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The core service that launched Yahoo as an internet company — the Yahoo Directory — finally closes 20 years after it began.
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For some, it may seem like there has always been Google, and it’s always been the main way people have found things on the web.
Yahoo began as Yahoo by forming web directories, typically referred to as the first search engine – although human powered search engine. Yahoo began closing several European Directories late last year, including the directories in France, Germany, Italy and Spain…
The Yahoo UK and Ireland directory will be closing November 8, 2010. Yahoo officially posted the details on in their help section. Yahoo closed four European directories earlier this year including France, Germany, Italy and Spain
Back in the mid-to-late 1990s, the most powerful person in search was arguably Yahoo’s Srinija Srinivasan.
Yahoo has closed its web directories in four countries, and it seems no one noticed. It happened back in December, and Yahoo is now redirecting those directories to the country-specific web search pages. Sean Carlos dropped us a note about his blog post today on Antezeta.com, and we got this confirmation from Yahoo: As part of *** Read the full post by clicking on the headline above or, in Facebook, by clicking on the “View Original Post” link below