Yahoo! 360° is a
social networking site and
blog host. Since its launch on
29 March 2005, it has gained over 2 million members. It was invite-only until
24 June 2005, and is currently available only to users above 13.
A combination of advertising services owned by Yahoo!.
Yahoo! Answers is a service that allows users to ask and answer questions other users post. It competes with
Ask MetaFilter. Yahoo! Answers uses a points system whereby points are awarded for asking and answering questions, and deducted for deleting a question or answer, or getting reported.
Yahoo! Assistant is a
browser helper object for
Internet Explorer. It was developed by
Beijing 3721 Technology and originally called 3721 Internet Assistant, but was renamed Yahoo! Assistant after Yahoo! acquired Beijing 3721 Technology. Yahoo! Assistant blocks
pop-ups and removes Internet history information. However, it is regarded as
spyware or
malware by
Microsoft AntiSpyware,
Panda AntiVirus and similar security programs.
Yahoo! Briefcase is a free
file hosting service.
Yahoo! Buzz Log tracks and analyses trends in searches made through
Yahoo! Search, and is updated weekly. It is similar to
Google Zeitgeist, which tracks trends in searches made on
Google search.
Yahoo! Developer Network offers resources for
software developers which use Yahoo! technologies and Web services.
Yahoo! was first formed as a
web directory of web sites, organized into a
hierarchy of
categories and subcategories, which became the Yahoo! Directory. Once a human-compiled directory, Yahoo! Directory now offers two methods of inclusion: Standard, which is free and only available for non-commercial categories, and Express, which charges over
US$300 for a quick inclusion in the directory.
Yahoo! Finance offers financial information, including stock quotes and
stock exchange rates.
Yahoo! Gallery is a directory of
applications built by third-party developers using Yahoo! technologies.
Yahoo! Games allows users to play games, such as
chess,
billards,
checkers and
backgammon, against each other. Users can join one of various rooms and find players in these rooms to play with. Most of the games are
Java applets, although some require the user to
download the game, and some games are single-player. Yahoo! acquired a one person effort called ClassicGames.com in 1997, which became Yahoo! Games. [
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Yahoo! GeoCities is a
web hosting service which offers 15 MB of web space. It was formed in late 1994 as
Beverly Hills Internet and allowed users to select a "city" to place their site in, based on the site's content. It was purchased by Yahoo! in
1999. Yahoo! implemented changes which proved unpopular with users, such as changing the
Terms of Service, introducing advertisements on GeoCities pages and introducing a premium hosting service.
Yahoo! Groups is a free groups and
mailing list service which competes with
Google Groups. It was formed when Yahoo! acquired
eGroups in
August 2000. Groups are sorted in categories similar to the
Yahoo! Directory. Yahoo! Groups also offers other features such as a
photographic album,
file storage and a calendar.
Yahoo! HotJobs provides tools and advice to job seekers.
Find local businesses and services and view the results on a map. Refine and sort results by distance, topic, or other factors. Read ratings and reviews. Uses
hCalendar and
hCard microformats, so that event and contact details can be downloaded directly into calendar and address-book applications.
Yahoo! acquired
Four11 on
8 October 1997, and its webmail service
Rocketmail became Yahoo! Mail. Since
Google released
Gmail on
1 April 2004, Yahoo! Mail has made several improvements to keep ahead of the competition, which also includes MSN
Hotmail and
AIM Mail. Yahoo! Mail offers 1 GB of storage for free members and 2 GB of storage for Yahoo! Mail Plus subscribers. On
9 July 2004, Yahoo! acquired an e-mail provider named Oddpost and used its technology to create Yahoo! Mail Beta, which uses
Ajax to mimic the
look and feel of an e-mail cilent.
Yahoo! Maps offers driving directions and traffic.
