DO YOU YAHOO !?!
Written: Jul 12 '02 (Updated Jul 12 '02)
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Yahoo is one of the big boys on the (WWW) World Wide Web. They have some 185 million users each month. Therefore they get lots of other companies advertising on there sites and search engines. That in my opinion is the big downfall with anything you do with Yahoo / Geocities. I had even purchased a premium package from them in order to get rid of all the banner and pop-up ads. As well as get my own (URL) site name, more storage and an e-mail account. I never did get the service I was seeking. My gaming site had lots of Yahoo ads on it! It was hard to tell if I was on my Yahoo page or my gaming site...I also understand that nothing is for free and their advertisers are what keeps them a float.
Now that I am done sniveling there are lots good things to tell about Yahoo. If you are like I was and have no idea how to build a web page / site, Yahoo is flat out hard to beat! One of the many things they offer is their free web sites. You can build a very large site with all sorts of goodies. I know, I know... Your thinking that's great Mac but I can't build a web site! You can at the Geocities / Yahoo site! They have what is called the Yahoo page wizard. With this set-up my dear old grand mother could build a page. You just pick which templates (patterns) you want then fill in the text and upload any pictures or graphics you want and whala you now have a web page!
Your Yahoo Front Page
This is your custom Yahoo front page. They offer a large variety of subject matter which you can have put on your front page. Here is a list of some of the things you can put on your front page.
Your local weather, TV Listings (guide), Personalized Stock Portfolio, Maps, Ski Reports, News, Comics, Recipes, Scores, Best airfares and more ...You also have links to your account, help and sign-out here.
Resources
E-Mail Account {Free}
Web site {Free}
Yahoo Messenger {Free}
Resume Builder {Free}
Your Brief Case {Free}
Games {Free}
Horoscopes {Free}
Yahoo Music {Free}
Finance {Free}
Shop
There are hundreds of links to about anything you can think of on your Yahoo front page.
Space
E-Mail Space
4MB FREE Storage
Web Site Space
15 megabytes
Advertisements
The advertising never stops here! Even if you purchase one of their packages you as well as your visitors will hammered with ads of all kinds! They say in their package promotions that there will be no ads once you purchase a plan. I have purchased a plan and the ads never do stop...
Yahoo E-Mail
The Yahoo e-mail set up is probably the best service they offer. You get a large amount of space and you can gain access to it from anywhere that you have access to the Internet. The user interface is straight up and simple. They also separate the Spam & trash into a bulk mail folder. I use and enjoy their e-mail service every day.
You can access your e-mail account from anywhere.
In addition you will get 4MB FREE Storage, SPAMGUARD and POP Access to External Mail.
The Yahoo Search Engine
The yahoo search engine used to be very average as far as getting the results that you were looking for. They have done a lot of work on there web spiders and crawlers. In my opinion they are now only second to Google. If you take a sentence from one of my old reviews and search for it on the Yahoo search engine, you will in fact find my review.
Sentence:
Game Developer is for the gamer that goes one step further. Game Developer's target audience are the designers,
#1 Match
http://www.epinions.com/mags-Game_Developer
It is in fact that review. The only other search engine that I find better is Google.
Your Account
Your account is accessed through your main front page. This is where you keep all of your secret information. You can edit your front page layout and content, your passwords and get to your web pages from here. You can also set up My Wallet, Paydirect and Yahoo Companion from here. These are some of the many new ways to pay for everyday things through the Internet. You can also set up accounts so you can shop via the Internet. All of your Credit Card information is double protected here. You have to enter you password and then a security key number / password. Your information is as safe with Yahoo as you can get on the Internet.
Your account information is set up and stored here.
Yahoo Packages
GeoCities Plus
25MB disk space
No advertisements
5GB of data transfer/mo
FTP access
Remote loading
PageBuilder, File Manager and Site Statistics
$4.95 a month plus a set up fee
GeoCities Pro
Domain (e.g., www.your-name.com)
25MB disk space
10GB of data transfer/month (bandwidth)
5 email accounts (e.g., you@your-name.com)
5 subdomains (e.g., music.your-name.com)
PageBuilder, File Manager, Site Stats and FTP
$8.95 a month plus a set up fee
GeoCities Webmaster
Domain name
50MB disk space
20GB of data transfer/mo
10 email accounts
(e.g., you@your-name.com)
10 subdomains
Customizable site search
Password protection
20 business SiteWizards, PageBuilder, File Manager and Site Statistics
$11.95 a month plus a set up fee
GeoCities Advantage
Domain name
100MB disk space
25GB of data transfer/mo
Business Edition email
(e.g., you@your-name.com)
15 subdomains
Customizable site search
20 pro-design SiteWizards
PHP4, password protection, snapshot backups, access logs, Site Statistics, PageBuilder and the File Manager
$19.95 a month plus a set up fee
General Information
Yahoo was founded in 1995 by Jerry Yang and David Filo. Yahoo started trading public in 1996.
Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol: YHOO
Yahoo went public on April 12, 1996. The IPO price was $1.08 Yahoo Stocks have split some seven times.
Yahoo employs some 3,256 people.
Site: http://www.yahoo.com/
Yahoo Address
Yahoo! Inc.
701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
Phone: 408-349-3300
Fax: 408-349-3301
Final Thoughts
If you are new to HTML and building web pages give Yahoo / Geocities a try! That is where I got my start four years ago. It does take some work but you can figure it out! The other two services that I find useful are the e-mail service and the Yahoo search.
Thanks for the read...
~Mac
Recommended:
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