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Yahoo 2016 Year in Review: ‘2016 Election’ top search term & ‘Election Day’ No. 1 news story

Published on 2016/12/07 By admin

Yahoo says “Donald Trump” ranked as its second most popular search of the year, while “Hillary Clinton” barely made the top 10. The post Yahoo 2016 Year in Review: ‘2016 Election’ top search term & ‘Election Day’ No. 1 news story appeared first on Search Engine Land

Yahoo Wants To Syndicate Search To 600,000 Mobile Apps

Published on 2015/02/20 By admin

Flurry gives Yahoo massive mobile reach and developer access. The post Yahoo Wants To Syndicate Search To 600,000 Mobile Apps appeared first on Search Engine Land.

Yahoo Rolls Out Search For Its Android Launcher Aviate

Published on 2014/12/23 By admin

In February, I wrote that the glaring omission from Yahoo’s Android launcher and “intelligent homescreen” Aviate was a search box. Now it has one

Yahoo Replaces Google As Default Search Provider in Firefox

Published on 2014/11/19 By admin

Yahoo and Mozilla just announced a “strategic five-year partnership that makes Yahoo the default search experience for Firefox in the United States on mobile and desktop.” The companies said they will explore other potential “future product integrations and distribution…

Yahoo Gives $10 Million To Help Develop Next-Gen Siri And Better “Contextual Search”

Published on 2014/02/20 By admin

Several years ago Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, as a then Google employee, spoke about the perfect search engine that could anticipate your needs and which wouldn’t require any keywords to deliver results.

Yahoo To Shutter AltaVista, Axis & Several More Products

Published on 2013/06/28 By admin

Out with the old. Out with the new.

Yahoo Clues, App Search & Other Products To Shut Down April 1

Published on 2013/03/01 By admin

Marissa Mayer is tightening Yahoo’s belt. Since taking over as Yahoo’s CEO, she’s spoken repeatedly on the need to zero in on being part of its users’ “daily habits.” Today, the company announced the shut down of seven products that don’t fit that…

Yahoo’s Mayer Nabs Another Googler, Will More Come Over?

Published on 2012/08/20 By admin

According to Business Insider, Marissa Mayer has convinced at least one more Google employee to come over and work with her at Yahoo.

No CEO News Emerges From Yahoo Shareholder Meeting

Published on 2012/07/12 By admin

You can’t blame Yahoo’s board for being a little bit gun shy. After all, eight out of 11 directors are new this year — three of them were appointed in the wake of the highly-public resume scandal that ousted CEO Scott Thompson. With the Thompson debacle, the departure of…

Report: Scott Thompson To Step Down As Yahoo CEO, Ross Levinsohn To Step In

Published on 2012/05/13 By admin

Kara Swisher at AllThingsD is reporting that embattled Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is going to step down for “personal reasons.” Swisher has one or more “moles” inside the company and consistently gets inside information — which generally turns out to be correct…. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.