Yahoo, the complete portal
Well, my earliest memories for yahoo go back to 1997 when I read that vertenan actor Shammi Kapoor had innaugrated https://yahoo.com in India. I am basically from construction feild and was deeply accociated with civil engineering till 1999. Internet was a new word for me and frankly speaking I just ignored the news item thinking that Shammi Kapoor had probably innaugrated a botique or may be a restaurant named after his famous song (I still have a hysterical laugh when I remember my ignorance). then later that year I moved to Hong Kong for a period of 5 months on a job assignment. There I regularly heard about people E-mailing thru Yahoo. So one fine day, I requested my colleague to stay back after office hours and involve me in the fun they used to have. And that was my first taste of yahoo.These guys used to use yahoos search dierctory for nude pics of Bollywood and hollywood stars. And like a true village bhaiyya, I too got an impression that yahoo was a web site where people got to see nude pics of stars. And beleive me, for 2 months, I logged on to yahoo regularly, and did what? Seached for nude pics of every celebrity I knew. Not that Im a sex maniac to do that, but I did that just out of curiosity. It was a new thing 5 years back till, every tom dick & harry started doing that and ultimately Internet is flooded with porn sites now. And then as time passed by I started using other services Yahoo had to offer. Come 1999 and I shifted my career to computers and Call Centers, and now I had become addicted to the Internet. Yahoo was my homepage and I guess, there is rarely any feature of yahoo.com, which I have not browsed through. I would like to list my favorite features on Yahoo:-
Yahoo Mail:- One of the most widely used e-mail services. Very easy to use. Fast and does reach its destination for sure and has very less downtime.
Yahoo Chat:- I think, Yahoo was the website which set a trend for global chatting. I dont think theres any other website on the net, which provides such a wide variety of rooms and communities to chat. Besides, funky options, easy to locate and use. Yahoo has made it a point to move ahead of times and introduce more user friendly options such as voice chatting, Web cams and is improvising on a day to day basis.Yes, the heavy applet sometimes takes too long and can be frustrating.
Yahoo Games:- Virtually every game you can think of can be found on yahoo games. Be it chess, or pool or Graffiti to Crossword to Solitare and the list goes on and on. Rumours are that Yahoo is working on introducing feild games like cricket too. Now thats what I call really innovative.
Yahoo Groups:-Create a discussion forum, a group. Like our office has a group listed where we post messages and important Birthdates, and our plans for parties n picnics and even latest gossips.
Yahoo Messenger:- Easy to download, very fast connection, and simple, user friendly to use. The whole world uses it.
Yahoo Briefcase & geocities:- Create your own website or post your family photos. And uses are unlimited.
Though I dont use these, but many do ....Yahoo shopping, Bussiness, greetings and the list goes on and on
Yahoo Search Engine (How can I forget that). But yes, after using Google, I dont use Yahoo search much as I think Google has the most comprehensive search Engines on the net
Lastly, I would say, any surfing experience without yahoo is incomplete. I think there would be rarely any internet surfer who has not been to yahoo, and if there is, one visit, and he/she sure to be a regular at some point of time. Though there are many portals, who are competing with yahoo, but havent been able to acheive half of what Yahoo has. ..... So, Happy Surfing