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I'm really curious how this will affect Yahoo. I know it's not used nearly as much these days in America, but in Japan it's still fairly ubiquitous for Yahoo Au

I'm really curious how this will affect Yahoo. I know it's not used nearly as much these days in America, but in Japan it's still fairly ubiquitous for Yahoo Auctions.

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coolandsmartrr 4y ago
Yahoo Japan is probably the most visited website in Japan. They are known for more than just Auctions. Yahoo Japan is a separate company from Yahoo. It used to operate with licensing for the "Yahoo" brand, until it bought the brand usage outright from Verison a couple years ago. Therefore, Yahoo's operation has no effect on Yahoo Japan. It is more affected by its parent company Softbank. When Softbank faced losses from its Vision Fund, they reorganized Yahoo into a subsidiary (in lieu of being a sibling company) and therefore consolidated its profitable accounting as well.
- spike021 4y ago
  Huh, today I learned. That's interesting. Reminds me of how the ownership is for some of the convenience stores are too.
- recuter 4y ago
  > Yahoo Japan is probably the most visited website in Japan. They are known for more than just Auctions. I just walked past a Yahoo Japan physical store selling SIM cards and unnecessary plastic objects. Although it looked like no customer has actually wandered in there since the 90s..
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gkanai 4y ago
Yahoo Japan is now completely separate from Yahoo US. Yahoo Japan was originally 33% owned by the Sunnyvale Yahoo but when Yahoo US was sold, Softbank/Yahoo Japan bought back its shareholdings from the US Yahoo.
- majikaja 4y ago
  Yahoo Japan was paying fees to Yahoo US for use of the brand name, but they bought the rights outright recently I think.
scarface74 4y ago
Yahoo is still in the top 20 most visited sites in the US
- jjeaff 4y ago
  I cannot understand how. Do they have some big deals with some vendors to be the default on cheap laptops or something? Otherwise, who is using yahoo search?
  - riffraff 4y ago
    I use yahoo finance regularly, I do not know anything better.
  - LVB 4y ago
    Maybe no one, but I know a ton of people using it for news, sports, finance, …
  - helsinkiandrew 4y ago
    It must be deals to be the default page and Yahoo still seems to be the preferred end point for search redirect malware: https://malwaretips.com/blogs/yahoo-toolbar-removal/ https://malwaretips.com/blogs/yahoo-toolbar-removal/
  - kevin_thibedeau 4y ago
    Yahoo includes many AOL properties that still have a following.
  - largepeepee 4y ago
    They target specific niches now like finance, sports etc and certain geographical locations. Yahoo Japan for example is a large part of their traffic.
    - midoridensha 4y ago
      No, it's not. Yahoo Japan has nothing to do with the Yahoo in this article.

I'm really curious how this will affect Yahoo. I know it's not used nearly as much these days in America, but in Japan it's still fairly ubiquitous for Yahoo Auctions.

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coolandsmartrr 4y ago

Yahoo Japan is probably the most visited website in Japan. They are known for more than just Auctions. Yahoo Japan is a separate company from Yahoo. It used to operate with licensing for the "Yahoo" brand, until it bought the brand usage outright from Verison a couple years ago. Therefore, Yahoo's operation has no effect on Yahoo Japan. It is more affected by its parent company Softbank. When Softbank faced losses from its Vision Fund, they reorganized Yahoo into a subsidiary (in lieu of being a sibling company) and therefore consolidated its profitable accounting as well.

spike021 4y ago
Huh, today I learned. That's interesting. Reminds me of how the ownership is for some of the convenience stores are too.
recuter 4y ago
> Yahoo Japan is probably the most visited website in Japan. They are known for more than just Auctions. I just walked past a Yahoo Japan physical store selling SIM cards and unnecessary plastic objects. Although it looked like no customer has actually wandered in there since the 90s..
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gkanai 4y ago

Yahoo Japan is now completely separate from Yahoo US. Yahoo Japan was originally 33% owned by the Sunnyvale Yahoo but when Yahoo US was sold, Softbank/Yahoo Japan bought back its shareholdings from the US Yahoo.

majikaja 4y ago
Yahoo Japan was paying fees to Yahoo US for use of the brand name, but they bought the rights outright recently I think.

scarface74 4y ago

Yahoo is still in the top 20 most visited sites in the US

jjeaff 4y ago
I cannot understand how. Do they have some big deals with some vendors to be the default on cheap laptops or something? Otherwise, who is using yahoo search?
- riffraff 4y ago
  I use yahoo finance regularly, I do not know anything better.
- LVB 4y ago
  Maybe no one, but I know a ton of people using it for news, sports, finance, …
- helsinkiandrew 4y ago
  It must be deals to be the default page and Yahoo still seems to be the preferred end point for search redirect malware: https://malwaretips.com/blogs/yahoo-toolbar-removal/ https://malwaretips.com/blogs/yahoo-toolbar-removal/
- kevin_thibedeau 4y ago
  Yahoo includes many AOL properties that still have a following.
- largepeepee 4y ago
  They target specific niches now like finance, sports etc and certain geographical locations. Yahoo Japan for example is a large part of their traffic.
  - midoridensha 4y ago
    No, it's not. Yahoo Japan has nothing to do with the Yahoo in this article.