Yahoo!, once one of the most popular web sites in the United States, is as of September 2021 a content sub-division of the namesake company
Yahoo Inc., owned by
Apollo Global Management (90%) and
Verizon Communications (10%). It has offered a wide range of online sites and services since its inception in 1994, a majority of which are now defunct.
Yahoo! Plus - a collection of individual subscriptions: Yahoo! Mail Plus, Yahoo! Finance Plus, Yahoo! Fantasy Plus, Yahoo! Plus Protect Home, Yahoo! Plus Protect Mobile, Yahoo! Plus Secure and Yahoo! Plus Support
Astrid - A task management application for
Android; acquired in May 2013 and shut down on August 5, 2013.[9][10]
Ask Yahoo! - A Q&A platform that was shut down in March 2006 due to the release of Yahoo! Answers. On May 16, 2013, a new version of Ask Yahoo was launched.
Yahoo! Buzz - A community-based news article service that allowed users to publish news stories; shut down on April 21, 2011.[22] MyBlogLog was discontinued on May 24, 2011.[23]
Yahoo! China shut down on September 2, 2013, and was redirected to taobao.com.[24][25]
Y!Connect - Enabled individuals to leave comments in
Internet forums via their Yahoo ID.[26]
Yahoo! GeoCities was a popular web hosting service founded in 1995 and was one of the first services to offer
web pages to the public. In 1998, it was the third-most-browsed website.[33][34] Yahoo acquired GeoCities in 1999 and shut it down in 2009, deleting 7 million web pages.[35][36] Many of those web pages are available at
mirror sites such as the
Internet Archive[37] and OOCities.org.[38]
Jumpcut.com - A service where the uploaded photos and videos can be edited online; shut down in June 2009.[43]
Kelkoo Group - A European price comparison tool that was acquired by Yahoo! in 2004 and sold in 2008.[44][45]
Yahoo! Korea was the
South Korean affiliate of Yahoo!, founded in September 1997. Its headquarters was the Yahoo! Tower on
Teheranno in the
Gangnam District of
Seoul. On December 31, 2012, Yahoo! Korea shut down all its services and the website was redirected to the main Yahoo! search page.[46][47][48]
Yahoo! Kickstart - A professional network targeting college students, recent grads, employers, professionals, and alumni. Shut down in December 2008.[51]
Yahoo! Kids - A children's version of the Yahoo! portal, it offered online safety tips and parental controls; shut down in April 2013 due to declining popularity.[52]
Yahoo! Live - Allowed users to broadcast videos in real time; shut down on December 3, 2008.
Yahoo! Media Player / Web Player - A computer based media player that was based on Microsoft's
Windows Media Player and was similar to other competing media players such as
MusicMatch or
Winamp.
Yahoo! Music - Provided
Internet radio,
music videos, news, artist information, and original programming; shut down in September 2018 and consolidated into Yahoo! Entertainment's "Music" section.
Yahoo! Labs A Yahoo! technology division as Yahoo!’s research arm. It was replaced by Yahoo! Research on February 17, 2016.
Yahoo! Search BOSS - A service that allowed developers to build search applications based on Yahoo's search technology.[63][64]
Yahoo! SearchMonkey - Allowed developers and site owners to use structured data to make Yahoo Search results more useful and visually appealing, and drive more relevant traffic to their sites; shut down in October 2010 as part of the
Microsoft and Yahoo search partnership.[65]
Shine - A site tailored for women between the ages of 25 and 54. Launched On March 31, 2008.[66] It was shut down in 2014.[67]
Yahoo! Site Explorer - Allowed users to view information on websites in Yahoo!'s search index; shut down on November 21, 2011.[68]
Yahoo! Small Business - A service offered by the Yahoo! to get users start up and expand their business online; rebranded as Verizon Small Business Essentials in 2021.[69]
Yahoo! Voices - Formerly Associated Content (AC), distributed writing through its website and content partners, including
Yahoo! News; shut down July 31, 2014.[78]
Yahoo!, once one of the most popular web sites in the United States, is as of September 2021 a content sub-division of the namesake company
Yahoo Inc., owned by
Apollo Global Management (90%) and
Verizon Communications (10%). It has offered a wide range of online sites and services since its inception in 1994, a majority of which are now defunct.
