Pretty much for as long as I can remember, I've always used Google as my one and only search engine. It's hard to remember a time pre-Google, but I do have vague memories of such a time existing. When I needed to find something, I think i would use Ask Jeeves (who frankly, was never much help) and Yahoo. I kind of remember Yahoo sort of dominating the search engine world. But that all changed when Google came around. It's signature white background with the Google proudly displayed and the cool things they make it into around holidays...it's basically what I live for.
Until recently, I thought Yahoo was on its way down the toilet. All i ever used it for was the occasional game of pool and a free alternate email address at time when AOL was being its usual shitty self. But turns out Yahoo! isn't quite dead yet. They plan on releasing a new, better, superior search engine to try and compete with Google. I was shocked that anyone would actually try and compete with Google, but hey, whatever floats their boats. This new search engine is going to be called Glue. It is going to provide users with more than just a list of plain old boring blue links to click on. It will bring you videos, pictures, and news from a variety of sources. Exciting, i agree. Currently, this new program is being tested in the good ol' country of India (yay outsourcing?) and is expected to makes its United States debut sometime this summer.
On a slightly different note, Microsoft actually tried to buy out Yahoo for the measly sum of 47.5 billion dollars. Psh, pocket change. Thankfully, Yahoo! Inc. turned down this offer and Microsoft has since withdraw their bid. Which is good, because Microsoft doesn't need to control anymore of the world than it already does.
Until recently, I thought Yahoo was on its way down the toilet. All i ever used it for was the occasional game of pool and a free alternate email address at time when AOL was being its usual shitty self. But turns out Yahoo! isn't quite dead yet. They plan on releasing a new, better, superior search engine to try and compete with Google. I was shocked that anyone would actually try and compete with Google, but hey, whatever floats their boats. This new search engine is going to be called Glue. It is going to provide users with more than just a list of plain old boring blue links to click on. It will bring you videos, pictures, and news from a variety of sources. Exciting, i agree. Currently, this new program is being tested in the good ol' country of India (yay outsourcing?) and is expected to makes its United States debut sometime this summer.
On a slightly different note, Microsoft actually tried to buy out Yahoo for the measly sum of 47.5 billion dollars. Psh, pocket change. Thankfully, Yahoo! Inc. turned down this offer and Microsoft has since withdraw their bid. Which is good, because Microsoft doesn't need to control anymore of the world than it already does.
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