List of acquisitions by Yahoo!

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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; 47 of the companies are from the United States, and 8 are based in a foreign country. As of October 2010, Yahoo! has acquired 62 companies.

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[edit] Acquisitions

No. Acquisition date Company Business Country Value (USD) Derived products References
1 01997-09 September 1997 Net Controls Web search engine  USA $&100000000014000000000001,400,000 Yahoo! Search [7]
2 01997-10-08 October 8, 1997 Four11 Web-based email  USA $&1000000009200000000000092,000,000 Yahoo! Mail [8]
3 01998-03-31 March 31, 1998 Classic Games Online game  USA Yahoo! Games [9]
4 01998-04-29 April 29, 1998 Sportasy Fantasy sport  USA Yahoo! Fantasy Sports [10]
5 01998-06-08 June 8, 1998 Viaweb Web application  USA $&1000000004900000000000049,000,000 Yahoo! Store [11]
6 01998-07-17 July 17, 1998 Webcal Calendaring software  USA $&1000000002100000000000021,000,000 Yahoo Calendar [12]
7 01998-10-12 October 12, 1998 Yoyodyne Direct marketing  USA $&1000000002960000000000029,600,000 Yahoo! Search Marketing [13]
8 01998-12 December 1998 Hyperparallel Data analysis  USA $&100000000080000000000008,000,000 Yahoo! Search [14]
10 01999-04-01 April 1, 1999 Broadcast.com Internet radio  USA $&100000057000000000000005,700,000,000 LAUNCHcast [15]
11 01999-05-27 May 27, 1999 Encompass Internet service provider  USA $&10000000130000000000000130,000,000 Yahoo! [16]
12 01999-05-28 May 28, 1999 GeoCities Web hosting service  USA $&100000036000000000000003,600,000,000 Yahoo! GeoCities [17]
13 01999-06-02 June 2, 1999 Online Anywhere Content delivery network  USA $&1000000008000000000000080,000,000 Yahoo! TV [18]
14 02000-03-23 March 23, 2000 Arthas.com E-commerce payment systems  USA Yahoo! Store [19]
15 02000-04-05 April 5, 2000 MyQuest Internet service provider  USA Yahoo! [20]
16 02000-08-31 August 31, 2000 eGroups Electronic mailing list  USA $&10000000432000000000000432,000,000 Yahoo! Groups [21]
17 02000-11-09 November 9, 2000 Kimo Web portal  TWN $&10000000145000000000000145,000,000 Yahoo! [22]
18 02001-02-14 February 14, 2001 Sold.com Online auction tools  AUS $&1000000003000000000000030,000,000 Yahoo! Shopping [23]
19 02001-06-28 June 28, 2001 LAUNCH Media Online music store  USA $&1000000001200000000000012,000,000 Yahoo! Music [24]
20 02002-02-12 February 12, 2002 Hotjobs.com Job search engine  USA $&10000000436000000000000436,000,000 Yahoo! HotJobs [25]
21 02002-12-23 December 23, 2002 Inktomi Corporation Internet service provider  USA $&10000000235000000000000235,000,000 Yahoo! Search [26]
22 02003-06-14 June 14, 2003 Overture Services, Inc. Search engine marketing  USA $&100000016300000000000001,630,000,000 Yahoo! Search Marketing [27]
23 02004-01 January 2004 3721 Internet Assistant Browser Helper Object  CHN $&10000000120000000000000120,000,000 Yahoo! Assistant [28]
24 02004-03-26 March 26, 2004 Kelkoo Price comparison service  EU $&10000000579000000000000579,000,000 Kelkoo [29]
25 02004-07-12 July 12, 2004 Oddpost Web-based email  USA $&1000000003000000000000030,000,000 Yahoo! Mail [30]
26 02004-09-14 September 14, 2004 Musicmatch Jukebox Audio player  USA $&10000000160000000000000160,000,000 Yahoo! Music [31]
27 02004-10-02 October 2, 2004 The All-Seeing Eye Game server browser  EU Yahoo! Games [32]
28 02004-10-22 October 22, 2004 Stata Labs Web-based email  USA Yahoo! Mail [33]
