Do you know A to Z of Yahoo! ?

An article by Vinay Gowda    35 Comments

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OMG:

omg! is Yahoo!’s home for celebrity news and gossip full of videos, articles, photos, and fun!

we suggest: View celebrity gossip!

OmniFind:

IBM OmniFind Yahoo! Edition is a no-charge enterprise search software solution that enables rapid deployment of intranet and file system search for both employees and customers.

we suggest: Get software today!

OpenID:

Are you tired of creating a new account on every website you use? Do you avoid new websites because they come with yet another username and password? Do you paste stickies with password hints all over your computer monitor?

OpenID is an open technology standard that solves all of these problems. The OpenID technology will allow you to use your Yahoo! account to sign in to hundreds of websites! And this list is growing every day…

we suggest: Get Your OpenID today!

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People:

Yahoo! People is online people search engine for US citizens.

we suggest: Find people!

Personal:

Yahoo! Personals editions are designed in local languages. Contacting a member through Yahoo! Personals requires a paid subscription to Yahoo! Personals. Yahoo announced that Yahoo Personals will cease operations on July 21, 2010.

we suggest: Get your Match now

Pipes:

Yahoo! Pipes is a web application from Yahoo! that provides a graphical user interface for building data mashups that aggregate web feeds, web pages, and other services, creating Web-based apps from various sources, and publishing those apps. The application works by enabling users to “pipe” information from different sources and then set up rules for how that content should be modified (for example, filtering). A typical example is New York Times through Flickr, a pipe which takes The New York Times RSS feed and adds a photo from Flickr based on the keywords of each item. The site is currently in beta.

we suggest: Yahoo Pipes!

Pluse:

With Yahoo! Pulse, you can create your own identity on Yahoo! and you can easily connect and engage with the people, content, and applications that matter to you, wherever you are on Yahoo!. You can also share updates, photos, blog posts and more with colleagues, classmates, family, and friends.
Yahoo! Pulse also lets you link to third-party social network sites, like Facebook, so you can keep up with what your friends are doing, all in one convenient place.

we suggest: Visit Yahoo Plus!

Publisher:

The Yahoo! Publisher Network (abbreviated YPN) is a beta advertising network launched on August 2, 2005 by Yahoo!. As the service is currently in Beta, it is currently only accepting US-Based publishers. YPN provides cost per click contextual advertising as well as various tools and services to assist publishers in building and improving their websites.

we suggest: Advertise with Yahoo Publisher!

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Real Estate:

Yahoo! Real Estate was launched by Yahoo! in June 1998 with the mission to provide home buyers, sellers and renters with the most relevant and comprehensive set of information and tools. With access to over three million homes for sale and apartments for rent, Yahoo! Real estate provides one of the most comprehensive listings search experiences on the web. Beyond listings search, Yahoo! Real Estate also provides users with various real estate tools and products.

we suggest: Buy, Sell or Rent with Yahoo! Real Estate

Research:

Yahoo! Research is a research organization established on January 2004 within Yahoo!. It is currently headed by Prabhakar Raghavan.
Topics within Yahoo! Research include: Internet search, Machine Learning, Microeconomics, Media Experience, and Community Systems.

we suggest: Visit Yahoo! Research

Rivals:

Rivals.com was acquired by Yahoo! in July 2007 and has been serving serious sports fans since May 2001.
Powered by more than 300 writers, reporters and publishers at the local level, Rivals.com is the most respected name in team-specific college sports coverage and the country’s No. 1 authority on college football and basketball recruiting.

we suggest: Visit Rivals.com!

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Sandbox:

Yahoo! Sandbox is a testing environment that isolates untested code changes and outright experimentation from the production environment or repository, in the context of software development including Web development and revision control.

we suggest: Yahoo! Sandbox

Scan:

Yahooscan works with the Ydetector which was explained before. Using Yahooscan you can detect invisible Yahoo! Messenger users. Now catch your friends when they are in invisible mode.

we suggest: Catch invisible friends now!

Search:

Yahoo! Search is a web search engine, owned by Yahoo! Inc. and was as of December 2009, the 2nd largest search engine on the web by query volume, at 6.29%, after its competitor Google at 85.35% and before Bing at 3.27%, according to Net Applications.

we suggest: Experience Yahoo! Search now!

Security Center:

Yahoo! Security Center provides security against all kind of risks. Yahoo! provides many softwares to clean your system and make is risk free from spammers and hackers.

we suggest: Protect yourself with Yahoo! Security Center

Shine:

we suggest: Visit Yahoo! Shine

Shopping:

By combining the new powerful Yahoo! Product Search with the ability to compare prices and features, Yahoo! Shopping offers consumers an unparalleled comparison shopping experience. Finding the right product at the right price is the goal of online shoppers, and Yahoo! Shopping empowers the consumer to easily compare product prices and features across thousands of merchants.
In Yahoo! Shopping, you can browse or search for the items you need and easily compare prices from different Yahoo! Store merchants selling the same item.

we suggest: Visit Yahoo! Shopping..

Site Builder:

Yahoo! Site Builder is a online application to build websites provided by Yahoo! Inc.

we suggest: Build your website with Yahoo! site Builder.

Site Explorer:

Yahoo! Site Explorer is a Yahoo! service which allows viewing of information on websites in Yahoo!’s search index.

we suggest: Explore your site with Yahoo!

