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Screenshot of My Yahoo! on June 22, 2020.
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| Developer(s) | Yahoo |
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| Initial release | July 15, 1996; 27 years ago (1996-07-15)[1] |
| Platform | Web browsers |
| Type | Web Gadgets |
| Website | my |
My Yahoo! is a start pageorweb portal which combines 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]
My Yahoo’s purpose is to have users personalize their pages.[4]
The appearance, layout and content of the main Yahoo homepage is standard, My Yahoo offers customization.[5] On it users can apply themes, add sites, add widgets, rearrange the layout, and add tabs to the page.[6]
A MyYahoo page allows access to almost everything needed on one page. Applications and programs that allow access to social networking, Lottery numbers, a mail aggregator, a news aggregator, gaming applications, etc...[7] The goal is to give people access to everything they're interested in on a single page.
Users are able to link to Yahoo! Answers.[8]
Provides the option to link Yahoo Local. Enabling local search capabilities.[9]
In 2011, they created a mobile app.[10]
My Yahoo can't consolidate different feeds resulting in the need for multiple streams.
Since the September 2013 redesign users have complained of numerous issues:
On 24 August 2017, many users reported that all RSS feeds stopped working.[15][16][17]
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