Topic: Yahoo! Inc.

Yahoo Moves Past Google in Phone Search Engines

Google may stand atop the world of desktop computer’s search engines, but in the mobile world Yahoo! just leap-frogged Google by beating them to a search engine for phones. Yahoo! even sent a direct jab to Larry Page and Sergey ...READ»

Yahoo Revamps Its Homepage, but Will Anyone Notice?

The search portal adds third party content and status updates in an effort to keep users around longer.READ»

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Microsoft May Acquire Yahoo?

According to Mashable: This deal will be huge if it goes ahead: Microsoft has reacted to Google’s purchase of DoubleClick by stepping up talks with Yahoo about a possible acquisition/merger. Estimated pricetag for Yahoo? $50 ...READ»

New Mobile Tools

Over the past few months I have been playing with a lot of the new GPS enabled mobile apps. There has been a shift (finally) from ported applications (applications written for the web and ported to mobile) and true mobile designed ...READ»

eCommerce Success

"Paid search has quickly become more than just another marketing tool; rather because of the far flung reach of such search engines as Google and Yahoo!, paid search keywords are in the process of remaking many long standing ...READ»

How you can get the Most out of Customer Service

We spend so much time talking about how to improve customer service that I thought one post on how to improve customer attitude would be time well spent. If you think about it, we call a customer support line only when we have a ...READ»

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Jerry Yang Hatred Reaching Hysterical Levels

It's been a few days since Microsoft reportedly walked away for good from discussions with Yahoo, and the vitriol being hurled at Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is really something to behold. There certainly are facts to back it up, but ...READ»

It's a Web, Web, Web, Web World

The Web reinvents many of the basics of business life: where you get your news, how you search for information, what it takes to communicate. Here's our crash course in how to Web-ify yourself.READ»

iPhone -- The Apple Innovation Everyone Expected

At MacWorld today Steve Jobs announced the iPhone, the long awaited iPod cellphone that has been spoken about in whispers for over a year. Though the phone was expected, some of the specs are surprising. The entire face is a ...READ»

Tech Watch: Ballmer Says Microsoft Should Buy Yahoo; New Dell Desktops; Kill Switch on Google's Phone

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer suggested that his company may buy Yahoo. Yahoo's stock rose with the speculation.READ»

Yahoo: One Company, One Hundred Designs

If you are a business person I am sure you would like to get a crack at running Yahoo!. Maybe you are a designer and what better feeling would it be than to get the opportunity to redesign all of Yahoo? In either case you would be ...READ»

Searching for Stability

Christina Wodtke is the former director of design for Yahoo and author of Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web. In her GEL talk, she discussed how Yahoo approaches search, how people search the Web, and the need to be ...READ»

5 Reasons to Implement Live Chat on your website

Chat with customers instantly Reduce shopping cart abandonment Aid in navigating customers to desired areas of your site See real-time data about your website visitors • where they are from, • which page they are ...READ»

Microsoft and the Rules of Fight Club

On Friday, an internal memo from Kevin Johnson, Microsoft’s president of platforms and services, found its way on the internet. Of particular interest, and what made me think about Fight Club, was the suggestion that no Microsoft ...READ»

Mail Wars

Google is doubling the Gmail capacity to 2 gb. This beats Yahoo, which matched the 1 gb capacity of Gmail. I remember when Hotmail increased its capacity to 250 mb when Gmail began offering beta accounts a year ago. Will this stir ...READ»

Gunning for Google: The Two Camps of Online Marketing

Microsoft's bid for Yahoo! is still on the table, and, as seen in The Wall Street Journal's DealJournal and Reuters' DealZone, there's speculation that both companies may be trying to hash out a deal. As I discussed in my first post ...READ»

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halloween day stretchy ballpen toy with creative design , and everybody likes pathetic, cartoon animal shapes + Keychain + pens, functional diversity added to its creative!READ»

Survey Says: One-Third of All Videos Get Shared Online

If there's any doubt that the future of home-made video is online, then some new survey data will dispel it: Apparently one third of all the videos people make get shared online. That's a lot. But there's more too--the newly revealed ...READ»

Design: Say Hi, Then Back Off

Homepages. You either love them or hate them as a designer and if you are a person in management you probably love them because you get to tell the world a million and one things about your company. To some there is a belief system ...READ»

Yahoo's Rally Cry

The Web portal has scored with its sports site. Does its success point the way to Yahoo's future? READ»

Advertising Mistakes - How Your Paid Search Is Hurting You

Most business owners have heard about Google or Yahoo ads and many are participating in these programs. These solutions allow your specific ads to reach your target audience at minimal cost. So what’s the down-side? Can ...READ»

'We Can Deliver Customers on a Global Basis'

The Internet is reshaping business and communications around the globe. Now it's up to e-vangelists like Yahoo!'s Heather Killen to build truly global internet companies. Her mantra: no more 'international!'READ»

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Celebrating Success

Like Fast Company, Yahoo turns 10 years old this year. And today, the company is formally recognizing its birthday. How? By offering Yahoo users a free scoop of ice cream. Simply visit the site, print out the coupon, and get thee to ...READ»