Archive for the ‘yahoo’ Category

Microsoft’s proposal undervalues us, says Yahoo

Friday, March 21st, 2008

For those who like to get into the details, check out what Yahoo has filed with the SEC [it can take a while to load, follow exhibit 99.2]. Few points in the document,

Options: MicroHoo or GooHoo or Yahoo

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Few interesting links related to Microsoft's offer to Yahoo, MSFT + YHOO: What Would Microsoft Yahoo Look Like? Live Blogging Microsoft's Bid For Yahoo Call Q&A With Microsoft On Proposed Yahoo Purchase: 2+2 = #1 What Will Microsoft Yahoo Merger Mean for SEO? Microsoft/Yahoo merger would have practically no impact on any high-quality Silicon ...

Are Facebook and Geocities similar??

Saturday, October 6th, 2007

In your wildest of wildest dreams would you think Facebook and Geocities did similar things? Wall Street Journal reported:

Voice chat providers may be taxed

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

According to an article in Hindustan Times,

Is a rival of Google coming soon?

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said he is putting the building blocks in place for a community-developed Web search service that would rival search engines such as Google or Yahoo. Wikia, has acquired Grub, a pioneering Web crawler that will enable Wikia's forthcoming search service to scour the Web to index ...

Yahoo! Please don’t ignore your “registered” users :-(

Thursday, June 7th, 2007

I have been using Yahoo since its inception (or little after its inception). Customer service was rocking at Yahoo in early 1990s. If my memory serves me right I am pretty sure Yahoo email was released after the release of their directory. I use to submit the URLs of mahesh.com ...

Govt of India must take the Internet more seriously

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007

I visited www.nic.in after a very long time (may be a year). It looks much better now. NIC needs to set aside its love for its own name (nic.in) and "fix" the domainnames of all govt websites. For e.g. why should the URL of President of India still be http://presidentofindia.nic.in/ ...

Yahoo’s email activation process is flawed (for a loooong time)

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

I frequently get emails from Yahoo to activate an email account, Click the link below to verify your email address and activate your account. Email verification helps protect your identity and allows you to participate safely on all of Yahoo!'s properties.