Yahoo!
Yahoo!is aweb portaland a provider ofinternetcontent andservices.It offers manyproductsand services, such as asearch engine,e-mail,instant messaging,video,news,weatherforecasting,moneyand other information. Yahoo! makes money fromadvertisementsin their services. Yahoo started on October 8, 1997.
History and growth
[change|change source]Early history (1994–1999)
[change|change source]In January 1994,Jerry YangandDavid Filowereelectrical engineeringgraduate students atStanford University.In April 1994, "Jerry and David's Guide to theWorld Wide Web"was renamed" Yahoo! ", for which thebackronymis "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle".[1][2]Filo and Yang said they chose the name because they liked the word's general meaning, which comes fromGulliver's Travelsby Jonathan Swift: "rude,unsophisticatedand uncouth".[3]ItsURLwas akebono.stanford.edu/yahoo. Yang says of their selection of the name, "We thought it fit well with what we were doing. It was irreverent. It was reflective of the Wild West nature of the Internet. A lot of people found it easy to remember, and besides, it's exactly what me and Jerry are. A couple of yahoos."[4]
Related pages
[change|change source]References
[change|change source]- ↑David G. Thomson (2006).Blueprint to a Billion.Wiley-Interscience.pp.155.ISBN9780471779186.
- ↑"Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web becomes" Yahoo! "".Archived fromthe originalon 2010-03-16.Retrieved2010-02-05.
- ↑"Definition of" Yahoo! "".Archived fromthe originalon 2010-03-16.Retrieved2010-02-05.
- ↑"David Filo & Jerry Yang".
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