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Contact Yahoo (1998)

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Re: Contact Yahoo (1998)

#22

Post by calebegg »

scjody wrote: post #13

I'm pretty impressed that the links on the top bar still take you (via redirects, sure) to relevant places.

I love the redirect sequence on the "Cool" button:

    $ curl -I -L http://www.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Cool_Links/ | grep Location

    Location: http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/cool_links/
    Location: http://dir.yahoo.com/entertainment/cool_links/
    Location: http://picks.yahoo.com/
    Location: http://buzz.yahoo.com/
    Location: http://www.yahoo.com

Re: Contact Yahoo (1998)

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Post by eterm »

calebegg wrote: post #22
scjody wrote: post #13

I'm pretty impressed that the links on the top bar still take you (via redirects, sure) to relevant places.

I love the redirect sequence on the "Cool" button: $ curl -I -L http://www.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Cool_Links/ | grep Location Location: http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/cool_links/ Location: http://dir.yahoo.com/entertainment/cool_links/ Location: http://picks.yahoo.com/ Location: http://buzz.yahoo.com/ Location: http://www.yahoo.com

A shame it doesn't end in https redirection.

Re: Contact Yahoo (1998)

#24

Post by marban »

United857 wrote: post #19
marban wrote: post #8

Why exactly are these reminiscent pieces other than verifying that the past really existed getting upvotes lately?

How often do you see any web startup these days post a phone number, let alone a physical address?

if you're afraid of associating your contact data with your startup you're either running an illegal site or you're ashamed of your own idea.

Re: Contact Yahoo (1998)

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Post by peterwwillis »

larrys wrote: post #25
kalleboo wrote: post #18

Took me a while to notice that this wasn't on archive.org. Are these still up as an oversight? If so, that's pretty impressive that their server infrastructure hasn't changed radically in so many years.

This page as well: http://docs.yahoo.com/docs/info/faq.html

"What does Yahoo! stand for? [..] Yahoo! is an acronym for Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle."

Re: Contact Yahoo (1998)

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Post by lmm »

The quality of the image notwithstanding (and there were good reasons for that with the bandwidth of the time), this page looks remarkably good, and holds up far better than sites half its age. Just goes to show yet again that with design less really is more.

Re: Contact Yahoo (1998)

#29

Post by hyperberry »

joshuamerrill wrote: post #11
ancarda wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Probably because it's interesting? I never saw the web in its infancy like this. I've spent hours browsing archive.org before to see what the early days of the internet was like back then.

Note the Yahoo logo image map. :)

Yeah, I thought the image map was hilarious.

The second link in the menu, "Cool" goes through at least 4 redirects before winding up back on the www.yahoo.com home page :)

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