Yahoo's $2.36 trillion mistake:
1998: Google wanted to be acquired by Yahoo, so Google offered to Yahoo for $1 million, but Yahoo refused.
2002: Yahoo realized its mistake and offered to acquire Google for $3 billion, but Google demanded $5 billion
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Havish Gupta
Figuring Outย โขย 2m
List of the Most Visited Websites in Jan 2025.
I wonder how Yahoo is still on the list! ๐
In the early 2000s, Larry Page and Sergey Brin sought investment for Google, approaching Yahoo!, which offered a lowball $1 million for acquisition. Page and Brin rejected the offer. By 2004, Google went public and dominated search, while Yahoo! stru
WHY YAHOO FAILED?
Yahoo was started by Terry and David as an internet directory featuring top website.
It was a hit, and its growth skyrocketed when Netscape integrated Yahooโs directory into its browser. This attracted advertisers, bringing ad re
These kids begged Yahoo to buy their website for $1 Million in 1998.
Yahoo's CEO called it "worthless."
Today, that little site is worth $2 TRILLION dollars.
Here's why they still send Yahoo a "Thank You" card every year:
In 1998, Yahoo had a cha
I have strong feeling that soon googleโs about to do to openai what it did to yahoo in the 90s.
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Sanskar
Keen Learner & Explo...ย โขย 11m
Yahoo - was founded in 1994 by Jerry Yang and David Filo two graduate students but he's the thing Yahoo was never meant to be a business these two graduates just listed their favourite website in a directory and published it in the internet.
Because
Google built the greatest business model of the internet era,but The moment Perplexity decides to get aggressive, Google might find themselves in the same position as Yahoo was when Google emerged.
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This is the story of how Google outsmarted Yahooโฆ
And turned a tiny startup called Android โ
Into the worldโs #1 mobile operating sys