
August 22, 2009
Microsoft has finalized a pact with Wolfram Alpha that will allow their Bing search engine to display some of the specialized scientific search results returned by the Wolfram engine.
Microsoft CEO belittles Apple and Linux in one speech
August 9, 2009
In a discussion around Microsoft’s deal with Yahoo, Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft made some interesting comments against competitors, Apple and Linux. Ballmer indicated that unlike its competitors, Microsoft has established the perfect balance as to where the company wants to be.
Now search-free, can Yahoo become king of content?
August 2, 2009
After years of on and off romances, Yahoo has finally married of it’s search daughter to Microsoft. What remains is for Yahoo to select a new direction, probably in pursuit of the title “Internet Content King.”
Microsoft Yahoo deal finally complete, but not the merger it once was
July 29, 2009
After years of speculation and rumor, Microsoft and Yahoo have finally reached a deal to pool the collective resources of the companies, but it isn’t the deal we had expected. Back in late 2007 rumors began circulating that Microsoft was attempting to buy Yahoo, which would allow the two entities to combine their search engines in the hopes of catching up with Google. However, much to just about every analyst and board member’s amazement, Yahoo rejected the offer. This led to major shake-ups in the management at the former search engine giant, and led to everyone scratching their collective heads as to what the two companies would do without one another. Rumors continued to circulate that some sort of deal was still on the table, but it was beginning to look more and more like Yahoo would give over its search portal to Microsoft, and that Yahoo would be the sales force behind selling ads on both portals. This was indeed the final shape that the deal took as it was announced this morning, and thus brought an end to the age of Yahoo as a search engine company. While analysts all over the Web are still trying to decide just how good of a deal this is, one thing is clear in that Yahoo’s fortunes are now completely out of its own hands. Carol Bartz, CEO of Yahoo, stated in a blog post on the deal:
Yahoo redesign – Homepage becomes social network portal
July 22, 2009
Yahoo has been an integral part of the Web for as long as most of us have been using it. But the Yahoo homepage that was once essential has recently become sidelined by Google and social networks such as Facebook. It was overdue for a makeover, and the Yahoo homepage redesign has now been unveiled.
