Yahoo sold to US telecoms giant Verizon

EricG · 26 Jul 2016, 08:01 AM

Yahoo sold to US telecoms giant Verizon.

Verizon now has AOL and Yahoo, a lot of duplication. Things will get merged, some Yahoo features will be dropped. Nothing happens until 2017.

Not impressed with their mail, the only reason I have an account there is for a Yahoo group.

ccl1 · 26 Jul 2016, 03:04 PM

microsoft must be laughing all the way to the bank. A few years back they offered to buy yahoo for 40+ BILLION, and yahoo refused.

Tsunami · 26 Jul 2016, 07:37 PM

Will this have any implications on other Yahoo services than email, for example Flickr? I was considering opening a Flickr account for the purpose of hosting my photo portfolio because I thought it may get more traffic than the paid host (which is very reliable but less users and less traffic than Flickr.com) I'm using now. But would this purchase of Yahoo by another company have any impact on Flickr?

William9 · 28 Jul 2016, 02:03 PM

The answers to these questions are unknown to us. I suspect that Verizon exec's will make business plans over the next several months and gradually let the public know (IMHO).

Tsunami · 30 Jul 2016, 08:17 AM

I was considering having my photo portfolio to Flickr because of the many users to interact with and the lots of exposure due to the fact that Flickr.com is so frequently visited. I'll better think twice ... Stability means a lot to me internet-wise ; I don't like the idea of having to move +15000 pictures frequently because the host is changing their plans ...

Bamb0 · 30 Jul 2016, 11:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ccl1

microsoft must be laughing all the way to the bank. A few years back they offered to buy yahoo for 40+ BILLION, and yahoo refused.

Yes but now Yahoo has totally ruined themselves so they didnt care.....

26 Jul 2016, 08:01 AM	#1
EricG Essential Contributor Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 296	Yahoo sold to US telecoms giant Verizon Yahoo sold to US telecoms giant Verizon. Verizon now has AOL and Yahoo, a lot of duplication. Things will get merged, some Yahoo features will be dropped. Nothing happens until 2017. Not impressed with their mail, the only reason I have an account there is for a Yahoo group. Last edited by EricG : 26 Jul 2016 at 08:02 AM. Reason: typo

26 Jul 2016, 03:04 PM	#2
ccl1 Essential Contributor Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 236	microsoft must be laughing all the way to the bank. A few years back they offered to buy yahoo for 40+ BILLION, and yahoo refused.

26 Jul 2016, 07:37 PM	#3
Tsunami The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: in between the bright lights and the far unlit unknown Posts: 2,341	Will this have any implications on other Yahoo services than email, for example Flickr? I was considering opening a Flickr account for the purpose of hosting my photo portfolio because I thought it may get more traffic than the paid host (which is very reliable but less users and less traffic than Flickr.com) I'm using now. But would this purchase of Yahoo by another company have any impact on Flickr?

28 Jul 2016, 02:03 PM	#4
William9 The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 2,281	The answers to these questions are unknown to us. I suspect that Verizon exec's will make business plans over the next several months and gradually let the public know (IMHO).

30 Jul 2016, 08:17 AM	#5
Tsunami The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: in between the bright lights and the far unlit unknown Posts: 2,341	I was considering having my photo portfolio to Flickr because of the many users to interact with and the lots of exposure due to the fact that Flickr.com is so frequently visited. I'll better think twice ... Stability means a lot to me internet-wise ; I don't like the idea of having to move +15000 pictures frequently because the host is changing their plans ...