Yahoo! A Little Bit of Search History
Thursday February 26, 2009
It seems there's a bit of change happening with Yahoo!
lately. There were talks on Monday Jan 21st 2008 that Yahoo! was
going to layoff between 1500-2500 employees, but an update on
Tuesday Jan 22nd 2008 has downsized this to layoffs in the 100s
most likely and there's also talks of
Yahoo! once again outsourcing it's search to another provider (Yahoo
Outsourcing Search Again?).
Below is a quick overview of Yahoo! and it's Search History, so
you can see that they have in the past used Google. Also it will
be interesting to see what Yahoo! has in plan for Alta Vista and AllTheWeb.com. Both of these are owned by Yahoo! and use it's
database for search results.
- In May of 1998, Yahoo! Web Search is powered by Inktomi
- In June of 2000, Yahoo! Web Search powered by Google
- In March of 2003, Yahoo! Acquires Inktomi
- In February of 2004 Yahoo! Web Search powered by Yahoo!
- In March of 2004 AltaVista switches to Yahoo! Search
- In August of 2004 Yahoo! Launches Local Search Engine
Yahoo Outsource Search to Google! Today WSJ
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/080119-165300
Yahoo Layoffs Confirmed (Monday Jan 21st 2008)
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/080120-112309
Yahoo Layoffs Updated (Tuesday Jan 22nd 2008)
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/080121-234410
Gerard Manning
Canadian Search Engine
Marketing
Search Engine Marketing Agency :: Manning
Search Marketing
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