Yahoo! Plus - a collection of individual subscriptions: Yahoo! Mail Plus, Yahoo! Finance Plus, Yahoo! Fantasy Plus, Yahoo! Plus Protect Home, Yahoo! Plus Protect Mobile, Yahoo! Plus Secure and Yahoo! Plus Support
Astrid - A task management application for
Android; acquired in May 2013 and shut down on August 5, 2013.[9][10]
Ask Yahoo! - A Q&A platform that was shut down in March 2006 due to the release of Yahoo! Answers. On May 16, 2013, a new version of Ask Yahoo was launched.
Yahoo! Buzz - A community-based news article service that allowed users to publish news stories; shut down on April 21, 2011.[22] MyBlogLog was discontinued on May 24, 2011.[23]
Yahoo! China shut down on September 2, 2013, and was redirected to taobao.com.[24][25]
Y!Connect - Enabled individuals to leave comments in
Internet forums via their Yahoo ID.[26]
Yahoo! GeoCities was a popular web hosting service founded in 1995 and was one of the first services to offer
web pages to the public. In 1998, it was the third-most-browsed website.[33][34] Yahoo acquired GeoCities in 1999 and shut it down in 2009, deleting 7 million web pages.[35][36] Many of those web pages are available at
mirror sites such as the
Internet Archive[37] and OOCities.org.[38]
Jumpcut.com - A service where the uploaded photos and videos can be edited online; shut down in June 2009.[43]
Kelkoo Group - A European price comparison tool that was acquired by Yahoo! in 2004 and sold in 2008.[44][45]
Yahoo! Korea was the
South Korean affiliate of Yahoo!, founded in September 1997. Its headquarters was the Yahoo! Tower on
Teheranno in the
Gangnam District of
Seoul. On December 31, 2012, Yahoo! Korea shut down all its services and the website was redirected to the main Yahoo! search page.[46][47][48]
Yahoo! Kickstart - A professional network targeting college students, recent grads, employers, professionals, and alumni. Shut down in December 2008.[51]
Yahoo! Kids - A children's version of the Yahoo! portal, it offered online safety tips and parental controls; shut down in April 2013 due to declining popularity.[52]
Yahoo! Live - Allowed users to broadcast videos in real time; shut down on December 3, 2008.
Yahoo! Media Player / Web Player - A computer based media player that was based on Microsoft's
Windows Media Player and was similar to other competing media players such as
MusicMatch or
Winamp.
Yahoo! Music - Provided
Internet radio,
music videos, news, artist information, and original programming; shut down in September 2018 and consolidated into Yahoo! Entertainment's "Music" section.
Yahoo! Labs A Yahoo! technology division as Yahoo!’s research arm. It was replaced by Yahoo! Research on February 17, 2016.
Yahoo! Search BOSS - A service that allowed developers to build search applications based on Yahoo's search technology.[63][64]
Yahoo! SearchMonkey - Allowed developers and site owners to use structured data to make Yahoo Search results more useful and visually appealing, and drive more relevant traffic to their sites; shut down in October 2010 as part of the
Microsoft and Yahoo search partnership.[65]
Shine - A site tailored for women between the ages of 25 and 54. Launched On March 31, 2008.[66] It was shut down in 2014.[67]
Yahoo! Site Explorer - Allowed users to view information on websites in Yahoo!'s search index; shut down on November 21, 2011.[68]
Yahoo! Small Business - A service offered by the Yahoo! to get users start up and expand their business online; rebranded as Verizon Small Business Essentials in 2021.[69]
Yahoo! Voices - Formerly Associated Content (AC), distributed writing through its website and content partners, including
Yahoo! News; shut down July 31, 2014.[78]