Quoted: This site is your source for information about using Python with Yahoo! Web Services APIs.

Yahoo's current crawler is called Slurp 3.0

Yahoo supports this "robots-nocontent" tag to not index a section of a web page. I've not found any equivalent support by Google (or better yet, as a search engine standard).

Quoted: For over a decade, search engines have supported standards allowing you to prevent pages from being spidered or included within a search index. Today, Yahoo

Finally! I think it's very irresponsible for CEO's of public companies to treat their companies as if they owned them.

Quoted: Expect Yahoo's share price to jump tomorrow - Jerry Yang will be stepping down as CEO of the company, a job that he ...

Yahoo issues one of the most condescending statements I've ever heard!

Quoted: “Your Current Board of Directors Has the Knowledge, Experience and Commitment to Best Represent Your Interests and Maximize Stockholder Value.”

A scathing analysis of all the anti-shareholder actions Jerry Yang has taken in the last few months. I think Joe Nocera is right on here - when your company goes public, you can no longer treat it as your private plaything. Neither can it be run for the benefit of the employees....it's the owners of the company, the shareholders, who's interests must be paramount.

Arrogantly, Mr. Yang appears to ignore this fact, and is now being sued by large shareholders, pension funds, and Carl Icahn.

How can he NOT be forced to step down (much less cost Yahoo many tens of millions in defending against these suits)?

Quoted: Since Yahoo went public in 1996, the company has had new owners — its shareholders — but it is unclear whether Jerry Yang, the company’s co-founder and chief executive, knows this.

Jerry Yang is trying to pump YHOO stock price by insinuating that a Microsoft deal is still possible. This seems highly unscrupulous to me. The deal is over - and any indication otherwise seems to me to be blatant stock manipulation.

YHOO shareholders should get rid of Yang and the board for blowing a lucrative deal with MS.

Quoted: (Adds investor comment, Google details) By Michele Gershberg NEW YORK, May 5 (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc chief Jerry Yang signaled a more open stance towards Microsoft Corp on Monday, saying he had been

Another social ranking tool from Yahoo - they have a "Buzz Up" button you can add to any story or post. The most popular ones can appear on Yahoo home page (which would be a big boon to any web site).

Notice the complex cross-division responsibilities behind even the new MS online organizational structure. The only one that looks "clean" from this description is aQuantive. It look like they are letting Brian McAndrews continue to run a silo-ed business (which means the team will probably remain happy and productive).

I don't envy the Search, MSN Portal, and Live teams.

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