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"Jerry and Dave's Guide to the World Wide Web" website created
While studying at Standford together, Filo & Yang created a list of their favorite sites arranged into topics and created a search engine that found sites withthe use of keywords. History of Yahoo! -
Site name switched to Yahoo!
Renamed the site after the number of links and users grew, Yahoo! stands for "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle" -
yahoo,com domain created
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Business incorporated
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Sequoia Capital agrees to fund Yahoo!
Sequoia Capital originally invest $2 million -
Yahoo! Messenger created
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Jerry Yang donates $75 to Standford University
Money went towards building the "Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Environment and Energy Building" , a research, teaching and lab building. -
Jerry Yang steps down as CEO of Yahoo!
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Yahoo! sues Facebook
Yahoo! filed a patent lawsuit against Facebook for over 10 patents; Facebook counter sues -
Marissa Mayer takes over as CEO
Former Google executive Mayer replaces Rick Levinsohn as CEO, becoming the youngest CEO of a Fortune 500 company
