Yahoo Turns 10; Free Ice Cream for America 367
indiejade writes "It was 10 years ago today that Yahoo was born in a trailer outside Stanford University. Joining the celebration is Baskin Robbins, which is serving up a free scoop of ice cream in honor of the day Yahoo began climbing the ranks from its humble beginning. Founders Jerry Yang and David Filo joined CEO Terry Semel to kick off the stock market opening bell this morning. The Birthday Boys claim that they are happy with the steady growth of their company, and expressed no regrets for their "once upon a time" decision to fund Google. "Competition is good," they said prior to the opening bell this morning."
Yahoo for Yahoo! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Yahoo for Yahoo! (Score:2)
warning: karma whore (Score:3, Informative)
Get your anonymous coupon here. [yahoo.com]
Should print a coupon with the words "Yahoo Fan".
New phrase for handouts! (Score:5, Funny)
you heard it here first
Re:New phrase for handouts! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:New phrase for handouts! (Score:2)
good one!
Re:New phrase for handouts! (Score:3, Funny)
That's cute, as in beer.
ice cream (Score:5, Funny)
in Norway... (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:ice cream (Score:2, Funny)
Fortunately, Baskin Robbins also give you the option to consume ice cream INSIDE their stores.
Re:In Alaska... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:ice cream (Score:3, Funny)
Yahoo & Google... (Score:2, Interesting)
Boy, I loved Yahoo back then. I suppose I stopped using Yahoo as my search engine when that message went away. If Yahoo had used its internet portal identity with Google's search capabilities, they would've been an unstoppable Juggernaut.
But I suppose Google will do that by itself now.
Yahoo == Altavista + AllTheWeb + Inktomi + ... (Score:5, Insightful)
Boy, I loved Yahoo back then. I suppose I stopped using Yahoo as my search engine when that message went away. If Yahoo had used its internet portal identity with Google's search capabilities, they would've been an unstoppable Juggernaut.
While almost all the other .com's were .bombing, Yahoo very quietly amassed an enormous portfolio of once high-flying search engines [on pennies to the dollar, compared to their pre-crash values]:
So I wouldn't count them out just yet.Yahoo does own part of Google (Score:4, Informative)
Nooooo (Score:5, Funny)
Now I'll never find out how to get free ice cream.
Re:Nooooo (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Nooooo (Score:2)
Re:Nooooo (Score:2)
News Site Slowing Down... (Score:5, Informative)
Yahoo!'s 10th birthday is today. To celebrate, they're giving away... a scoop of ice cream, courtesy of Baskin Robbins.
Link: Baskin Robbins Yahoo! page (link will only work today) [yahoo.com]
I don't know about the rest of the country, but right now in Dallas it's 45 degrees.
Was this a promotion cooked up by Baskin Robbins to boost sales during a slow month? Does anyone else think this is weird?
Added by WebProNews Editor ...
Here's what the splash page (linked above) says:
Yahoo! Turns 10 Today!
"You may find our celebratory tune hard to resist since it's our birthday, but you get the present. Today only, March 2, 2005, as a registered Yahpp! user, you can get one scoop (2.5 oz..) of your favorite Basikin-Robbins' ice cream in a cup or a cone on us. Simply sign in, download your coupon, then head out to the party.
Availabale at over 3,423 select Baskin-Robbins locations throughout the world!"
Re:News Site Slowing Down... (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:News Site Slowing Down... (Score:3, Insightful)
Well, it's different for a store and an ice cream shop. I go to an ice cream shop during the summer, but wouldn't think of walking into one in the winter. On the other hand, since I'm home more often in the winter, I'll pick up a quart of ice cream to eat while watching a movie, something I don't do too much of during the summer.
Yahoo & Google (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Yahoo & Google (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Yahoo & Google (Score:2, Interesting)
Google used to provide 'fallback' search results to Yahoo when Yahoo couldn't find things in it's directory.
Re:Yahoo & Google (Score:5, Informative)
http://searchenginewatch.com/sereport/article.php
coupon link! (Score:5, Informative)
Re:coupon link! (Score:4, Informative)
http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/yahoo_birthda
(Silly URL data encoding. Adjust URL parameters to suit your personal needs.)
Damn, that sucks! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:coupon link! (Score:2)
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No regrets, HAH! (Score:3, Funny)
Big Spenders (Score:4, Funny)
One scoop?