Yahoo! Messenger is an
instant messaging service first released on
21 July 1999, which competes with
AOL Instant Messenger,
MSN Messenger,
Google Talk,
ICQ and
QQ. It offers several unique features, such as IMvironments, custom status messages, and custom avatars. On
13 October 2005, Yahoo! announced that Yahoo! Messenger and MSN Messenger would become interoperable.
Yahoo! Mobile is a
mobile website used predominantly in the
UK. It offers mobile downloads such as ringtones.
Yahoo! Movies offers showtimes,
movie trailers, movie information,
gossip, and others.
Yaho! Music offers
music videos and
internet radio (
LAUNCHcast), a for-fee service known as
Yahoo! Music Unlimited, and the Yahoo! Music Engine.
- Yahoo! News news updates and top stories at Yahoo! News, including world, national, business, entertainment, sports, weather, technology, and weird news.
- Yahoo! OMG
OMG is a Yahoo! Entertainment online tabloid with most content provided by
Access Hollywood and
X17.
Yahoo! Personals is an
online dating service with both free and paid versions. However, the free service is limited, as only paying users can contact users they meet through Yahoo! Personals and exchange contact information.
Yahoo! Photos is a photo sharing service similar to
Flickr, which Yahoo! acquired. Users have unlimited storage, but only JPG photographs are allowed. Users can categorize and upload their photographs to albums they have created. Users can set various access levels for albums, ranging from public to private. Yahoo! Photos is closing in 2007. Photos can be moved with other photo hosts, including Flickr.
Yahoo Pipes is a free
RSS mashup visual editor and hosting service.
Yahoo! Podcasts is a
beta service that allows users to search for and view
podcasts.
Yahoo! Publisher Network is an advertising program, which is currently in beta and only accepts
US publishers.
Yahoo! Real Estate offers
real estate-related information and allows users to find rentals, mew houses, real estate agents, mortgages and more.
Yahoo! Search is a
search engine which competes with
MSN Search and market leader
Google. Yahoo! relied on Google results from
26 June 2000 to
18 February 2004, but returned to using its own technology after acquiring
Inktomi and
Overture (which owned
AlltheWeb and
AltaVista). Yahoo! Search uses a crawler named
Yahoo! Slurp.
Yahoo! Search Marketing is based on
Overture, which Yahoo! acquired. The service is the pioneer of pay-based inclusion in search engines, and also delivers targeted ads similar to
Google AdSense.
Yahoo! Shopping is which competes with
eBay and
Amazon. It allows users to search for, compare and buy products online.
Yahoo! Small Business offers
web hosting,
domain names and
e-commerce services for
small businesses.
Yahoo! Sports offers sports news, including scores, statistics, and fixtures. It includes a "fantasy team" game.
Yahoo! Tech offers reviews and advice for buying and using
electronics.
A Spanish service of Yahoo! affiliated with The Telemundo Network (Owned by NBC Universal)
Yahoo! Travel offers
travel guides, booking and
reservation services.
Yahoo! TV offers
TV listings and scheduled recordings on
Tivo box remotely.
Yahoo! Video is a
video sharing site.
Yahoo! Widgets is a cross-platform
desktop widget runtime environment. It used to be a widget program called Konfabulator for
Mac OS X until Yahoo! bought it.
Yahoo! Kids is a children's version of the Yahoo! portal. It also offers some online safety tips.
Bix is a contest website acquired by Yahoo!.
Kelkoo is a shopping search engine which operates in 10 European countries. It was acquired by Yahoo! in 2004.
del.icio.us is a
social bookmarking website which allows users to store and share bookmarks online. Yahoo! bought it on
9 December 2005.
- blo.gs – a directory of recently updated weblogs,
blo.gs is a directory of recently updated
weblogs, purchased by Yahoo! in June 2005.
Dialpad is a phone company. Now Yahoo! Voice.
Flickr is a popular photo sharing service which Yahoo! purchased on
29 March 2005.
upcoming.org is a social event calendar which Yahoo! acquired on
5 October 2005.I use at least 10 of those.