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Fun never ends at Yahoo.com!

Yahoo.com needs no introduction! The site packed with nonstop entertainment and information is a hot-favorite for millions of computer savvies around the world! A peep into the history reveals that the company was founded in January, 1994 by Stanford graduate students David Filo and Jerry Yang. Today, Yahoo tops the listing of the most visited websites with a count of more than 412 million unique users!

Yahoo.com caters to the needs of the online users with its wide array of services. The site covers topics from latest news and shopping to sports and world weather, apart from the services like Yahoo Mail, Messenger, Groups and Yahoo Maps.

The layout of the site is neat with a left navigation menu carrying quick links to main categories. The ambiance of the page changes according to the category i.e. the links and images are meticulously placed based on the category.

Yahoo Search, known as the second largest search engine on the internet, is a unique feature of the site. Almost all inner pages carry a search box on the top. Yahoo also provides vertical search services like Yahoo Image, Yahoo Local and Yahoo News Search.

Another feather to the cap of Yahoo is its internet communication services like Yahoo Messenger and Mail. The credit of the largest email service of the world goes to Yahoo. The social networking services like Yahoo Personals, Yahoo 360° are worth mentioning. When the former is a dating service powered by Yahoo, the latter is a personal communication portal. The personalization service My Yahoo allows the users to organize their favorite features in Yahoo and other information in a single page.

Yahoo.com is no disappointment for the eager shopper! Features like Yahoo Shopping, Yahoo Autos will sure add more zing to their online shopping experience. Worried about unanswered questions or intriguing doubts? Yahoo Answers is here to assist. Just type in the question you need the answer for and the smart engine returns the solution in a jiffy!

The source of revenue for Yahoo is online advertising. The brand makes real big money through search, display and contextual advertising. The major share of the revenue comes from search advertising. Here advertisers bid for search keywords so as to place their advertisements in the search results. Movie and music reviews, adrenaline rising games and all the necessary ingredients for a happy, worry-free surfing are packed in Yahoo.com.

Lubuna K A

Hi-Tech Editorial Division