My Yahoo
| Screenshot of My Yahoo! on June 22, 2020. | |
| Developer(s) | Yahoo |
|---|---|
| Initial release | July 15, 1996; 28 years ago (1996年07月15日)[1] |
| Platform | Web browsers |
| Type | Web Gadgets |
| Website | my |
My Yahoo! was a start page or web portal that combined personalized Yahoo! features, content feeds, and information. The site was launched in 1996[2] and was one of the company's most popular creations.[3] It was discontinued in December 2024 amid words of protest among users.[4]
Applications of My Yahoo
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My Yahoo’s purpose was to have users personalize their pages.[5]
The appearance, layout, and content of the main Yahoo homepage was standard, but My Yahoo offered customization.[6] On it, users could apply themes, add sites, add widgets, rearrange the layout, and add tabs to the page.[7]
A My Yahoo page allowed access to almost everything needed on one page. For example, applications and programs that allowed access to social networking, Lottery numbers, a mail aggregator, a news aggregator, gaming applications, etc...[8] The goal was to give people access to everything they were interested in on a single page.
Users were able to link to Yahoo! Answers.[9]
Provided the option to link Yahoo Local. Enabled local search capabilities.[10]
In 2011, they created a mobile app.[11]
In 2024, Yahoo! announced that My Yahoo! will be shut down and will be replaced with a new service without RSS feeds. The shutdown appears to have taken effect as of December 11, 2024.
RSS features
[edit ]- Yahoo's personalized pages are less specialized than less popular sites. It is more stable[12]
- It is also one of the fastest RSS readers.[13]
- 52% of My Yahoo users are aware of RSS tools and 39% use RSS tools.[14]
- Many websites had an "Add to My Yahoo" button to make adding an RSS feed to My Yahoo simpler.[15]
Criticism
[edit ]My Yahoo couldn't consolidate different feeds resulting in the need for multiple streams.
Since the September 2013 redesign, users had complained of numerous issues:
- Font size was too large and couldn't be changed
- Applications were less configurable
- Weather app used auto-locate instead of remembering a specified place
- Column resizing was no longer allowed
- Forced inclusion of a large Yahoo search bar
On 24 August 2017, many users reported that all RSS feeds stopped working.[16] [17] [18]
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "Yahoo! Inc. - Company Timeline". Wayback Machine . 2008年07月13日. Archived from the original on 2008年07月13日. Retrieved 2016年07月19日.
- ^ "Yahoo! Inc. - Company Timeline". Wayback Machine . 2008年07月13日. Archived from the original on 2008年07月13日. Retrieved 2016年07月19日.
- ^ Hansell, Saul (1999年10月31日). "On My...yahoo; David Filo". The New York Times.
- ^ "MSN". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2025年02月06日.
- ^ Kanalley, Craig (2013年02月21日). "Yahoo Homepage Goes Social With Facebook-Personalized Streams". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2013年04月18日.
- ^ "Difference between Yahoo! homepage and My Yahoo!". Yahoo. Retrieved 2014年04月13日.
- ^ "Overview of My Yahoo". Yahoo. Retrieved 2014年04月13日.
- ^ "My Yahoo! Blog". My Yahoo. Archived from the original on 2013年05月02日. Retrieved 2013年04月18日.
- ^ Marc (2007年07月07日). "The Only 7 Things Yahoo Does Better than Google". Marc and Angel Hack Life. Retrieved 2013年04月18日.
- ^ Marc (2007年07月07日). "The Only 7 Things Yahoo Does Better than Google". Marc and Angel Hack Life. Retrieved 2013年04月18日.
- ^ "My Yahoo! Blog". My Yahoo. Archived from the original on 2013年05月02日. Retrieved 2013年04月18日.
- ^ Nations, Daniel. "Using MyYahoo as an RSS Reader". About.com. Archived from the original on 2013年05月11日. Retrieved 2013年04月18日.
- ^ Nations, Daniel. "Using MyYahoo as an RSS Reader". About.com. Archived from the original on 2013年05月11日. Retrieved 2013年04月18日.
- ^ Grossnickle, Joshua. "RSS—Crossing into the Mainstream" (PDF). marketingsherpa.com. Retrieved 2013年04月18日.
- ^ "QUICK TIPS: Quickly browse sites with MyYahoo!'s RSS parser (Mac OS X 10.1 and later)" (Document). PorQuest Computing. ProQuest 191126992.
- ^ "No RSS feeds loading". Yahoo! Help Coimmunity. Yahoo!. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ "RSS feeds not working: Forbes and Wired". Yahoo! Help Community. Yahoo!. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ "RSS Feeds". Yahoo! Help Community. Yahoo!. Retrieved 24 August 2017.