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Title: Why is Yahoo Acting Strange Lately?
Post by: Henry on August 18, 2025, 09:22:36 PM
I normally use Yahoo for my searches on what highway signs to play in the various games on this forum, but I've been noticing that the website is glitched, because the Search feature no longer works when I try to access it, and there are just blank spaces where oodles of articles were before. Is anybody else experiencing the same problem?
Title: Re: Why is Yahoo Acting Strange Lately?
Post by: Scott5114 on August 18, 2025, 09:28:01 PM
You might have files cached from an older version of the site and need to clear your cache.

These files are located in the C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files directory in Windows 95.
Title: Re: Why is Yahoo Acting Strange Lately?
Post by: Rothman on August 18, 2025, 10:51:16 PM
*checks post dates*

Phew.  It's not the 1990s.
Title: Re: Why is Yahoo Acting Strange Lately?
Post by: Revive 755 on August 18, 2025, 10:57:44 PM
Quote from: Rothman on August 18, 2025, 10:51:16 PM*checks post dates*

Phew.  It's not the 1990s.

And being back in the 1990s would be such a bad thing?
Title: Re: Why is Yahoo Acting Strange Lately?
Post by: gonealookin on August 18, 2025, 10:59:19 PM
Henry's bigger problem may be needing a new ISP, because AOL is ending its dial-up service on September 30. (https://help.aol.com/articles/dial-up-internet-to-be-discontinued)

As far as search engines, consensus among the tech guys at work seems to be that Alta Vista is going to dominate that space over the next few years.
Title: Re: Why is Yahoo Acting Strange Lately?
Post by: Rothman on August 18, 2025, 11:02:26 PM
Quote from: Revive 755 on August 18, 2025, 10:57:44 PM
Quote from: Rothman on August 18, 2025, 10:51:16 PM*checks post dates*

Phew.  It's not the 1990s.

And being back in the 1990s would be such a bad thing?

Sure, since it would mean re-living the 2000s yet again.
Title: Re: Why is Yahoo Acting Strange Lately?
Post by: Max Rockatansky on August 18, 2025, 11:20:28 PM
I haven't noticed anything weird.  Then again I was Prodigy Online user and got stuck in my ways using the Yahoo Search engine once the service became more than a closed ISP.   Gribblenation.org is hosted on a Google run Blogger and I do get some amusement from seeing us pull up Yahoo searches.
Title: Re: Why is Yahoo Acting Strange Lately?
Post by: bugo on September 19, 2025, 05:16:14 AM
Try Lycos or Hotbot.
Title: Re: Why is Yahoo Acting Strange Lately?
Post by: Stephane Dumas on September 19, 2025, 06:26:07 AM
Quote from: bugo on September 19, 2025, 05:16:14 AMTry Lycos or Hotbot.
Also, there's Excite, Ask Jeeves and Magellan to try as well.
Title: Re: Why is Yahoo Acting Strange Lately?
Post by: JayhawkCO on September 19, 2025, 07:30:40 AM
Don't forget Webcrawler.
Title: Re: Why is Yahoo Acting Strange Lately?
Post by: kphoger on September 19, 2025, 09:31:41 AM
Quote from: bugo on September 19, 2025, 05:16:14 AMTry Lycos or Hotbot.

Wowwwwwwww, those names take me back in time!

Is Dogpile still a thing too?
/me checks...  Yep!
Title: Re: Why is Yahoo Acting Strange Lately?
Post by: Stephane Dumas on September 19, 2025, 04:28:50 PM
Quote from: kphoger on September 19, 2025, 09:31:41 AM
Quote from: bugo on September 19, 2025, 05:16:14 AMTry Lycos or Hotbot.

Wowwwwwwww, those names take me back in time!

Is Dogpile still a thing too?
/me checks...  Yep!

Sadly, Infoseek is now in the internet graveyard although some the domain name still use Infoseek in Australia and Japan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infoseek#Domain_name
Title: Re: Why is Yahoo Acting Strange Lately?
Post by: bing101 on September 21, 2025, 11:04:34 AM
Woah Yahoo takes us back to the late 1990s/early 2000's when they were the most used search engine of that time. 
Title: Re: Why is Yahoo Acting Strange Lately?
Post by: wanderer2575 on September 21, 2025, 11:40:59 AM
Quote from: gonealookin on August 18, 2025, 10:59:19 PMHenry's bigger problem may be needing a new ISP, because AOL is ending its dial-up service on September 30. (https://help.aol.com/articles/dial-up-internet-to-be-discontinued)

So what am I supposed to do with all my leftover CDs?
Title: Re: Why is Yahoo Acting Strange Lately?
Post by: Takumi on September 21, 2025, 12:11:18 PM
Quote from: gonealookin on August 18, 2025, 10:59:19 PMHenry's bigger problem may be needing a new ISP, because AOL is ending its dial-up service on September 30. (https://help.aol.com/articles/dial-up-internet-to-be-discontinued)

As far as search engines, consensus among the tech guys at work seems to be that Alta Vista is going to dominate that space over the next few years.

Do you work in Pawnee, Indiana (https://youtu.be/lcR4h4eIR2E), by any chance?
Title: Re: Why is Yahoo Acting Strange Lately?
Post by: kkt on September 21, 2025, 07:40:01 PM
Quote from: Stephane Dumas on September 19, 2025, 06:26:07 AM
Quote from: bugo on September 19, 2025, 05:16:14 AMTry Lycos or Hotbot.
Also, there's Excite, Ask Jeeves and Magellan to try as well.

I'm afraid if I used Ask Jeeves it would find ways to trick me into wearing a jacket and tie at all times.
Title: Re: Why is Yahoo Acting Strange Lately?
Post by: Roadgeekteen on September 21, 2025, 08:07:04 PM
I didn't realize yahoo was still usable
Title: Re: Why is Yahoo Acting Strange Lately?
Post by: GaryV on September 22, 2025, 06:22:46 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on September 21, 2025, 08:07:04 PMI didn't realize yahoo was still usable

Still?
Title: Re: Why is Yahoo Acting Strange Lately?
Post by: kphoger on September 22, 2025, 10:30:20 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on September 21, 2025, 08:07:04 PMI didn't realize yahoo was still usable

I still have an @yahoo.com e-mail address that I use to sign up for various accounts and such.  It's my login for Facebook and Imgur, among other things.
Title: Re: Why is Yahoo Acting Strange Lately?
Post by: Max Rockatansky on September 22, 2025, 10:31:12 AM
Quote from: kphoger on September 22, 2025, 10:30:20 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on September 21, 2025, 08:07:04 PMI didn't realize yahoo was still usable

I still have an @yahoo.com e-mail address that I use to sign up for various accounts and such.  It's my login for Facebook and Imgur, among other things.

My Yahoo account is still my primary email.  I have no reason to change after a quarter century.
Title: Re: Why is Yahoo Acting Strange Lately?
Post by: JayhawkCO on September 22, 2025, 11:34:47 AM
I only use Yahoo for one of my fantasy football leagues.