My Yahoo

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My Yahoo!
[[Programmer|DeveloperTemplate:Pluralize from text]]Yahoo
Initial releaseJuly 15, 1996; 30 years ago (1996-07-15)[1]
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PlatformWeb browsers
TypeWeb Gadgets
Websitemy.yahoo.com

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My Yahoo! was a start page or web portal that combined personalized Yahoo! features, content feeds, and information. The site was launched in 1996[2] and was one of the company's most popular creations.[3] It was discontinued in December 2024 amid words of protest among users.[4]

Applications of My Yahoo

My Yahoo’s purpose was to have users personalize their pages.[5]

The appearance, layout, and content of the main Yahoo homepage was standard, but My Yahoo offered customization.[6] On it, users could apply themes, add sites, add widgets, rearrange the layout, and add tabs to the page.[7]

A My Yahoo page allowed access to almost everything needed on one page. For example, applications and programs that allowed access to social networking, Lottery numbers, a mail aggregator, a news aggregator, gaming applications, etc...[8] The goal was to give people access to everything they were interested in on a single page.

Users were able to link to Yahoo! Answers.[9]

Provided the option to link Yahoo Local. Enabled local search capabilities.[10]

In 2011, they created a mobile app.[11]

In 2024, Yahoo! announced that My Yahoo! will be shut down and will be replaced with a new service without RSS feeds. The shutdown appears to have taken effect as of December 11, 2024.

RSS features

  • 52% of My Yahoo users are aware of RSS tools and 39% use RSS tools.[12]
  • Many websites had an “Add to My Yahoo” button to make adding an RSS feed to My Yahoo simpler.[13]

Criticism

My Yahoo couldn't consolidate different feeds resulting in the need for multiple streams.

Since the September 2013 redesign, users had complained of numerous issues:

  1. Font size was too large and couldn't be changed
  2. Applications were less configurable
  3. Weather app used auto-locate instead of remembering a specified place
  4. Column resizing was no longer allowed
  5. Forced inclusion of a large Yahoo search bar

On 24 August 2017, many users reported that all RSS feeds stopped working.[14][15][16]

See also

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Yahoo! Inc. - Company Timeline". Wayback Machine. 2008-07-13. Archived from the original on 2008-07-13. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Yahoo! Inc. - Company Timeline". Wayback Machine. 2008-07-13. Archived from the original on 2008-07-13. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hansell, Saul (1999-10-31). "On My...yahoo; David Filo". The New York Times.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."MSN". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2025-02-06.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kanalley, Craig (2013-02-21). "Yahoo Homepage Goes Social With Facebook-Personalized Streams". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Difference between Yahoo! homepage and My Yahoo!". Yahoo. Retrieved 2014-04-13.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Overview of My Yahoo". Yahoo. Retrieved 2014-04-13.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."My Yahoo! Blog". My Yahoo. Archived from the original on 2013-05-02. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Marc (2007-07-07). "The Only 7 Things Yahoo Does Better than Google". Marc and Angel Hack Life. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Marc (2007-07-07). "The Only 7 Things Yahoo Does Better than Google". Marc and Angel Hack Life. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."My Yahoo! Blog". My Yahoo. Archived from the original on 2013-05-02. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Grossnickle, Joshua. "RSS—Crossing into the Mainstream" (PDF). marketingsherpa.com. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."QUICK TIPS: Quickly browse sites with MyYahoo!'s RSS parser (Mac OS X 10.1 and later)" (Document). PorQuest Computing. Template:ProQuest.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."No RSS feeds loading". Yahoo! Help Coimmunity. Yahoo!. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."RSS feeds not working: Forbes and Wired". Yahoo! Help Community. Yahoo!. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."RSS Feeds". Yahoo! Help Community. Yahoo!. Retrieved 24 August 2017.

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