Yahoo: Business Issues

Yahoo Sees Big Search Bump From Firefox Deal

Last month, Yahoo announced that it was replacing Google as the default search engine in the next/latest version of Firefox: Firefox 34. That...

Greg Sterling | Dec 3, 2014 at 7:40 pm ET

Report: Google-Apple Safari Search Deal Expiring, Yahoo & Bing Want In

According to The Information Google’s default Safari search deal with Apple is up in 2015. Microsoft and Yahoo are reportedly...

Greg Sterling | Nov 25, 2014 at 3:14 pm ET

Yahoo’s “Clean” Search Design For Firefox & Yahoo Users Looks Even More Like Google

In the Yahoo blog post announcing the company’s new default search deal with Firefox there’s a small GIF preview of what the new...

Greg Sterling | Nov 19, 2014 at 6:09 pm ET

Yahoo Replaces Google As Default Search Provider in Firefox

Yahoo and Mozilla just announced a “strategic five-year partnership that makes Yahoo the default search experience for Firefox in the...

Greg Sterling | Nov 19, 2014 at 5:16 pm ET

Google Market Share: 67 Percent On PC, 83 Percent In Mobile

Last week, comScore released its August U.S. search market share rankings report. It appears Google has permanently plateaued at 67 percent (or...

Greg Sterling | Sep 22, 2014 at 11:02 pm ET

Panda Strikes Again: Yahoo Voices & The Yahoo Contributor Network Closing Down

Yahoo has announced another round of product cuts and changes, all part of what it calls a continued effort on “furthering our...

Matt McGee | Jul 2, 2014 at 4:06 pm ET

Why Yahoo’s Not Going To Steal The Search Default For iPhone Away From Google

Apparently, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer wants to be the default search for Apple’s Safari browser on iPhone and iPad and has been preparing to...

Danny Sullivan | Apr 16, 2014 at 7:35 pm ET

Search Market Share: Yahoo Hits New Low About To Slip Into Single-Digits

On the heels of Yahoo’s Q1 2014 earnings in which its search business showed signs of life, comScore released new monthly search market...

Greg Sterling | Apr 15, 2014 at 5:22 pm ET

Yahoo Turns To Yelp To Beef Up Local Search

According to a report appearing today in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Yahoo will be incorporating local content and listings from Yelp into...

Greg Sterling | Feb 8, 2014 at 7:05 pm ET

With Nadella’s Appointment, The “Search CEOs” Now Run Google, Yahoo & Microsoft

Satya Nadella being named CEO of Microsoft isn’t just big news for Microsoft. It’s big news for search. For the first time in ages,...

Danny Sullivan | Feb 4, 2014 at 3:22 pm ET

Yahoo Tells SEC: 31% Of Our Revenue Comes From Microsoft

Yahoo has revealed in a US Securities & Exchange Commission filing that nearly one-third of its revenue last quarter — 31% —...

Danny Sullivan | Dec 10, 2013 at 2:41 pm ET

Yahoo-Microsoft Search Tensions On Public Display In Court Ruling

Microsoft has essentially had to sue Yahoo to get the company to fully comply with the terms of their 2010 “Search Alliance”...

Greg Sterling | Oct 23, 2013 at 1:12 pm ET

Yahoo’s Mayer: “Our Search Share Has Declined” But She’s Optimistic About Opportunities

Yahoo is making progress in a number of product areas under CEO Marissa Mayer, but search isn’t one of them — a fact that Mayer...

Matt McGee | Oct 16, 2013 at 12:01 am ET

Google Gets Lowest Score Ever In Customer Satisfaction Survey

There’s a mystery surrounding the latest customer satisfaction numbers released by ForeSee Results (for the American Customer Satisfaction...

Greg Sterling | Jul 23, 2013 at 10:52 am ET

Yahoo To Shutter AltaVista, Axis & Several More Products

Out with the old. Out with the new. Yahoo’s latest round of spring cleaning includes the shut down of one of the web’s oldest search...

Matt McGee | Jun 28, 2013 at 6:04 pm ET

Yahoo Wins $2.75 Billion Appeal In Yellow Pages Case

Yahoo announced yesterday that it had prevailed in an appeal of a $2.75 judgment in Mexico obtained by former joint venture partners. Those...

Greg Sterling | May 17, 2013 at 9:02 am ET

Former Google Product Manager Takes A Senior Director Role At Yahoo

A Yahoo spokesperson confirmed that Dylan Casey has joined Yahoo as a senior director in the platform organization. According to Casey’s...

Amy Gesenhues | May 13, 2013 at 3:00 pm ET

Yahoo Announces New Search Tools & Upgrades In Their Continued Battle To Win More Of The Search Market

Just a day after the story broke that Yahoo wanted out of their deal with Microsoft, Yahoo’s senior vice president of search Laurie Mann...

Amy Gesenhues | May 8, 2013 at 3:05 pm ET

Even If Yahoo Wants To Leave Microsoft, Here’s Why It Can’t

Despite effectively renewing its search deal with Microsoft recently, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Yahoo wants a way to break that...

Danny Sullivan | May 7, 2013 at 7:52 pm ET

Yahoo Extends Microsoft Search Deal & Revenue Guarantees

Yahoo is giving Microsoft a further chance to prove that its search ads really can make Yahoo as much money as promised — at a price....

Danny Sullivan | May 7, 2013 at 1:14 pm ET