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I think the real news here is that people still use these search engines. :D

Frost1x 7y ago
"OneSearch" is completely new to me. I know Yahoo has a decent market in Asia, Japan I believe. I'm always surprised to see AOL mentioned in any context outside of history anymore.
- betamaxthetape 7y ago
  Note that Yahoo! Japan is separate from Yahoo. When Verizon bough Yahoo, certain patents, holdings and investments were not part of the sale and were spun off into a new business called Altaba. The (minority) stake in Yahoo! Japan that was owned by Yahoo is now owned by Altaba. Probably the only connection between Yahoo and Yahoo! Japan is the name, which Yahoo! Japan license from Verison. source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yahoo-m-a-verizon-idUSKCN1040U9 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yahoo-m-a-verizon-idUSKCN...
- BitwiseFool 7y ago
  Such an uninspired name.
  - d2wa 7y ago
    It’s an old codename for Yahoo! Search’s in-house search engine. Back in the day when they still had one.
dna_polymerase 7y ago
I see those on computers run buy laymen who somehow installed one of those nasty toolbars that change the default search to Yahoo or other stuff.
pergadad 7y ago
Lots of people tricked through browser toolbars and self-installing "configuration CDs" i guess
d2wa 7y ago
Some of their success can be explained by the tyranny of the default. Some browsers use these search engine by default in some regions, and people don’t tend to change the defaults. I don’t know for sure, but I’d be surprised if Verizon don’t set it as the default on at least some of the devices they sell. Didn’t they recently announce Yahoo! Mobile as a cellphone service too?
- rajlego 7y ago
  Surprised to see they're launching Yahoo Mobile in the west but there actually already is a ymobile in Japan that I personally use for data/calling. I use my own phone with it but I can't imagine them being able to set yahoo as default on any iphone or android phone they sell

"OneSearch" is completely new to me. I know Yahoo has a decent market in Asia, Japan I believe. I'm always surprised to see AOL mentioned in any context outside of history anymore.

betamaxthetape 7y ago
Note that Yahoo! Japan is separate from Yahoo. When Verizon bough Yahoo, certain patents, holdings and investments were not part of the sale and were spun off into a new business called Altaba. The (minority) stake in Yahoo! Japan that was owned by Yahoo is now owned by Altaba. Probably the only connection between Yahoo and Yahoo! Japan is the name, which Yahoo! Japan license from Verison. source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yahoo-m-a-verizon-idUSKCN1040U9 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yahoo-m-a-verizon-idUSKCN...
BitwiseFool 7y ago
Such an uninspired name.
- d2wa 7y ago
  It’s an old codename for Yahoo! Search’s in-house search engine. Back in the day when they still had one.

dna_polymerase 7y ago

I see those on computers run buy laymen who somehow installed one of those nasty toolbars that change the default search to Yahoo or other stuff.

pergadad 7y ago

Lots of people tricked through browser toolbars and self-installing "configuration CDs" i guess

d2wa 7y ago

Some of their success can be explained by the tyranny of the default. Some browsers use these search engine by default in some regions, and people don’t tend to change the defaults. I don’t know for sure, but I’d be surprised if Verizon don’t set it as the default on at least some of the devices they sell. Didn’t they recently announce Yahoo! Mobile as a cellphone service too?

rajlego 7y ago
Surprised to see they're launching Yahoo Mobile in the west but there actually already is a ymobile in Japan that I personally use for data/calling. I use my own phone with it but I can't imagine them being able to set yahoo as default on any iphone or android phone they sell