Verizon Probably Really Regrets Buying Yahoo and AOL December 12, 2018 https://gizmodo.com/verizon-probably-really-regrets-buying-yahoo-and-aol-1831033242
No kidding, Yahoo had a chance to attract quite a lot of visitors, but Yahoo's CEO (what's her name) made a mess of it. Just look at how bloated Yahoo Finance is and just about all of Yahoo sites are badly designed. And they could have stayed a competitor of Google if they invested in search technology and marketed it as privacy friendly.
Exclusive: Verizon sought buyers for Yahoo Finance - sources July 11, 2019 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...uyers-for-yahoo-finance-sources-idUSKCN1U62AO
Many years ago I had a My Yahoo! page. It worked quite well. Then one day it got 'improved'. It was never the same. Yahoo! Mail rapidly deteriorated as well. It's almost as if they deliberately tried to ruin themselves. Weird.
i remember when Yahoo messenger was the leading messaging app, everybody used it, now it is almost forgotten...
Yes I remember My Yahoo. And yeah, they didn't hire the best web developers, that's for sure. Both Yahoo Finance and Yahoo Mail should have been a whole lot better, they simply feel too bloated.
I still use Yahoo Mail. It's perfectly functional, and the interface is fine. The only issue is, I really don't see why anyone would use this over outlook, gmail or even yandex mail. I have an AOL mail account too. It's quite bare bones IMHO.
I have an AOL mail account as well. It is 'bare bones' and kind of reminds me of my old Yahoo! Mail. AOL seriously needs uBO though lol.
"Verizon tries to sell Yahoo and AOL after spending $9 billion on fallen giants After spending $9 billion combined, Verizon may sell units for $4 billion or so... 'Verizon is exploring a sale of assets including Yahoo and AOL, as the telecommunications giant looks to exit an expensive and unsuccessful bet on digital media,' The Wall Street Journal reported..." https://arstechnica.com/information...ol-after-spending-9-billion-on-fallen-giants/
Facebook zuck stole the idea from Yahoo IMO. That's as plain as day and not a peek from Yahoo to contest what Yahoo championed before zuck was ever thought of. It was the first best IM that also didn't bombard you with mental lunacy useless ads or always out-of-order chronological order of posts/messages. Yahoo should have recognized and contested them. As such Yahoo looks like a joke and got taken by idiots. On another note Verizon Communications also sold out to Frontier who took over their phone/internet network and that's been downhill ever since too.
"Verizon sells Yahoo and AOL businesses to Apollo for $5 billion Verizon will sell its media group, which includes brands from AOL and Yahoo, to private equity firm Apollo Global Management. The sale indicates Verizon will focus on its internet-provider businesses as rivals continue to explore media..." https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/03/verizon-sells-yahoo-and-aol-businesses-to-apollo-for-5-billion.html
Verizon Media executives still don’t know if they’ll have jobs as Apollo seeks to close Yahoo deal on Sept. 1 August 25, 2021 https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/25/ver...bt-ahead-of-apollo-acquisition-on-sept-1.html