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Re:Snapchat: another example of the hubris of privilege and ... by bashinator on Saturday January 04, 2014 @04:19PM (#7012985)
It was immediately obvious that search engines were worthwhile - that's actually the origin of Yahoo's name - "Yahoo, I can finally find stuff on the www!" Before search engines started getting really good, we relied on stuff like web rings and other indexes of sites.
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Re:Snapchat: another example of the hubris of privilege and ... by wahnfrieden on Saturday January 04, 2014 @05:01PM (#7013149)
Were they making money though, just from the search side of things? Yahoo expanded into being a "media company" and portal as a way to generate revenue - search was just one way to get people in the door. Sorry, that's what I meant by worth (financial worth).
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