Small Business:

Yahoo! Small Business is a one stop solution to your Business. Main features includes Billing, Web Hosting, Promoting your site and many.

we suggest: Start your Business with Yahoo!

Sports:

Yahoo! Sports was launched on December 8, 1997. Previously certain elements of Yahoo! Sports were named Yahoo! Scoreboard before the launch of Yahoo! Sports. Yahoo! Sports is fed a majority its information from STATS, Inc. Yahoo! Sports has various writers along with team pages in almost every sport. On January 17, 2003 Yahoo! Sports launched their first major redesign of the website. On May 30, 2006 they launched the Yahoo! Sports Beta website. On February 1, 2007 the beta website was taken offline. On January 30, 2007 they put the following on the homepage “What if your favorite sports site got even better? The all new Yahoo! Sports. Coming soon.” On February 1, 2007 they launched the current homepage.

we suggest: Visit Yahoo! Sports..

Suggestion Board:

Yahoo! Suggestion Board is a site which shows all its sites for Suggestion from the user.

we suggest: visit Yahoo! Suggestion Board

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Tech:

Yahoo! Tech was a web site that provided product information and setup advice to help its users, as expressed in its slogan “Tech Made Easy.” Yahoo! launched the web site in May 2006. After almost 4 years, the Yahoo! Tech website was shut down on March 11, 2010.

Toolbar:

Yahoo! Toolbar is a toolbar that installs on the Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers, within the context of internet access functions. It allows access to several functions, including Yahoo! Search and Yahoo! Mail. It also contains built-in algorithms to prevent pop-ups and spyware. Several additional features are available on the Internet Explorer version, as well as incorporating Firefox-style tabbed browsing to IE version 6.0 (versions 7.0 and later allow tabbed browsing).

we suggest: Get your Yahoo! Toolbar..

Travel:

Yahoo! Travel is a online ticket booking site owned by Yahoo! Inc. Using Yahoo! Travel you can get Air Ticket, Hotel rooms and many more at very cheap price.

we suggest: Plan your vacation with Yahoo! Travel..

TV:

Yahoo! TV is a personalized, up-to-the-minute, comprehensive television resource. It supplies not only the latest TV listings but also TV-related content and web sites, special features and event.
You can create personalized, daily TV listings by inputting your ZIP/Postal code to create a grid based on your location, and selecting your favorite channels to display.

we suggest: Get updated about the TV show with Yahoo! TV..

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Upcoming:

Yahoo! Upcoming is a community for discovering and sharing events. It can help you find stuff to do, discover what your friends are doing, or let you keep private events online for your own reference.

we suggest: Visit Yahoo! Upcoming..

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Video:

Yahoo! Video is a video sharing website on which users can upload and share videos. The service is owned and created by Yahoo!. Yahoo! Video began as an internet-wide video search engine and added the ability to upload and share video clips in June 2006. A re-designed site was launched in February 2008 that changed the focus to Yahoo-hosted video only. The site now consolidates all premium video from across Yahoo! properties with user-uploaded video.

we suggest: Watch Videos with Yahoo! Video..

Voice:

Yahoo! Voice is a Voice over IP PC-PC, PC-Phone and Phone-to-PC service, provided by Yahoo! via its Yahoo! Messenger instant messaging application. Yahoo! Voice uses the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), GIPS codec and the DialPad engine for voice transport. Since 2008 the service has been provided by JAJAH, an outsourced VoIP provider.

we suggest: Enjoy VOIP with Yahoo! Voice..

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Weather:

Yahoo! Weather includes:

• daily and long-term forecasts for thousands of locations worldwide
• current conditions such as wind, humidity, dewpoint, visibility
• text-based forecasts
• maps and images including metro and national satellites, radars, and precipitation
• records and averages
• weather news

we suggest: Weather News on Yahoo!

Widgets:

Yahoo! Widgets is a free application platform for Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows. The software was previously called Konfabulator, but after being acquired by computer services company Yahoo! it was rebranded. The name Konfabulator was subsequently reinstated as the name of the underlying rendering engine. The engine uses a JavaScript runtime environment combined with an XML interpreter to run small applications referred to as widgets, and hence is part of a class of software applications called widget engines.

we suggest: Enter Yahoo! Widget World..

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Xtra:

Yahoo!Xtra is a joint venture web portal between Yahoo!7 and Telecom New Zealand. Yahoo!7 holds a 51 percent stake in the company and Telecom NZ holds 49 percent. (Because Yahoo!7 is a 50/50 venture, Yahoo! proper is therefore a 25.5% owner of Yahoo!Xtra.)

we suggest: Enter Yahoo! Xtra..

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Yahoo!7:

Yahoo!7 is a 50-50 partnership between the Seven Network and Yahoo! Inc. in Australia.
As part of the Yahoo! Inc. and the Seven Media Group, Yahoo!7 brings together the online assets of Yahoo! Inc. and the television and magazine content of the Seven Network and Pacific Magazines. The company also combines Yahoo!’s search and communications capabilities and its global internet network, with Seven’s rich media and entertainment content and marketing capabilities.

we suggest: Enter Yahoo!7..

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OOPS!! Did you try to count how many topics we have explored here?? NO! There are 92 topics which are related to Yahoo! has been explored here. And it took me 2weeks to explore about Yahoo!

Hope you liked the post and got to know more about Yahoo! now.

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