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      Yahoo Chat has been a popular communication tool since it first made its debut on the world wide web. Discovering all that Yahoo Chat can really do by learning how it really works, how to create a Yahoo Chat account and a brief history of the foundation of Yahoo Chat will help gain more of an overall insight into the virtual world of... more »

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      Not sure how to use Yahoo email? Are computers and email generally a mystery to you? Let this step by step article be your guide! This features through the basic features of Yahoo, a free web based email program. This is a brief overview just to get new users started. The best way is to experiment with Yahoo and make it work best... more »

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      Yahoo Briefcase is a web-based storage for photos, recordings, music and documents. This article will teach you how to set up and store your desired items as well as retrieve and display files from any computer. more »

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      Yahoo! Maps is a great way to find locations of interest in a particular area or to get driving directions. Like Google Maps or Mapquest, there are many features that are available on Yahoo! Maps. more »

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      Yahoo Groups is an online community in which people share their ideas and interests. Its a place to post information, photos, polls and links. You can join a group or start one of your own. And it's free, which opens the door to everybody. Here's how to use Yahoo Groups. more »

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      Yahoo! Messenger is an online communication service that allows users to talk to each other in real time via instant messages. Users need to have... more »

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    Yahoo!

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    |foundation Santa Clara, founder [[Jerry Yang (entrepreneur)|Jerry Yang location_city 701 First Avenue[[Sunnyvale, California|Sunnyvale, location_country [[United States
    |industry Internet, area_served [[Worldwide
    |key_people Carol Bartz, CEORoy J. Bostock, ChairmanJerry Yang, Co-founderproducts (see [[list of Yahoo!-owned sites and services)
    |revenue operating_income [[United States dollar|$ 4.13 billion (2008)"2009financials" />
    |net_income assets [[United States dollar|$ 13.689 billion (2008)"2009financials" />
    |equity $ 11.250 billion (2008)"2009financials" />
    |slogan "Do you Yahoo?"
    |homepage
    }}

    Yahoo! Inc. () is an American public corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, (in Silicon Valley), that provides Internet services worldwide. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal, search engine (Yahoo! Search), Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, advertising, online mapping (Yahoo! Maps), video sharing (Yahoo! Video), and social media websites and services.

    Yahoo! was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and was incorporated on March 1, 1995.

    On January 13, 2009, Yahoo! appointed Carol Bartz, former executive chairperson of Autodesk, as its new chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors.

    According to Web traffic analysis companies (including Compete.com, comScore, Alexa Internet,"alexa"> Netcraft,"netcraft"> and Nielsen Ratings), the domain yahoo.com attracted at least 1.575 billion visitors annually by 2008. The global network of Yahoo! websites receives 3.4 billion page views per day on average . It is the second most visited website in the world in May 2009.http://blog.sfaranda.com/50-most-visited-websites-in-may-2009/

    History and growth
    Early history (1994–1999)

    In January 1994, Jerry Yang and David Filo were Electrical Engineering graduate students at Stanford University. In read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!

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