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Yahoo! Key Milestones

2001May, 7, 2001: New version of Yahoo! Instant Messenger launches
 April 23, 2001: Yahoo! Broadcast launches
 April 17, 2001: Terry Semel appointed chairman and CEO
 April 5, 2001:Yahoo! teams with Duet for online music subscription service
 April 2, 2001:Yahoo! Finance launches real-time services
 March 20, 2001:Greg Coleman appointed as executive vice president of North American operations
 March 1, 2001: Yahoo! Adopts Stockholder Rights Plan
 February 14, 2001: Yahoo! Australia & NZ acquires SOLD.com.au
 February 14, 2001: Yahoo! Seller's Manager launches
 January 30, 2001: Yahoo! Groups launches
 January 16, 2001: Yahoo! Industry Marketplaces launches
 January 9, 2001: Yahoo! Portal Builder 2.0 launches as part of the Corporate Yahoo! enterprise portal solution


2000December, 13, 2000: Yahoo! Webcast Studio launches
 November 20, 2000: Yahoo! ShoppingVision launches
 November 16, 2000: Yahoo! Canada launches
 November 14, 2000: Yahoo! Spanish-language Internet Education Program launches
 November 13, 2000: Yahoo! Movies launches short film directory
 October 30, 2000: Yahoo! Buzz Index launches
 October 10, 2000: Yahoo! By Phone launches
 September 26, 2000: Yahoo! Experts launches
 August 31, 2000:Yahoo! completes eGroups acquisition
 August 31, 2000:Yahoo! named exclusive broadcast services provider for top colleges and universities
 July 31, 2000: Yahoo! PayDirect launches
 June 29, 2000: Yahoo! India launches
 June 29, 2000: Yahoo! Player launches
 June 28, 2000:Yahoo! acquires eGroups
 June 26, 2000: Corporate Yahoo! launches
 March 13, 2000: Yahoo! Argentina launches
 March 2000:Yahoo! acquires Arthas.com
 March 28, 2000: Yahoo! Photos launches
 March 20, 2000:Yahoo! announces Business to Business services
 March 13, 2000: Yahoo! FinanceVision launches
 January 11, 2000:Yahoo! announces it's fourth stock split (a 2-for-1 common stock split)
 January 11, 2000: Yahoo! Invites launches

1999December 14, 1999: Yahoo! Pets launches
 December 8, 1999: Yahoo! added to the S&P 500 index
 November 1, 1999: Yahoo! Auctions surpasses one million simultaneous daily auctions
 October 6, 1999: Yahoo! Mexico launches
 October 5, 1999: Yahoo! Wallet launches
 September 24, 1999: Yahoo! China launches
 September 23, 1999: Yahoo!-wrapped taxicabs debut in San Francisco
 August 9, 1999: Yahoo! Greetings launches
 August 3, 1999: Yahoo! Briefcase launches
 July 20, 1999:Yahoo! completes broadcast.com acquisition
 June 29, 1999: Yahoo! Companion launches
 June 28, 1999: Yahoo! GeoCities launches
 June 21, 1999: Yahoo! Messenger launches
 June 8, 1999: Yahoo! Brazil launches
 June 2, 1999:Online Anywhere acquired
 May 28, 1999: GeoCities acquisition completed
 May 27, 1999: Yahoo! Health launches
 May 27, 1999:Yahoo! acquires Encompass, Inc.
 May 13, 1999: Corporate My Yahoo! launches
 May 11, 1999: Yahoo! Radio launches
 April 5, 1999: Yahoo! Everywhere launches -- Yahoo!'s wireless and distribution strategy
 April 1, 1999:Yahoo! acquires broadcast.com
 March 1, 1999: Yahoo! Entertainment launches
 January 28, 1999:Yahoo! acquires GeoCities
 January 28, 1999: Yahoo! Taiwan, Yahoo! Singapore and Yahoo! Hong Kong launch
 January 12, 1999:Tim Koogle made chairman and CEO and Jeff Mallett made president and COO
 January 12, 1999:Yahoo! announces its third stock split (a 2-for-1 common stock split)
 January 1999:Yahoo! acquires Log-Me-On.com

1998December 15, 1998: Yahoo! Address Book launches
 December 1998:Yahoo! acquires HyperParallel, Inc.
 November 17, 1998: Yahoo! Shopping launches
 November 11, 1998: Yahoo! Spain launches
 November 2, 1998: Yahoo! Employment launches
 October 12, 1998: Yahoo! acquires Yoyodyne Entertainment, Inc.
 September 14, 1998: Yahoo! Auctions launches
 August 20, 1998: Yahoo! Small Business launches
 August 18, 1998: Yahoo! Clubs launches
 August 17, 1998: Yahoo! Calendar launches
 July 8, 1998:Yahoo! announces its second stock split (a 2-for-1 common stock split)
 July 1998:Yahoo! acquires WebCal
 June 30, 1998: Yahoo! Real Estate launches
 June 9, 1998: Yahoo! en Español launches
 June 8, 1998:Yahoo! acquires Viaweb Inc.
 May 12, 1998: Yahoo! Movies launches
 May 4, 1998: Yahoo! Chinese launches
 April 22, 1998: Yahoo! Italy launches
 April 20, 1998: Yahoo! Computers launches
 March 31, 1998: Yahoo! Games launches

1997December 8, 1997: Yahoo! Sports launches
 November 10, 1997:Yahoo!'s U.S. audience surpasses 25 million users
 November 10, 1997: Yahoo! Travel launches
 November 3, 1997: Yahoo! Denmark, Yahoo! Norway and Yahoo! Sweden launch
 October 23, 1997:Yahoo! completes Four11 acquisition
 October 8, 1997: Yahoo! Mail launches
 September 3, 1997: Yahoo! Korea launches
 July 29, 1997:Yahoo! announces its first stock split (a 3-for-2 common stock split)
 February 10, 1997: Yahoo! Classifieds launches
 January 30, 1997: Yahoo! Singapore launches
 January 7, 1997: Yahoo! Chat launches

1996October 21, 1996: Yahoo! France launches
 October 10, 1996: Yahoo! Germany launches
 October 1, 1996:Yahoo!'s traffic reaches one billion page views
 September 23, 1996: Yahoo! UK launches
 May 1996:Yahoo!'s first TV commercial airs, and the "Do You Yahoo!?" tagline is introduced
 April 25, 1996: Yahooligans! launches
 April 22, 1996: Yahoo! Japan launches
 April 12, 1996:Yahoo! becomes a publicly owned company
 March 1996:Yahoo!'s IPO road show begins

1995August 1995: Yahoo! begins serving ads
 April 1995:Sequoia Capital in Menlo Park, California provides Yahoo! with two rounds of venture capital
 March 1995: Yahoo! is incorporated

1994May 1994:Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web is accessed by 100,000 online users
 February 1994:Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web reaches 100 Web page catalogues
 January 1994: Yahoo! (then known as Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web) is created by graduate students, Jerry Yang and David Filo

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