After the planned shutdown of search sites such as Alta Vista and AllTheWeb, Yahoo will have completely distanced itself from search.  Since August’s decision to outsource its search capabilities to Bing, it is reported that Yahoo has little, if any, of its revenue-producing business model left.
The objective of outsourcing Yahoo’s search capabilities to Bing was to decrease Google’s market share.  Even though there was a small market decline for Google, totaling about 3.4% from last …

As we have reported recently, there has been a serious shakeup at Yahoo in recent days, and there seems to be further indication that the company is struggling to find its way.
Following the announcement that Yahoo has laid off 600 employees on December 14th, 2010, Yahoo has again announced that they are making some additional changes but this time to their product line up.  The company has reported that it is shutting down eight of its products.  These products include Yahoo! Picks, Yahoo! …

As of Tuesday December 14th, Yahoo has laid off 600 employees.  The cuts have been rumored for weeks and it represents a reduction in the company’s global workforce of about 4%.  The company has not stated which divisions specifically were involved in the layoff however they claim that the layoffs are a part of their growth strategy.
Several online tech sites have reported that the cuts were made across the board while others have cited that the cuts would be made to Yahoo’s product …

In what may have been no coincidence, Yahoo’s image search began to display pornographic images on Tuesday night, the same day that Yahoo laid off over 600 employees.
The pornographic images seemed to appear no matter what someone searched on Yahoo. They would not appear immediately, but if a user clicked on a thumbnail image at the top of the search results, what has been described as a XXX photo would appear. Yahoo first pulled down the image thumbnails to avoid any further appearance …

It has been a week of mixed news for Yahoo.
First, Yahoo’s stock had been announced as doing well for 2010, and had even beat out Google for 2010 up to this point. Then, a potential merger deal with AOL fell through. Now, it appears that Yahoo will lay off a large number of staff on Tuesday, between 600 and 700 people.
Most of the layoffs are said to be coming from Yahoo’s product division; however, those who are being laid off have not yet been notified. They will be notified on …

Andrew Siegel, for executive at Yahoo, has landed a new job.
Siegel was formerly the chief of Mergers and Acquisitions at Yahoo. He has taken a new position as senior vice president, strategy and corporate development at Advance Publications. Advance Publications is probably best known for its majority share in Discovery Communications, which is worth over 500 million and includes the popular Discovery cable network.
The move comes at an interesting time for Siegel. Yesterday’s big news …

There have been many rumors that Yahoo and AOL might merge, but now it appears that any possible deal between the two companies is now off.
AOL, which spun off from Time Warner and has been its own entity, was looking at the possibility of either purchasing Yahoo or finding a way to get Yahoo interested in purchasing them. However, it appears that Yahoo is not interested in purchasing them, and AOL did not have the ability to invest enough to purchase the company.
Both AOL and Yahoo have found …

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s patent infringement case against Google, Apple, Facebook and other companies has just been recently dismissed by a judge for lack of merit, according to a report from Mashable.
The court said that the claims in the suit were indistinct. Mashable cites the court decision saying that the Allen’s case did not have “adequate factual detail to satisfy the dictates of Twombly and Iqbal”.
Allen claimed that 11 companies including Apple, Google, Facebook, …

Yahoo has revamped its Yahoo Local service, now offering a new interface and apps for Android phones and the iPhone.
Yahoo Local’s website now includes items such as top picks for a particular area, local news, and local events. The feature that seems to be getting the most buzz, however, is the Local Offers section of the service.
Local Offers will allow users to see deals in their area from several of the major local coupon sites such as Groupon, Coupons.com, and LivingSocial. In …

Many watchers have long considered Yahoo to have been outmatched by Google for quite some time; however, stockholders might disagree.
It cannot be said, however that either company did exceptionally well during 2010. Yahoo is currently up 1% in 2010 while Google is down 4.5%.
Google ended up down this year after their run-in with the Chinese government that led them to pull out of the country.
Yahoo entered into a partnership with Microsoft to replace their search engine with the Bing search …