List of mergers and acquisitions by Yahoo!

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Yahoo! headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, United States

Yahoo! is a computer software and web search engine company founded on March 1, 1995.[1] The company is a public corporation and its headquarters is located in Sunnyvale, California.[2] It was founded by Stanford University graduate students Jerry Yang and David Filo in 1994.[3] According to web traffic analysis companies, Yahoo! has been one of the most visited websites on the Internet, with more than 130 million unique users per month in the United States alone.[4][5][6] As of October 2007, the global network of Yahoo! receives 3.4 billion page views per day on average, making it one of the most visited US websites.[5]

Yahoo!'s first acquisition was the purchase of Net Controls, a web search engine company, in September 1997 for US$1.4 million. As of April 2008, the company's largest acquisition is the purchase of Broadcast.com, an Internet radio company, for $5.7 billion, making Broadcast.com co-founder Mark Cuban a billionaire. Most of the companies acquired by Yahoo! are based in the United States; 52 of the companies are from the United States, and 13 are based in a foreign country. As of March 2012, Yahoo! has acquired 65 companies.

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Acquisitions [edit]

No. Acquisition date Company Business Country Value (USD) Derived products References
1 01997-09-01September 1997 Net Controls Web search engine  USA $70061400000000000001,400,000 Yahoo! Search [7]
2 01997-10-08October 8, 1997 Four11 Web-based email  USA $700792000000000000092,000,000 Yahoo! Mail [8]
3 01998-03-31March 31, 1998 Classic Games Online game  USA — Yahoo! Games [9]
4 01998-04-29April 29, 1998 Sportasy Fantasy sport  USA — Yahoo! Fantasy Sports [10]
5 01998-06-08June 8, 1998 Viaweb Web application  USA $700749000000000000049,000,000 Yahoo! Store [11]
6 01998-07-17July 17, 1998 Webcal Calendaring software  USA $700721000000000000021,000,000 Yahoo Calendar [12]
7 01998-10-12October 12, 1998 Yoyodyne Direct marketing  USA $700729600000000000029,600,000 Yahoo! Search Marketing [13]
8 01998-12-01December 1998 Hyperparallel Data analysis  USA $70068000000000000008,000,000 Yahoo! Search [14]
10 01999-04-01April 1, 1999 Broadcast.com Internet radio  USA $70095700000000000005,700,000,000 LAUNCHcast [15]
11 01999-05-27May 27, 1999 Encompass Internet service provider  USA $7008130000000000000130,000,000 Yahoo! [16]
12 01999-05-28May 28, 1999 GeoCities Web hosting service  USA $70093600000000000003,600,000,000 Yahoo! GeoCities [17]
13 01999-06-02June 2, 1999 Online Anywhere Content delivery network  USA $700780000000000000080,000,000 Yahoo! TV [18]
14 02000-03-23March 23, 2000 Arthas.com E-commerce payment systems  USA — Yahoo! Store [19]
15 02000-04-05April 5, 2000 MyQuest Internet service provider  USA — Yahoo! [20]
16 02000-06-30June 30, 2000 VivaSmart E-commerce  USA $70068900000000000008,900,000 Yahoo! Shopping [21]
17 02000-08-31August 31, 2000 eGroups Electronic mailing list  USA $7008432000000000000432,000,000 Yahoo! Groups [22]
18 02000-11-09November 9, 2000 Kimo Web portal  TWN $7008145000000000000145,000,000 Yahoo! [23]
19 02001-02-14February 14, 2001 Sold.com Online auction tools  AUS $700730000000000000030,000,000 Yahoo! Shopping [24]
20 02001-06-28June 28, 2001 LAUNCH Media Online music store  USA $700712000000000000012,000,000 Yahoo! Music [25]
21 02002-02-12February 12, 2002 Hotjobs.com Job search engine  USA $7008436000000000000436,000,000 Yahoo! HotJobs [26]
22 02002-12-23December 23, 2002 Inktomi Corporation Internet service provider  USA $7008235000000000000235,000,000 Yahoo! Search [27]
23 02003-06-14June 14, 2003 Overture Services, Inc. Search engine marketing  USA $70091630000000000001,630,000,000 Yahoo! Search Marketing [28]
24 02004-01-01January 2004 3721 Internet Assistant Browser Helper Object  CHN $7008120000000000000120,000,000 Yahoo! Assistant [29]
25 02004-03-26March 26, 2004 Kelkoo Price comparison service  EU $7008579000000000000579,000,000 Kelkoo [30]
26 02004-07-12July 12, 2004 Oddpost Web-based email  USA $700730000000000000030,000,000 Yahoo! Mail [31]
27 02004-09-14September 14, 2004 Musicmatch Jukebox Audio player  USA $7008160000000000000160,000,000 Yahoo! Music [32]
28 02004-10-02October 2, 2004 The All-Seeing Eye Game server browser  EU — Yahoo! Games [33]
29 02004-10-22October 22, 2004 Stata Labs Web-based email  USA — Yahoo! Mail [34]
30 02004-12-07December 7, 2004 WUF Networks Mobile media  USA — Yahoo! Mobile [35]