Re:Big Spenders (Score:2)
Just be thankful it's not "offer only valid if you jog to the store".
Re:Big Spenders (Score:2)
slightly off topic but.... (Score:2, Interesting)
a) the profits really aren't that spectatular
b) they don't make any profit
Re:slightly off topic but.... (Score:2, Informative)
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=YHOO [yahoo.com] is your friend.
Re:slightly off topic but.... (Score:4, Informative)
According to wired magazine, Yahoo's profit in the last fiscal year was $542 million as compared to Google's $223 million. So it's more than double the profit for Yahoo than Google on roughly 20% more revenue. Not bad. Click on the thunbnail in the left column with the magnifying glasses to see the pretty graphs.
Re:slightly off topic but.... (Score:2)
Re:slightly off topic but.... (Score:4, Informative)
That done, profits don't always matter when calculating the value of a company. What usually matters is how much their assets are worth.
Baskin Robins! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Baskin Robins! (Score:5, Funny)
Since I am too fat and lazy from eating your product to go get some down at the local store and my friend malus doesn't have one where he lives, could you drop a few free scoops into envelopes and mail them to us please? Thanks.
Nothing like a thimble full of ice cream (Score:2, Funny)
Assertion not supported by article (Score:4, Interesting)
I emailed the on-duty editor about this, but apparently it didn't get there in time.
The article actually says:
"My guess is that they will do a good job," Semel said of Microsoft's increasing emphasis on search engine technology. "I welcome that. It's good to have good competition."
Perhaps another source indicates that Yang and Filo don't regret funding Google. But, it isn't cited here.
Re:Assertion not supported by article (Score:4, Funny)
And you actually expected something to happen?
Save the e-mail and send it again after they post a dupe of this story tomorrow.
Yahoo indeed (Score:2)
Life truly is wonderful.
Re:Yahoo indeed (Score:2)
Wow this is like some eerie cosmic coincidence.
I mean what are the odds one of the 3 people have made me their friend has the same birthday as me and mentions it in a place I'd see.....
Re:Yahoo indeed (Score:3, Funny)
We could use some free ice here too! (Score:2, Funny)
Not just US (Score:2)
Baskin Robbins sucks (Score:3, Informative)
My homemade ice cream kicks Baskin Robbins' ass any day....
Mango ice cream (you need an ice cream maker for this)
300 g. pureed flesh of honey mango
90 g. sugar
2 tbsp. lemon juice
1/2 dl cream, whipped until almost stiff
2 dl whole milk (lowfat is OK)
1 egg yolk
Mix all ingredients except cream together. Fold in cream, blend well. Chill mixture according to ice cream maker's instructions. This will take around 40 minutes.
Re:Baskin Robbins sucks (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Baskin Robbins sucks (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Baskin Robbins sucks (Score:2)
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Re:Baskin Robbins sucks (Score:2, Informative)
He might be from the UK where we are still very confused over or measurements. If they try to swap a pint of beer for a 500ml glass for example there would be hell to pay (and yes, they undoubtedly would use the smaller measurement).
he?! (Score:3, Funny)
Stop taking that "there are no women on /." myth too seriously...
Oh, and I'm an American living in Europe...
here you go (Score:4, Funny)
(.)(.)
Re:Baskin Robbins sucks (Score:2)
Re:Baskin Robbins sucks (Score:3, Informative)
Yeah. These seem to be universal. But at least in Norway, you also find some bizarre units of measurement for spices and the such and it's relatively easy to find conversions in tsp/tbsp. I otherwise have measuring cups in both imperial and Metric to use for American (and sometimes Brit) and European/Asian recipes. I'm generally too lazy to do any conversions ;-)
As for weight vs volume, there is a difference, at least in baking. I'll have
Wisconsin and 31 flavors (Score:2)
One scoop of Rocky Road, please (Score:2)
Would Microsoft say this? (Score:2)
Ballmer would get canned for saying something like this.
Free ice cream in winter? (Score:2)
What I don't understand is... (Score:2)
I think the search engines are primarily a vehicle to bring traffic to their sites, and intersperse some ads in the mix. The cost of ads, being driven by the number of views, can't be all that
Re:Yahoo, actually works well (Score:2)
Jerry
http://www.syslog.org/ [syslog.org]
Pseudonym (Score:2)
see the original front page (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:see the original front page (Score:2)
I was wondering if that was out there... (Score:3, Insightful)
Good times...
