MetaFilter posts tagged with yahoo

Goodbye Geocities

nam3d — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:08:00 -0800

As Geocities is officially turned off for good tomorrow I'd like to pay my respects. I'll miss you old friend, the internet won't be the same without you.

My favorite was Altavista, because of the Babelfish.

sugarfish — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:01:26 -0800

Yahoo's plan to fight spam with pennies -

vvurdsmyth — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:53:59 -0800

Yahoo's plan to fight spam with pennies -

Microsoft! now! provides! Yahoo! search!

jaduncan — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:18:23 -0800

Microsoft's Bing now provide Yahoo! seach. Yahoo, a 1994 internet pioneer of search, has now agreed to stop researching search tech and start using Bing. Some say it's a small deal, a Google deal rerun, and one says it's a tar pit. As pointed out, nobody yet knows if Yahoo can choose another provider if it all goes wrong.

Bear [Geocities] like a soldier, to the stage

awenner — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:17:59 -0800

Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night, sweet prince; And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. Geocities, we hardly knew ye.

Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web

plexi — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:48:45 -0800

Jerry Yang, founder and CEO of Yahoo, has stepped down. He recently turned down a $31 a share offer from Microsoft, and with Yahoo shares hovering around $10, some say he was forced out.

Fo Shizzle My Nizzle

gman — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:12:44 -0800

Search Engine Battle.

palin's yahoo mail hacked ... oh anonymous, what will you do next

yeoz — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:05:22 -0800

Sarah Palin's email gets hacked by Anonymous (right, that Anonymous). And given the legal contro versy surrounding her email, one wonders if the fact that her yahoo email accounts are now deleted constitutes destruction of evidence or violations of public-records laws. Its hit Wikileaks too, but, I'm not sure they have more then what's already released (rapidshare).

"Fit" to report?

starman — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:36:11 -0800

In a recent Wall Street Journal story asking if Obama is "too fit" to be president, the reporter uses a Yahoo! message board to find sources (Google cache of the post). (via DF)

Flickr founders leaving Yahoo

timeistight — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:23:13 -0800

Please turn off the lights. The founders of flickr are joining the executives leaving Yahoo. Caterine Fake left Friday; Stewart Butterfield will leave July 12th.

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.

The head of a small company may still choose to be a tyrant; a large organization is compelled by its structure to be one

Blazecock Pileon — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:25:52 -0800

In an artificial world, only extremists live naturally. Or: You weren't meant to have a boss. On the other hand, maybe you are.

Now that they've stopped Picking, maybe it'll heal

wendell — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:06:24 -0800

It feels like the Death of My Internet Childhood. After attempting to identify "the best of the web" since August 1995, Yahoo! has stopped updating its Yahoo! Picks, preferring to showcase its airheaded-video-based The 9 (for those who can't count all the way to 10). For historical reference, here is their annualized best of 1996, 1997 (part 1, part 2) when they said "Thanks to all six of you for reading..." (and I was one of them), 1998 (part 1, part 2), 1999 (part 1, part 2), "the Millennium", 2000 (part 1, part 2), 2001 (part 1, part 2), (nothing in 2002 when they changed from a weekly digest to one pick per day) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. For the record, yes, I subscribed to the dead-tree magazine Yahoo! Internet Life and still occasionally reference a MyYahoo homepage. I am so-o-o 1998.

Yahoo's new BravoNation

riffola — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:53:44 -0800

Yahoo's new BravoNation brings Xbox Live type achievements to the world outside of gaming. You can send or receive homemade awards from any user. They are banking on third party sites using their API to hand out bravo awards to people for doing various things. Our own waxpancake has the exclusive first look.

Rule #1: Don't Post About Yourself Anonymously on the Internet

ThePinkSuperhero — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:01:10 -0800

In January 2005 , someone using the name "Rahodeb" went online to a Yahoo stock-market forum and posted this opinion: "No company would want to buy Wild Oats Markets Inc., a natural-foods grocer, at its price then of about $8 a share." Who was that random fool? Why, none other than John Mackey, co-founder and CEO of Whole Foods. Whole Foods purchased Wild Oats earlier this year for approximately $18.50 a share, but the FTC has an issue with Whole Foods buying out their competitor. Mackey had responded to the FTC's complaint on his blog, but has not posted since some of his other online comments became publicly attached to his name.