31 02005-02-11February 11, 2005 Verdisoft Computer software  USA $700758000000000000058,000,000 Yahoo! Mobile [36]
32 02005-03-04March 4, 2005 Stadeon Online game  USA — Yahoo! Games [37]
33 02005-03-20March 20, 2005 Ludicorp Image hosting service  CAN $700740000000000000040,000,000[citation needed] Flickr [38]
34 02005-04-12April 12, 2005 TeRespondo Advertising network  BRA — Yahoo! Search Marketing [39]
35 02005-06-14June 14, 2005 Dialpad Voice over Internet Protocol  USA — Yahoo! Voice [40]
36 02005-06-14June 14, 2005 blo.gs Weblog software  USA — Yahoo! 360° [41]
37 02005-07-25July 25, 2005 Konfabulator Widget engine  USA — Yahoo! Widgets [42]
38 02005-10-04October 4, 2005 Upcoming.org Calendaring software  USA — Yahoo! Local [43]
39 02005-10-18October 18, 2005 Whereonearth Web mapping  UK — Yahoo! Search Marketing [44]
40 02005-12-12December 12, 2005 del.icio.us Social bookmarking  USA $700720000000000000020,000,000 del.icio.us [45]
41 02006-01-09January 9, 2006 Webjay Online music store  USA — Yahoo! Music [46]
42 02006-01-17January 17, 2006 SearchFox Web search engine  USA — Yahoo! Search [47]
43 02006-04-18April 18, 2006 Meedio Digital video recorder  USA — Yahoo! Go [48]
44 02006-09-27September 27, 2006 Jumpcut.com Online video editing  USA — Yahoo! Video [49]
45 02006-10-17October 17, 2006 AdInterax Online advertising  USA — Yahoo! Search Marketing [50]
46 02006-11-16November 16, 2006 Bix.com Social media  USA — Bix [51]
47 02006-11-17November 17, 2006 Kenet Works Mobile software  EU $700725000000000000025,000,000 Yahoo! Mobile [52]
48 02006-12-01December 2006 Wretch Virtual community  TWN $700722000000000000022,000,000 Wretch [53]
49 02007-01-08January 8, 2007 MyBlogLog Social network service  USA — MyBlogLog [54]
50 02007-04-29April 29, 2007 Right Media Online advertising  USA $7008680000000000000680,000,000 Yahoo! Search Marketing [55]
51 02007-06-20June 20, 2007 Rivals.com College sports  USA — Yahoo! Sports [56]
52 02007-09-04September 4, 2007 BlueLithium Advertising network  USA $7008300000000000000300,000,000 Yahoo! Search Marketing [57]
53 02007-09-14September 14, 2007 BuzzTracker News site  USA — Yahoo! News [58]
54 02007-09-17September 17, 2007 Zimbra Collaborative software  USA $7008350000000000000350,000,000 Zimbra [59]
55 02008-02-05February 5, 2008 FoxyTunes Browser extension  USA — FoxyTunes [60]
56 02008-02-12February 12, 2008 Maven Networks Video on demand  USA $7008160000000000000160,000,000 Yahoo! Video [61]
57 02008-05-09May 9, 2008 Inquisitor Browser extension  USA — Inquisitor [62]
58 02009-07-22July 22, 2009 Xoopit Webmail applications  USA $700720000000000000020,000,000 Yahoo! Mail [63]
59 02009-08-25August 25, 2009 Maktoob.com Social media  Jordan $7008167000000000000167,000,000 Maktoob.com [64]
60 02010-03-17March 17, 2010 citizensports.com Sports Social media  USA — citizensports.com [65]
61 02010-05-18May 18, 2010 Associated Content Content farm  USA — Associated Content [66]
62 02010-05-25May 25, 2010 Koprol Geosocial network  INA — Koprol [67]
63 02010-10-04October 4, 2010 Dapper SmartAds  USA — Dapper [68]
64 02011-01-20January 20, 2011 Spreets Spreets  Australia $700740000000000000040,000,000 Spreets [69]
65 02011-04-25April 25, 2011 IntoNow IntoNow  USA $700720000000000000020,000,000 IntoNow [70]
66 02011-11-01November 1, 2011 Interclick Interclick  USA $7008270000000000000270,000,000 Yahoo! Ad Network [71]
67 02012-10-25October 25, 2012 Stamped Stamped  USA — Stamped [72]
68 02012-12-04December 4, 2012 OnTheAir OnTheAir  USA — IntoNow [73]
69 02013-01-22January 22, 2013 Snip.it Social network  USA $700710000000000000010,000,000 Snip.it [74]
70 02013-02-12February 12, 2013 Alike Social recommendation  USA — Alike [75]
71 02013-03-20March 20, 2013 Jybe Social recommendation  USA — Jybe [76]
72 02013-03-25March 25, 2013 Summly News aggregation, summarization  UK $700730000000000000030,000,000 Yahoo App [77]
73 02013-05-01May 1, 2013 Astrid Productivity  US — Astrid [78]
74 02013-05-09May 9, 2013 GoPollGo Real-time surveys  US — Yahoo Mobile Properties and Apps [79]
75 02013-05-09May 9, 2013 MileWise Travel search  US — Yahoo Mobile Properties and Apps [80]
76 02013-05-10May 10, 2013 Loki Studios Mobile gaming  US — Yahoo Mobile Properties and Apps [81]
77 02013-05-17May 17, 2013 Tumblr Blogging  US $70091100000000000001,100,000,000 [82]

See also [edit]

References [edit]

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  75. ^ "Yahoo Acquires Mobile “Nearby Recommendation” iPhone and Web App Alike". Retrieved 2013-02-12. 
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