Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Yahoo's Redesign Live - WayBackMachine Crashes in Endless Loop

I visited Yahoo today to see what all the excitement was about.

Honestly, I never go to Yahoo. I wouldn’t know the new from the old.

The mind boggles that Yahoo is still listed as one of the most highly hit sites. Of course, I believe that as much as I believe Nielsen ratings.

Nonetheless, it was like my own little time machine. Drifting back to the portal days of the mid-to-late 90s. Made me long for AOL.

Rock on, Yahoo. Never give in.

Yahoo 1997 – Before you had to pay hundreds of dollars to get listed… aka the good ‘ol days.

Yahoo 2005 – When being listed didn’t really mean anything.

Yahoo 2009 – When being on Yahoo’s first page of search results amounts to 1/1000th of the Google traffic for the same phrase*

BBC NEWS | Business | Yahoo’s new web portal goes live

*Based on an actual experience I had. Legal Disclaimer: Results may vary and should not be taken as fact. End of disclaimer… for the era of “the truth cannot be spoken, but must be proven before uttered aloud.”

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