MetaFilter posts tagged with aol and Yahoo

Search engine battle heats up

SharQ — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:52:09 -0800

According to ComScore, Google takes 59.8% of search traffic in the US, leaving Yahoo, MSN and smaller players to fight for the scraps. Pretty pie-chart here. Slightly different numbers are available from Compete and Hitwise, but Google still rules the roost.

Stamping Out Free Email

digaman — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 11:18:51 -0800

When you really, really want your email to arrive at its destination: now you gotta pay postage. Another brilliant, forward-looking idea for monetizing-the-Internet^TM from the wizards at AOL and Yahoo.

pixelgeek — Mon, 18 Feb 2002 21:07:25 -0800

Corporate censorship in China (via slashdot). I guess censorship and collusion in the repression of people is okay if you're making profits for your shareholders. An eye-opening look into the way that corporations are helping to facilitate censorship on the Internet in China. AOL and Yahoo's attitudes to what I thought were universal human rights is nothing short of sickening.

tregoweth — Sat, 03 Feb 2001 16:57:06 -0800

WHOIS results for AOLTIMEWARNERYAHOO.COM... (via NTK)

sylloge — Thu, 31 Aug 2000 17:20:55 -0800

AOL Buys Quack.com That Enables Access with Voice <— this is the worst headline I have ever seen.

rich — Wed, 28 Jun 2000 07:09:36 -0800

Yahoo-Groups! Yahoo! seems to be building itself into a virtual AOL. I suppose they are going to grab a cable company or entertainment company next. Hey - maybe Paramount's new owners will put it on the block.