29 02004-12-07 December 7, 2004 WUF Networks Mobile media  USA Yahoo! Mobile [34]
30 02005-02-11 February 11, 2005 Verdisoft Computer software  USA $&1000000005800000000000058,000,000 Yahoo! Mobile [35]
31 02005-03-04 March 4, 2005 Stadeon Online game  USA Yahoo! Games [36]
32 02005-03-20 March 20, 2005 Ludicorp Image hosting service  CAN $&1000000004000000000000040,000,000[citation needed] Flickr [37]
33 02005-04-12 April 12, 2005 TeRespondo Advertising network  BRA Yahoo! Search Marketing [38]
34 02005-06-14 June 14, 2005 Dialpad Voice over Internet Protocol  USA Yahoo! Voice [39]
35 02005-06-14 June 14, 2005 blo.gs Weblog software  USA Yahoo! 360° [40]
36 02005-07-25 July 25, 2005 Konfabulator Widget engine  USA Yahoo! Widgets [41]
37 02005-10-04 October 4, 2005 Upcoming.org Calendaring software  USA Yahoo! Local [42]
38 02005-10-18 October 18, 2005 Whereonearth Web mapping  UK Yahoo! Search Marketing [43]
39 02005-12-12 December 12, 2005 del.icio.us Social bookmarking  USA $&1000000002000000000000020,000,000 del.icio.us [44]
40 02006-01-09 January 9, 2006 Webjay Online music store  USA Yahoo! Music [45]
41 02006-01-17 January 17, 2006 SearchFox Web search engine  USA Yahoo! Search [46]
42 02006-04-18 April 18, 2006 Meedio Digital video recorder  USA Yahoo! Go [47]
43 02006-09-27 September 27, 2006 Jumpcut.com Online video editing  USA Yahoo! Video [48]
44 02006-10-17 October 17, 2006 AdInterax Online advertising  USA Yahoo! Search Marketing [49]
45 02006-11-16 November 16, 2006 Bix.com Social media  USA Bix [50]
46 02006-11-17 November 17, 2006 Kenet Works Mobile software  EU $&1000000002500000000000025,000,000 Yahoo! Mobile [51]
47 02006-12 December 2006 Wretch Virtual community  TWN $&1000000002200000000000022,000,000 Wretch [52]
48 02007-01-08 January 8, 2007 MyBlogLog Social network service  USA MyBlogLog [53]
49 02007-04-29 April 29, 2007 Right Media Online advertising  USA $&10000000680000000000000680,000,000 Yahoo! Search Marketing [54]
50 02007-06-20 June 20, 2007 Rivals.com College sports  USA Yahoo! Sports [55]
51 02007-09-04 September 4, 2007 BlueLithium Advertising network  USA $&10000000300000000000000300,000,000 Yahoo! Search Marketing [56]
52 02007-09-14 September 14, 2007 BuzzTracker News site  USA Yahoo! News [57]
53 02007-09-17 September 17, 2007 Zimbra Collaborative software  USA $&10000000350000000000000350,000,000 Zimbra [58]
54 02008-02-05 February 5, 2008 FoxyTunes Browser extension  USA FoxyTunes [59]
55 02008-02-12 February 12, 2008 Maven Networks Video on demand  USA $&10000000160000000000000160,000,000 Yahoo! Video [60]
56 02008-05-09 May 9, 2008 Inquisitor Browser extension  USA Inquisitor [61]
57 02009-07-22 July 22, 2009 Xoopit Webmail applications  USA $&1000000002000000000000020,000,000 Yahoo! Mail [62]
58 02009-08-25 August 25, 2009 Maktoob.com Social media  Jordan $&1000000007020000000000070,200,000 Maktoob.com [63]
59 02010-03-17 March 17, 2010 citizensports.com Sports Social media  USA citizensports.com [64]
60 02010-05-18 May 18, 2010 Associated Content Content Generation  USA Associated Content [65]
61 02010-05-25 May 25, 2010 Koprol Geosocial network  INA Koprol [66]
62 02010-10-04 October 4, 2010 Dapper SmartAds  USA Dapper [66]
63 02011-01-20 January 20, 2011 Spreets Spreets  Australia $&1000000004000000000000040,000,000 Spreets [67]
64 02011-04-25 April 25, 2011 IntoNow IntoNow  USA $&1000000002000000000000020,000,000 IntoNow [68]

[edit] References

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