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Who developed Yahoo?
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Mahesh said:
8 years ago
Yahoo was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and was incorporated on March 2, 1995.
Yahoo was one of the pioneers of the early internet era in the 1990s. Marissa Mayer, a former Google executive, serves as CEO and President of the company.
Yahoo was one of the pioneers of the early internet era in the 1990s. Marissa Mayer, a former Google executive, serves as CEO and President of the company.
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Anu said:
10 years ago
In 1994, David Filo & Jerry Yang began posting their list online as "David and Jerry's Guide to the Web" so their friends could access the informal guide to "cool" sites.
As the list of sites grew, Filo and Yang began dividing them into categories, then subcategories to provide more structure and easier searching. Later that summer they re-dubbed the system Yahoo!
As the list of sites grew, Filo and Yang began dividing them into categories, then subcategories to provide more structure and easier searching. Later that summer they re-dubbed the system Yahoo!
Anu said:
10 years ago
In 1994, David Filo & Jerry Yang began posting their list online as "David and Jerry's Guide to the Web" so their friends could access the informal guide to "cool" sites.
As the list of sites grew, Filo and Yang began dividing them into categories, then subcategories to provide more structure and easier searching. Later that summer they re-dubbed the system Yahoo!
As the list of sites grew, Filo and Yang began dividing them into categories, then subcategories to provide more structure and easier searching. Later that summer they re-dubbed the system Yahoo!
Anbu said:
1 decade ago
I need the clarification for google when it started and by whom it was invented?
SUSMITHA said:
1 decade ago
Hey need small clarification in the acronym of YAHOO last letter O stands for organisation (or) oracle.
Prerna said:
1 decade ago
The two founders of Yahoo!, David Filo and Jerry Yang, Ph. D. Candidates in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, started their guide in a campus trailer in February 1994 as a way to keep track of their personal interests on the Internet. The name Yahoo! is an acronym for "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle ".
Abhi said:
1 decade ago
The word "yahoo" is an acronym for "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle". The term "hierarchical" described how the Yahoo! database was arranged in layers of subcategories. The term "oracle" was intended to mean "source of truth and wisdom," and the term "officious," rather than being related to the word's normal meaning, described the many office workers who would use the Yahoo! database while surfing from work.However, Filo and Yang insist they mainly selected the name because they liked the slang definition of a "yahoo" (used by college students in David Filo's native Louisiana in the late 1980s and early 1990s to refer to an unsophisticated, rural Southerner): "rude, unsophisticated, uncouth." Filo's college girlfriend often referred to Filo as a "yahoo." This meaning derives from the name of a race of fictional beings from Gulliver's Travels.
Naveen said:
1 decade ago
In jan 1994 invented by david filo and also jerry yang, its also most used website by people. And then they were realized the business potential and co-founded yahoo website. Its abbreviation is YET ANOTHER HIERARCHICAL OFFICIOUS ORGANIZATION.
Momin zakir said:
1 decade ago
In January 1994, Stanford graduate students Jerry Yang and David Filo created a website named "Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web." Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web was a directory of other websites, organized in a hierarchy, as opposed to a searchable index of pages.
Ramadevi said:
1 decade ago
Abbreviation for Yahoo is "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Organization".
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