Re:see the original front page (Score:2, Informative)
The sad thing, is that the archive only have yahoo! pages from 1996...
Linking Conventions? A rant and a MIRROR (Score:2)
If your going to link just the name Baskin Robbins [baskinrobbins.com], shouldn't that go to their corporate site for more information about the company? Should the article not be linked to the "...serving up a free scoop of ice cream... [mirrordot.org]" part? There should be a standard, where you link articles to the verb and nouns are used for clarification.
As a shareholder (Score:2)
On one side its sure to gain Yahoo alot of goodwill , also hopefully increase the sharevalue.
On the other hand , i live nowhere near a baskin robins and really want an icecream
(nostalgia ahead) (Score:3, Insightful)
Man, 1995... I still remember being awed by the way that places like yahoo.com and hotwired.com looked in Netscape (was 2.0 even out yet? I forget, heh), compared to what I was used to before that (stuff like pine or gopher running on green-screen terms). I was 16 at the time, in college a couple of years early, and looking back (20/20 hindsight and all that), I wish I'd taken the hint on my early fascination and gone into programming/web-related studies and jobs then instead of chemistry... I guess I felt obligated to pursue a "real job" like chemistry. Here, ten years later, I'm a programmer and chemistry is just sort of my side hobby. I wonder sometimes what my life would have been like had I gotten into CS and gone into the IT workforce by '97-'98 instead of picking it up as hobby later and entering the IT workforce right before the bust.
Anyway, for some good nostalgia, here you go:
Archive of old versions of Netscape back to 1.1 days on multiple platforms [evolt.org]
Wayback machine link for Yahoo! front page, late 1996 [archive.org] (hotwired.com excludes wayback, darn it... i recall it being visually louder than a hawaiian shirt on fire. the current wired.com is actually subdued compared to what I recall it being)
Fine Print: First 300 only ... (Score:5, Informative)
Limit one coupon per customer, where supplies last, or for the first 300 coupons presented for redemption at each store.
FYI
Anyone read the fine print on the coupon? (Score:2, Funny)
Consumer may pay applicable tax.
I'm going here tonight with my girlfriend for free ice cream. If they don't honor my coupon, I'm k
Re:Anyone read the fine print on the coupon? (Score:2)
Print coupon then... photocopy, get free ice cream, repeat...
Google investment regrets? (Score:2, Insightful)
-3cents
Anyone find it kinda ridiculous (Score:2)
http://promo.yahoo.com/birthday10/incorporation/ [yahoo.com]
It's just a bunch of links. I thought they'd die after the bubble burst, but
I guess you can never underestimate the power of being first.
Weird? (Score:2, Funny)
Weird? Baskin Robbins Celebrates Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday...
But the TITLE on my browser reads
Weird Baskin Robbins Celebrates Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday...
Yahoo: Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle (Score:2, Informative)
In that 1995 interview, the duo proudly claimed having 250,000 users. Today, that number is a "pathetic" 345 million.
For two geeks from Stanford, they've done well, wouldn't you agree?
Ob. Simpsons Reference (Score:2)
Nothing New (Score:2)
They're just using Y! as an excuse to get more publicity (read free advertising) out of it.
Mine didn't take the coupon! (Score:5, Informative)
As for me, since Dunkin Donuts is the same company as BR, I'm taking my business to Krispy Kreme and Cold Stone Cremery instead.
The last time Baskin Robbins had free ice cream (Score:3, Informative)
Re:So this means???? (Score:2)
Damien
Re:So this means???? (Score:2)
Re:So this means???? (Score:2)
Re:yummm (Score:2)
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Re:yummm (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Shades of Reese's (Score:3, Funny)
I bet in certain parts of the world, that refers to a certain sex act, or at least, the immediately post-coital part.
word (Score:4, Funny)
Re:word (Score:3, Insightful)
I don't like your outlook on life.
Carl
Re:Sorry but.. (Score:2)
Re:Damn... I wish it was Carvel (Score:2)
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Re:Why? (Score:2)
Yahoo indexes more sites?
Google does better at culling/surpressing dups & subordinate content?
Re:Soy ice cream? (Score:2)