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Message: <blockquote data-quote="රට පණුවා" data-source="post: 13997094" data-attributes="member: 444029"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dead_external_link.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Dead_external_link.png/23px-Dead_external_link.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dead_external_links" target="_blank">Dead external links</a> may exist in this section. You can <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yahoo!&action=edit" target="_blank">help</a> by <a href="http://toolserver.org/~dispenser/cgi-bin/webchecklinks.py/Yahoo!#view:0.0.0.0.0.1" target="_blank">finding suitable replacements</a>. (May 2012) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jerry_Yang_and_David_Filo.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Jerry_Yang_and_David_Filo.jpg/220px-Jerry_Yang_and_David_Filo.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jerry_Yang_and_David_Filo.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/static-1.21wmf5/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Jerry Yang and David Filo, the founders of Yahoo.In January 1994, Yang and Filo were <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_engineering" target="_blank">electrical engineering</a> graduate students at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_University" target="_blank">Stanford University</a> when they created a website named "Jerry's guide to the world wide web".<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!#cite_note-8" target="_blank">[8]</a> David and Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web was a directory of other websites, organized in a hierarchy, as opposed to a searchable index of pages. In March 1994, "David and Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web" was renamed "Yahoo!"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!#cite_note-9" target="_blank">[9]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!#cite_note-10" target="_blank">[10]</a> The "yahoo.com" domain was created on January 18, 1995.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!#cite_note-11" target="_blank">[11]</a>The word "yahoo" is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym" target="_blank">acronym</a> for "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!#cite_note-12" target="_blank">[12]</a> The term "hierarchical" described how the Yahoo database was arranged in layers of subcategories. The term "oracle" was intended to mean "source of truth and wisdom," and the term "officious," rather than being related to the word's normal meaning, described the many office workers who would use the Yahoo database while surfing from work.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!#cite_note-13" target="_blank">[13]</a> However, Filo and Yang insist they mainly selected the name because they liked the slang definition of a "yahoo" (used by college students in David Filo's native Louisiana in the late 1980s and early 1990s to refer to an unsophisticated, rural Southerner): "rude, unsophisticated, uncouth." Filo's college girlfriend often referred to Filo as a "yahoo." This meaning derives from the name of a race of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo_(Gulliver%27s_Travels)" target="_blank">fictional beings from Gulliver's Travels</a>.Yahoo grew rapidly throughout the 1990s. Like many <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine" target="_blank">search engines</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_directory" target="_blank">web directories</a>, Yahoo added a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_portal" target="_blank">web portal</a>. It also made many high-profile acquisitions. Its stock price skyrocketed during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com_bubble" target="_blank">dot-com bubble</a>, Yahoo stocks closing at an all-time high of $118.75 a share on January 3, 2000. However, after the dot-com bubble <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com_bubble#The_bubble_bursts" target="_blank">burst</a>, it reached a post-bubble low of $4.05 on September 26, 2001.In 2000, Yahoo began using <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google" target="_blank">Google</a> for search. Over the next four years, it developed its own search technologies, which it began using in 2004. Yahoo revamped its mail service to compete with Google's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmail" target="_blank">Gmail</a> in 2007. The company struggled through 2008, with several large layoffs.In February 2008, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft" target="_blank">Microsoft Corporation</a> made an unsolicited bid to acquire Yahoo for USD $44.6 billion. Yahoo formally rejected the bid, claiming that it "substantially undervalues" the company and was not in the interest of its shareholders. Three years later, Yahoo had a market capitalization of USD $22.24 billion.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!#cite_note-14" target="_blank">[14]</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Bartz" target="_blank">Carol Bartz</a> replaced Yang as CEO in January 2009.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!#cite_note-15" target="_blank">[15]</a> In September 2011, she was removed from her position at Yahoo by the company's chairman Roy Bostock, and CFO <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Morse" target="_blank">Tim Morse</a> was named as Interim CEO of the company.In early 2012, after the appointment of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Thompson_(businessman)" target="_blank">Scott Thompson</a> as CEO, rumors began to spread about looming layoffs. Several key executives, such as Chief Product Officer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blake_Irving&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">Blake Irving</a> left.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!#cite_note-16" target="_blank">[16]</a> On April 4, 2012, Yahoo announced a cut of 2,000 jobs or about 14 percent of its 14,100 workers. The cut is expected to save around $375 million annually after the layoffs are completed at end of 2012.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!#cite_note-17" target="_blank">[17]</a> In an email sent to employees in April 2012, Thompson reiterated his view that customers should come first at Yahoo. He also completely reorganized the company.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!#cite_note-Swisher-18" target="_blank">[18]</a>On May 13, 2012, Yahoo issued a press release stating that Thompson was no longer with the company, and would immediately be replaced on an interim basis by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Levinsohn" target="_blank">Ross Levinsohn</a>, recently appointed head of Yahoo's new Media group.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!#cite_note-Swisher-18" target="_blank">[18]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!#cite_note-19" target="_blank">[19]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!#cite_note-20" target="_blank">[20]</a> Thompson's total compensation for his 130-day tenure with Yahoo was at least $7.3 million.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!#cite_note-CNN_ousted-21" target="_blank">[21]</a>In June 2012, Yahoo hired former Google director, Michael Barrett as its Chief Revenue Officer.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!#cite_note-22" target="_blank">[22]</a>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yahoo!&action=edit&section=2" target="_blank">edit</a>] Products and services<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Yahoo_homepage.PNG" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/93/Yahoo_homepage.PNG/220px-Yahoo_homepage.PNG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Yahoo_homepage.PNG" target="_blank"><img src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/static-1.21wmf5/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>The front page of the Yahoo website, in November 2011.Main article: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Yahoo!-owned_sites_and_services" target="_blank">List of Yahoo!