Yahoo

toc Yahoo is a well-known search engine, amongst other things, with business and the users of the World Wide Web as a whole. Yahoo mission statement: "**Our mission is to be the most essential global Internet service for consumers and businesses."**

About Yahoo

 * Began as a student hobby that evolved into a global brand
 * Yahoo! was founded by David Filo and Jerry Yang, Ph.D Candidates at Stanford University
 * Started as a way to keep track of interests on the Internet
 * The website started out as "David and Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web"
 * With the help of a dictionary the name was eventually changed to Yahoo! which is an acronym for Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle"
 * Yahoo! was started up with $2 million from the venture capitalist firm Sequoia Captial
 * Today, Yahoo! is a leading global internet communications company that offers more than 345 million users worldwide a range of services including:

Elements of Yahoo
[|Yahoo! Mail] [|Yahoo! Messenger] [|Yahoo! Music] [|Yahoo! Shopping] [|Yahoo! Finance] [|My Yahoo!]


 * **Yahoo Mail:** Receive mail at your Yahoo account (name@yahoo.com) using your Yahoo ID. This ID can also be used to access Yahoo Music, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Shopping and Yahoo Messenger.
 * **Yahoo Messenger:** IM forum, that also allows for PC-to-PC calls using Yahoo! Messenger with voice.
 * **Yahoo Music:** Allows users to access internet radio, music videos, artist info., music news, interviews, and performances worldwide.
 * **Yahoo Shopping:** Similar to ebay; users can purchase products online using the search engine.
 * **Yahoo Finance:** Users have access to stock quotes, market news, mortgage rates, and currency info.
 * **My Yahoo:** Allows users to make a page specific to their interests; news, sports, health, entertainment. Yahoo keeps the user updated to the interests they have chosen, and displays it on a page specific to them.
 * Yahoo had recently acquired Flickr, an online photo management and sharing application, in March 2005.

Yahoo Creators

 * David Filo**

Jerry Yang**
 * A key technologist, directing the technical operations behind the company's global network of Web properties.
 * Filo began his studies at Stanford after graduating from Tulane University in 1988.
 * Filo holds a B.S. degree in computer engineering from Tulane University and an M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University.


 * He moved with his family to the United States after he turned 10 from Taiwan.
 * He entered Stanford as an undergraduate in 1990 and earned both a bachelor's and master's degree in four years.
 * He holds a B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University
 * Now he is a member of Yahoo's board of directors, Yang works closely with the company's president and CEO to develop corporate business strategies and guide the future direction of the company.

Also See
Google