Yahoo's rocket fuel
Date: 2005-03-03 Source: News.com
Having covered one boom-and-bust cycle in the 1990's, I often wonder how these portals will fare if the bottom falls out again. Google relies more heavily on advertising than Yahoo did during the boom years, and any decline in the paid search market will have chilling effects on its earnings. While nothing is recession-proof, hard times will prove a company's mettle. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
After 10 years, Yahoo still searching
Date: 2005-03-02 Source: News.com
David Filo remembers the days in 1994 when he and fellow Stanford University doctoral candidate Jerry Yang would get together with friends to conjure up big ideas for making a business out of the Internet. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Yahoo! Celebrates Ten Years
Date: 2005-03-02 Source: Search Engine Guide
Ten years ago, co-founders Jerry Yang and David Filo took their 31,897 page Internet database known as “Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web” and incorporated a web-directory named Yahoo. A decade after changing the world, Yang and Filo sit atop one of the most successful IT firms with one of the most recognizable brand names, Yahoo. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
The UnGoogle (Yes, Yahoo!)
Date: 2005-03-01 Source: Wired
Semel manages in the manner of an old-time movie mogul - media-wary, secretive, distant. He's the Lew Wasserman of the Web. "Yahoo! has the best business model on the Internet," Semel says. "But this isn't about getting your picture in a magazine. You do your real talking with your performance - and your consistency over time." [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Yahoo opens up its search toolbox to developers
Date: 2005-03-01 Source: News.com
...the Yahoo Search Developer Network...will allow software developers to create new applications (with the aid of application programming interfaces, or APIs) on top of Yahoo search, including images, video, news and local search. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Image Search: Does Size Matter?
Date: 2005-02-23 Source: Yahoo! Search Blog
Now with more than 1.5 billion images in the index, here at Yahoo! Image Search we’re faced with a new dilemma: How do we help you navigate through this massive corpus to find exactly what you’re looking for? [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
My Yahoo! on Your Desktop
Date: 2005-02-23 Source: Yahoo! Search Blog
Today on Yahoo! Next we've put out a new beta version of My Yahoo! Ticker for Windows. It's pretty simple: just enter your Yahoo! ID and password and it will use all your personalized settings to scroll your headlines from Yahoo! and RSS feeds from around the Web. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Yahoo sets up operations in Ireland
Date: 2005-02-15 Source: News.com
The operation, which will comprise a financial shared services center, a Web hosting center and a customer support center, will create nearly 400 jobs in the Irish capital over five years, Employment Minister Micheal Martin said. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
French Lawsuit Against Yahoo! May Be Ruled Meaningless
Date: 2005-02-11 Source: Search Engine Guide
In what could be a victory for both Yahoo! and free speech activists in the United States, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has decided to rehear arguments in a lawsuit leveled against Yahoo! by two French human rights groups. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Yahoo! Buzz Index Sheds Light on Local Search
Date: 2005-02-11 Source: Search Engine Guide
According to Yahoo!, major chain stores dominate the top search queries in their Yahoo! Yellow Pages. Also, more searches for the term "yellow pages" are performed during the week than on weekends. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Yahoo Toolbar For Firefox
Date: 2005-02-10 Source: InternetNews.com
It provides bookmarks and custom buttons, a means to search only within a particular site, stored search history, Yahoo! Mail alerts, and one-click page translation based on Babelfish. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Yahoo launches 'contextual' search
Date: 2005-02-03 Source: News.com
Instead of starting a search from a text box, a person would search while reading a specific page. For instance, a reader looking at a news story about the State of the Union address might highlight the phrase "Social Security" to get a listing of pages that deal with that topic. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Yahoo Offers New Y!Q Contextual Search Tool
Date: 2005-02-03 Source: SearchDay
Yahoo has rolled out a nifty new tool that lets you use content you're viewing as the basis of a search query, providing results that are difficult to get otherwise without using advanced search commands. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Yahoo Japan launches blog beta
Date: 2005-02-01 Source: News.com
Yahoo Japan, owned mostly by Softbank and partly by Yahoo, on Tuesday launched a test, or "beta," version of Yahoo Japan Blogs, a free service that lets users post blogs and up to 2GB of images, comment on other blogs, and associate their blogs with animated representations of users known as avatars. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Cell Phone Search Heats Up
Date: 2005-01-31 Source: Search Engine Guide
Yahoo! announced a new tool last week that allows users of its local search service to send restaurant and business-type information in the form of a text message from a computer to a mobile phone. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Yahoo to feed its own stock ticker service
Date: 2005-01-30 Source: News.com
Yahoo on Sunday said it has stopped using stock ticker information from British financial-news powerhouse Reuters and will instead use direct feeds from major U.S. exchanges on its financial Web site. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Yahoo tool sends local info to cell phones
Date: 2005-01-27 Source: Search Engine Guide
Yahoo began offering on Thursday a new tool that allows users of its local search service to send restaurant or business information in the form of a text message from a computer to a mobile phone. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Yahoo heads for Hollywood
Date: 2005-01-25 Source: News.com
Yahoo has set up stakes in Southern California, forming a media group to house various entertainment properties and to court Hollywood, according to an internal company document. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
