Yahoo!’s 2009 Year in Review
- Posted December 1st, 2009 at 9:27 am by Yahoo! Search
- Categories: News/Announcements
It’s the time of the year to look back on the past 12 months and reflect on events of the year. Here at Yahoo!, we’ve been analyzing billions of queries to find ways to look at the events of this year through the lens of search.
Today, the Yahoo! Year in Review returns with a brand new look at what’s happened this year.
We’ve expanded the list to take a look at important moments in 2009. Some somber moments this year are captured with our analysis of “Financial Hangovers” and “Market Darlings,” reminders of the tough economic times we are facing. We walked through the historic moments of President Barack Obama’s journey to the White House in a section we call “Obama in the House.”
It has also been a year full of the unexpected. Remember the amazing transformation of Susan Boyle? Or the media circus around Falcon Heene, otherwise known as “Balloon Boy”? We’ve included them and other surprising celebrities in “Sudden Fame.”
You can read more about how we created the Yahoo! Year in Review at the Yodel Anecdotal blog. If you’ve got your own key moments of 2009 to contribute, you can tweet them here at http://yearinreview.yahoo.com/2009/moments.
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I always love Yahoo search engines and hope in coming year 2010 it will improve more. The one thing which I like is about their new URL for free email services i.e. Ymail.com, its smaller and yes easy to remember.
It’s been a great 2009…and now ending the year with Tiger Woods and his world of problems. What next?
I actually quite enjoyed the ‘financial hangover’ series. 4.5 million coupons and 6.5 million rainchecks… eessh. Saving money is definitely the new black. Lets see how long it last.
Looking back, 2009 was not such a bad year after all.
Yahoo made some interesting improvements in 2009. From a real estate perspective, 2009 was also an interesting , if not brutal, year for many people. Here in Boulder, CO, our market has outperformed most and we’re looking forward to an even better 2010. I also look forward to increased usage of Yahoo Search – it’s underrated.
BUT I DON`T KNOW WHY Yahoo doesn`t capture a lare market share in china.
Thank God that stupid year is over! )
2010 will have us asking how we all managed to speed through so many experiences, people, crises and unbelievable moments. 2009 will seem like nothing at all. But, through a dramatic 2010, we will be assisted by one of the greatest California companies in history — Yahoo!
For our voiceover business yahoo search is very important. I hope it will gain more ground against other search engines. It is very fast and widly underestimated.
I hope next year will be better!
Since 2009 onwards i have seen many improvements on Yahoo Search Engines. This year also i have noticed few good features on yahoo search engines. Being in the same filed, i really appreciate the improvements. I hope this year will be good for Yahoo.
I’m always surprised how quickly I’ve forgotten events that’ve happened so recently. Thanks for the reminders.