YAHOO
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VIZIFY
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1.
Owner: Jerry Yang, David Filo
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1.
Owner: Eli Tucker
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2.
Headquarters: Sunnyvale,
California, U.S.
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2. Headquarters: Washington, Portland
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3.
Revenue: US$4.68
billion
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3.Revenue: $1.46 million
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4.
Employees: 12,200
(Dec 2013)
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4. Employees: 10 (Minimum)
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5.
Key Areas: Web
portal, search engine Yahoo Search, and related services, including Yahoo
Directory, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo News, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Groups, Yahoo
Answers, advertising, online mapping, video sharing, fantasy sports and its
social media website.
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5. Key Areas: Social Data Visualization,
social media data into interactive visual aids
such as infographics and videos.
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6.
Strengths: Yahoo
during July 2013 surpassed Google on the number of United States visitors(Comscore)
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6. Strengths: Strong social data visualization
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7.
Website:
www.yahoo.com
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7. Website: www.vizify.com
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List of Businesses Acquired By Yahoo
Acquisition Date
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Company
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Business
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Country
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September
1997
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Net Controls
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Web search engine
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USA
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March
31, 1998
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Classic Games
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Online game
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USA
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May
27, 1999
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Encompass
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Internet service provider
|
USA
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March
23, 2000
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Arthas.com
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E-commerce payment systems
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USA
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June
30, 2000
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VivaSmart
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E-commerce
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USA
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November
9, 2000
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Kimo
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Web portal
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TWN
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June
28, 2001
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LAUNCH Media
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Online music store
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USA
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February
12, 2002
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Hotjobs.com
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Job search engine
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USA
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June
14, 2003
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Overture Services, Inc.
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Search engine marketing
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USA
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January
2004
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3721 Internet Assistant
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Browser Helper Object
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CHN
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September
14, 2004
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Musicmatch Jukebox
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Audio player
|
USA
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March
4, 2005
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Stadeon
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Online game
|
USA
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January
17, 2006
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SearchFox
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Web search engine
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USA
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January
8, 2007
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MyBlogLog
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Social network service
|
USA
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February
12, 2008
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Maven
Networks
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Video on demand
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USA
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August
25, 2009
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Maktoob.com
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Social media
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Jordan
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October
4, 2010
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Dapper
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SmartAds
|
USA
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February
12, 2013
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Alike
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Social
recommendation
|
USA
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May
17, 2013
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Tumblr
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Blogging
|
USA
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February
13, 2014
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Distill
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Technical
Recruiting
|
USA
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March
5, 2014
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Vizify
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Social
media information transformation
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USA
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(Source: Yahoo Wikipedia)
Main Strategy Implemented By Yahoo:
1. Acquire the business that is already having enough market
capture.
2. To increase the product line up better way to acquire the
business instead of starting from the scratch.
3. Reach at Mass through acquisition.
Note: Figures and numbers are subjected to change. Comments
and Analysis done by writer is his own analysis.
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