Yahoo! Search Blog: All Your Web 2.0 Are Belong To Us

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April 01, 2006

All Your Web 2.0 Are Belong To Us

We're in the midst of buying Dogg (a Web 2.0 cross between Digg and Dogster "Where Every Dog Has A Webpage"), and you know what? It's a lot of work. Buying up Web 2.0 companies here and there in piecemeal fashion gets old after a while.

It's a lot of work on our Corporate Development team, the Public Relations team, and really isn't that efficient. Plus, it just encourages VCs to pitch us the next "great" company in their portfolio, thereby creating even more work.

Man, the acquisition treadmill is tiring... And expensive!

So after some long discussions with Tim O'Reilly, Michael Arrington, and other Web 2.0 experts, we've decided to just buy Web 2.0.

All of it. All the people, the round cornered boxes, crazy business ideas, and pastel colors.

That's right, just like a trip to Costco, we're buying in bulk and expect to save a lot of cash.

Henceforth, "Yahoo!" will be synonymous with "Web 2.0."

We sincerely hope this will accelerate the move to Web 2.1 or even Web 3.0. This "Web 2.0" thing has gone on long enough.

(Oh, Tim. Sorry about having rename that conference.)

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You want me to believe "April 1, 2006 12:10 AM" blog. Sorry!!! Not me.

Posted by: Venkat | April 1, 2006 12:17 AM

Oh Yahoo.

This makes me so happy I never left you.

Gmail? Huh?

Posted by: Bryan Carney | April 1, 2006 12:21 AM

In order to take full advantage of this news, I hereby classify myself as a Web 2.0 Company.

That'll be §10,000,000 please!

Posted by: Ben | April 1, 2006 12:41 AM

This seems to have its roots in "Yahoo buys a company before its foundation" story from January.

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2006/01/yahoo-buys-company-before-its.html

Posted by: Ionut Alex. Chitu | April 1, 2006 01:32 AM

"Yahoo!, where 2.0 R.I.P."

Posted by: Louis | April 1, 2006 07:42 AM

Hehh...

I've got a Bridge 2.0 to sell you in Brooklyn.

Posted by: Aaron Brazell | April 1, 2006 09:20 AM

I am so grateful to have discovered this news. I was just about to buy some Google stock. Thanks. Phew.

Posted by: J. Frenchster | April 1, 2006 09:23 AM

Hahaha .. What would you rename the Conf to ? Yahoo2Conf ? :D

Posted by: Shahab | April 1, 2006 09:45 AM

Well it's a good thing I've already moved on to Web 2.1. I can probably charge a premium for that.

Posted by: Haacked | April 1, 2006 11:59 AM

sweet! when do I get my check?

Posted by: Kevin Burton | April 1, 2006 01:51 PM

Oh. ha. ha... that's funny.

You know what's really, really funny, though? The way Yahoo HK turned over that journalist's email and info to the Chinese government and wound him up in jail for ten years. That was just a freakin' knee slapper.

You should be ashamed to work for this company.

Posted by: Andy | April 1, 2006 03:05 PM

Big Deal - Search Engines Web owns Web 3.0

BTW:

In recognition of April Fools why not activate the hyperlinks on the usernames so that "Weblog URL" can be a link

S-such a lovely way to show how much you care.

Posted by: Search Engines Web | April 1, 2006 03:18 PM

Is there a submission form where I can submit my Web 2.0 app for purchase? Wired says Yahoo is the new exit strategy, why not go for it!

Posted by: Dustin Diaz | April 1, 2006 05:48 PM

Why don't we all just go home now.

Posted by: Johnny | April 1, 2006 08:32 PM

I figured the April Fool's joke would be you guys not selling out to the Chinese government. I guess not.