Social Networking Wars

chuckdarwin — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:57:32 -0800

Google's Socialstream aims to be a "a system where users can seamlessly share, view, and respond to many types of social content across multiple networks." Possibly worried about being outdone (again), Yahoo! is working on a new social networking site called Mosh. [via mobuzz]

video profiles--from activists to huggers to outers to excons to the religious ....

amberglow — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:55:56 -0800

People of the Web --very well done short video profiles of interesting people online. Mike Rogers of blogactive is on the front page now. Links to previous profiles are on the right, including Kirk Cameron, Caleb Shikles, Sherman Austin, and Josh Wolf.

Web 2.0 clichés abound in Yahoo! Oz's new search product

Milkman Dan — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:39:20 -0800

Yahoo! Australia introduces a new search engine that uses OpenSearch and pretty little AJAX tricks to integrate results from Flickr, Wikpedia, YouTube (and so on). You can customize the layout, and even add your own search sources. It’s called Alpha, it’s currently in Beta, and aims to get through the rest of the Greek alphabet by June. (Via podlob.)

Web 2.1?

felix betachat — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:19:42 -0800

Flickr pulls the trigger on the Old Skool. The Old Skool takes the bullet badly.

Branding & Marketing. Top BRANDS 2006, 2005, 2004

Bodyguard — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 02:33:12 -0800

Top 'BRANDS' 2006, 2005, 2004 - Current List and Achive Overview on How survey was done.... What BRANDS have the most recognition and are the most popular with Americans? Here are the results of the current annual survey and achives from the past two years "With the multitude of brand choices available to consumers, this survey is an important indicator of consumer activity and its correlation to social behavior .... Companies that can provide a clear and consistent brand to consumers, as well as harmonize with social changes will find themselves in a promising position, as illustrated by top-ranking brands..."

Why will future generations chant your username?

TheRoach — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:09:43 -0800

Yahoo! Time Capsule , from the artist that brought you justcurio.us (Mefi'd here), is the world's first digital time capsule. Submit images, words, videos, and sounds to a digital archive that will be sealed up in Smithsonian Folkway Recordings - Users have until November 8th to make submissions, at which point the capsule will be sealed. Check out the about page for a little more information on the project and the artist's statement.

Goodsearch

ZenMasterThis — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 17:23:03 -0800

Goodsearch is an Internet search engine with a simple concept and unique social mission. GoodSearch enables you to help fund any of hundreds of thousands of charities or schools through the simple act of searching the Internet.

Bestest best of the web?

feelinglistless — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 09:07:58 -0800

Websites that changed the world? This Observer piece lists fifteen websites that aught to be considered the best of the web. It's a bold claim and although the potted histories are excellent, I'm wondering the extent to which it mostly includes website that have broken the public recognition barrier in the uk rather than changing the world. How many are simply pioneers in their field? Where for example is flickr?

Yahoo 9

cillit bang — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 12:16:10 -0800

The 9: Metafilter with tits.

Sources: Personal Opinion.

klangklangston — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 09:56:38 -0800

We need to get Stephen Hawking an AskMe membership. Stephen Hawking asks the Yahoo public how the human race is going to survive. Yahoo staff are excited. But the answers? Well, let's just say that there may be more utility in eating tweens after the nuclear apocalypse than listening to their ideas. To balance the stupid, Hawking has several of his lectures online. And there's great stuff on PBS's Stephen Hawking's Universe (though it's aimed at providing a basic understanding of astrophysics). Or, for a more animated view MC Hawking's (sometimes clumsy) "What We Need More of Is Science. (Previous mefi hawking here, here [where he seems to be answering his later question], here [where he presents another view on how humans will survive], and here.)

MetaFilter posts tagged with yahoo

Goodbye Geocities

My favorite was Altavista, because of the Babelfish.

Yahoo's plan to fight spam with pennies -

Microsoft! now! provides! Yahoo! search!

Bear [Geocities] like a soldier, to the stage

Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web

Fo Shizzle My Nizzle

palin's yahoo mail hacked ... oh anonymous, what will you do next

"Fit" to report?

Flickr founders leaving Yahoo

Search engine battle heats up

The head of a small company may still choose to be a tyrant; a large organization is compelled by its structure to be one

Now that they've stopped Picking, maybe it'll heal

Yahoo's new BravoNation

Rule #1: Don't Post About Yourself Anonymously on the Internet

Social Networking Wars

video profiles--from activists to huggers to outers to excons to the religious ....

Web 2.0 clichés abound in Yahoo! Oz's new search product

Web 2.1?

Branding & Marketing. Top *BRANDS* 2006, 2005, 2004

Why will future generations chant your username?

Goodsearch

Bestest best of the web?

Yahoo 9

Sources: Personal Opinion.

Branding & Marketing. Top BRANDS 2006, 2005, 2004