-owned sites and services</a>Yahoo operates a portal that provides the latest news, entertainment, and sports information. The portal also gives users access to other Yahoo services like Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Maps, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo_Finance" target="_blank">Yahoo Finance</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo_Groups" target="_blank">Yahoo Groups</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo_Messenger" target="_blank">Yahoo Messenger</a>.[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yahoo!&action=edit&section=3" target="_blank">edit</a>] Storing personal information and tracking usage<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Ambox_outdated_content.svg/42px-Ambox_outdated_content.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />This section's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Accuracy_dispute" target="_blank">factual accuracy</a> may be compromised due to out-of-date information. Please help <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yahoo!&action=edit" target="_blank">improve the article</a> by updating it. There may be additional information on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Yahoo!" target="_blank">talk page</a>. (June 2012) Working with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ComScore" target="_blank">comScore</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times" target="_blank">The New York Times</a> found that Yahoo was able to collect far more data about users than its competitors from its websites and advertising network. By one measure, on average Yahoo had the potential in December 2007 to build a profile of 2,500 records per month about each of its visitors.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!#cite_note-23" target="_blank">[23]</a> Yahoo retains search requests for a period of 13 months. However, in response to European regulators, Yahoo scrambles the IP address of users after three months by deleting its last eight bits.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!#cite_note-24" target="_blank">[24]</a>On March 29, 2012, Yahoo announced that it would introduce a "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track" target="_blank">Do Not Track</a>" feature that summer, allowing users to opt out of web-visit tracking and customized ads.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!#cite_note-25" target="_blank">[25]</a>According to a 2008 article in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computerworld" target="_blank">Computerworld</a>, Yahoo has a 2-petabyte, specially built <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_warehouse" target="_blank">data warehouse</a> that it uses to analyze the behavior of its half-billion Web visitors per month, processing 24 billion daily events.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!#cite_note-Eric_Lai-26" target="_blank">[26]</a> In contrast the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Internal_Revenue_Service" target="_blank">US Internal Revenue Service</a> (IRS) database of all US taxpayers weighs in at only 150 terabytes.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!#cite_note-Eric_Lai-26" target="_blank">[26]</a>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yahoo!&action=edit&section=4" target="_blank">edit</a>] CommunicationYahoo provides Internet communication services such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo_Messenger" target="_blank">Yahoo Messenger</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo_Mail" target="_blank">Yahoo Mail</a>. As of May 2007, its e-mail service would offer unlimited storage.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!#cite_note-27" target="_blank">[27]</a>Yahoo provided social networking services and user-generated content, including products such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Web" target="_blank">My Web</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo_Personals" target="_blank">Yahoo Personals</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo_360%C2%B0" target="_blank">Yahoo 360°</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delicious_(website)" target="_blank">Delicious</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flickr" target="_blank">Flickr</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo_Buzz" target="_blank">Yahoo Buzz</a>. Yahoo closed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo_Buzz" target="_blank">Yahoo Buzz</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyBlogLog" target="_blank">MyBlogLog</a>, and numerous other products on April 21, 2011.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!#cite_note-28" target="_blank">[28]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo_Photos" target="_blank">Yahoo Photos</a> was closed on September 20, 2007, in favor of Flickr. On October 16, 2007, Yahoo announced that it would discontinue Yahoo 360°, including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_bug" target="_blank">bug</a> repairs; the company explained that in 2008 it would instead establish a "universal profile" similar to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yahoo_Mash&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">Yahoo Mash</a> experimental system.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!#cite_note-29" target="_blank">[29]</a>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yahoo!&action=edit&section=5" target="_blank">edit</a>] ContentYahoo partners with numerous content providers in products such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo_Sports" target="_blank">Yahoo Sports</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo_Finance" target="_blank">Yahoo Finance</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo_Music" target="_blank">Yahoo Music</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo_Movies" target="_blank">Yahoo Movies</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yahoo_Weather&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">Yahoo Weather</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo_News" target="_blank">Yahoo News</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo_Answers" target="_blank">Yahoo Answers</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo_Games" target="_blank">Yahoo Games</a> to provide news and related content. Yahoo provides a personalization service, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Yahoo!" target="_blank">My Yahoo!</a>, which enables users to combine their favorite Yahoo features, content feeds and information onto a single page.On March 31, 2008, Yahoo launched Shine, a site tailored for women seeking online information and advice between the ages of 25 and 54.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!#cite_note-30" target="_blank">[30]</a>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yahoo!&action=edit&section=6" target="_blank">edit</a>] Co-branded Internet servicesYahoo developed partnerships with broadband providers such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT%26T_Inc." target="_blank">AT&T Inc.</a> (via <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BellSouth" target="_blank">BellSouth</a> & SBC), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon_Communications" target="_blank">Verizon Communications</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers_Communications" target="_blank">Rogers Communications</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Telecom" target="_blank">British Telecom</a>, offering a range of free and premium Yahoo content and services to subscribers.[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" target="_blank">specify</a>][<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vagueness" target="_blank">vague</a>][<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" target="_blank">citation needed</a>][<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yahoo!&action=edit&section=7" target="_blank">edit</a>] Mobile Services<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_Mobile" target="_blank">Yahoo! Mobile</a> offers services for email, instant messaging, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_blogging" target="_blank">mobile blogging</a>, as well as information services, searches and alerts. Servies for the camera phone include entertainment and ring tones.Yahoo introduced its Internet search system, called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OneSearch" target="_blank">OneSearch</a>, fo</blockquote>

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