Yahoo is an American internet corporation founded in Santa Clara, California, United states. The company is best known for its web portal, search engine, Yahoo Directory, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo News, advertising, online mapping and social media websites and services. Yahoo! was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and was incorporated on March 1, 1995.
In January 1994, Jerry Yang and David Filo were electrical engineering graduate students at Stanford University when they created a website named "David and Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web". David and Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web was a directory of other websites. In April 1994, "David and Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web" was renamed "Yahoo!". Jerry and David soon found they were not alone in wanting a single place to find useful Web sites. Before long, hundreds of people were accessing their guide from all over the world. Word spread from friends to what quickly became a significant, loyal audience throughout the closely-knit Internet community. Yahoo! celebrated its first million-hit day in the fall of 1994, translating to almost 100 thousand unique visitors.Today, Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global Internet communications, and media company that offers a full branded network of services to more than 345 million individuals each month worldwide.
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