[WEB4LIB] Re: Yahoo 10th anniversary

[Dan Ream]

I've gotta disagree with Darryl on the value of Yahoo!
I used to think Yahoo! was just for kids, but their content acquisition 
program has really enhanced their value to me.

My favorite parts are Yahoo Finance! at http://finance.yahoo.com
which is my favorite free website for Business information (students 
love the leaders and laggards listings in the Industry center)
and the streaming video in the news section is excellent. I watched a 
live broadcast of Condoleeza Rice at the 9/11 congressional hearings in 
excellent quality streaming video--for free.

Yahoo! deserves another serious look--really!

--Dan Ream
   Education & Outreach Services
   Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries
   Richmond, Virginia


Darryl Friesen wrote:

>>Pretty amusing to check out the 1995 version:
>>http://promo.yahoo.com/birthday10/incorporation/
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> The thing I find amusing is that I wish Yahoo were still like that.  There's 
> about 10% of the current Yahoo that I find useful (the directory and search 
> box).  The rest is just ads, useless news and clutter.  There's a reason the 
> Google home page looks the way it does.
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> - Darryl
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