What is Digg?83 Comments
- bardo77n, on 05/20/2008, -2/+313 things:
1) This reads like an Onion article
2) Am I the only guy on the planet that didn't know that clicking on the exclamation point caused the Yahoo! yodel?!
3) How much longer am I going to have to switch from Opera to Firefox to read and leave comments on Digg? - jimmaculate, on 05/20/2008, -2/+28Oh yeah. Yahoo's exclamation point is totally worth $2B.
- gwaggy12, on 05/20/2008, -2/+27That's it. I'm trademarking "12"
- infinity777, on 05/20/2008, -2/+26This is from the Onion right??
- gaffer13, on 05/20/2008, -2/+15Why can't both companies just realize they need each other...hold hands...and sing a song
- Aurabolt, on 05/20/2008, -1/+14"And, as one noted to me, the exclamation point on Yahoo!'s homepage may be the only one on the Internet that actually yodels when clicked."
*click* *click* *click*
=( - bgeorge82, on 05/20/2008, -1/+9lol too funny... its those marketing people and their branding.
- santaliqueur, on 05/20/2008, -0/+8Holy *****, I didn't know that clicking on the ! did anything.
- inactive, on 05/20/2008, -1/+9Yahooooooooooooo-hooo. God, those commercials used to be funny. Now they make me sad.
- NJank, on 05/20/2008, -0/+6i was really looking for a theonion URL on that one...
- scabbers, on 05/20/2008, -0/+6Is this some kind of The Onion style thing, or have my worst nightmares come true?
- MCGrunge1, on 05/20/2008, -0/+5I'm so ashamed that I never knew the ! yodeled.
- KSUdesigner, on 05/20/2008, -0/+5Pretty stupid considering if they had used as many exclamation points as you just did they could've added $40 billion to their net worth.
- thailand1972, on 05/20/2008, -2/+7That's like saying Google need to get into Operating Systems for their own survival. Google are doing well in their market. Microsoft are doing well in their market (no matter how much people go on about Vista). Microsoft don't need to be in search for their survival. Just like any company, they want to keep growing.
- mindfeck, on 05/20/2008, -1/+6Isn't the ! included in the value of the company? For example, if it was so great for marketing, Yahoo would be more profitable. It is part of the marketing for the company that leads to the current financial statements. That's all.
- stinkipete, on 05/20/2008, -2/+6erm, yeah, that totally makes sense :|
- inactive, on 05/20/2008, -5/+9thanks for pointing (!) to the ignorants that the ! yodels - lol!
- NJank, on 05/20/2008, -0/+3i now know. my office mates hate me. but I just can't stop clicking...
- Easty, on 05/20/2008, -2/+5You show 'em, internet.
- peacebyanymeans, on 05/20/2008, -0/+3gwaggy12™
...
gwaggy, gwaggy12 and the 12 trademark are © 2008 gwaggy12. All rights reserved. - bbtrev, on 05/20/2008, -0/+3"12!"
- venuspcs, on 05/20/2008, -0/+3How sad of a day it must be....I have been using Yahoo! since the day the launched and I had no ***** idea that damn ! actually Yodeled.....WTF is wrong with me???????
- inactive, on 05/20/2008, -2/+5They've just changed my mobile phones search engine from Google to Yahoo and it's become a pain in the arse to use the damn thing.
- duerra, on 05/21/2008, -0/+2A Microsoft/Yahoo! merger would completely blow on just about every level for the rest of the internet industry, regardless how much they "need each other" (which I don't think that they do - or at least, I don't think Yahoo! does).
- thailand1972, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2Well it sure isn't their search engine expertise that values Yahoo! at $2B or whatever.
- phyx726, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2Top of the muffin to YOU!!
- cesclaveria, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2it actually does it, or the sad face is because you didn't liked it?
- AussieCynic, on 05/20/2008, -4/+6Now let this be a lesson to all the kids out there...
learn to spell and use you PUNCTUATION
My POINT ! = $2B
my god... lol - halfcylon, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2They're not exactly Google, but the Yahoo!(tm) brand is still pretty strong and I'm not just talking about the big neon logo in Time Square - their Asian brand awareness is pretty impressive.
- Manuelmty, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2Yahoooooo!!!!!11one!1!!1
- KayMan2k, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2yeah.. me too! especially after reading:
"the exclamation point on Yahoo!'s homepage may be the only one on the Internet that actually yodels when clicked... 'That alone tacks a couple hundred million on the price,' he said." - zantos420, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2make sure you use proper grammar too before you use you punctuation
- lkallion, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2Never mind the typos, Google still seems to be making quite well
- WhereAmI, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2I don't know for sure, so someone verify this. Since I can access http://uk.yahoo.com can't you access http://us.yahoo.com
And what the ***** Digg links in comments? What the *****? Its so ***** ***** up... - LCricket, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1I had no idea about the yodel either, but then again, with Google and all, I've never had reason to go to Yahoo!'s services.
- jakobmakob, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1Dear Sarah:
Thanks for sharing, we don't care.
-The Rest of Digg. - jamesacres, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1or go to http://www.yahoo.com/ without the proxy...
- xeno439, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1I don't get it, are they actually going to continue using the name after acquistion?
If not then why give a ***** about it? - misterteenwolf, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1any offer made to buy yahoo would be too generous. if i was them, i'd sell for a keg and a couple of hoverboards
- sonicEd, on 05/20/2008, -1/+2Funny stuff, thanks!
- inactive, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1For UK'ers:
If you wanna hear the yahoo yodel, go on a proxy (e.g www.proxy.org) and type in: www.yahoo.com, as the UK version of yahoo doesn't have it. - inactive, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1oops yeah it does work. I didn't think of that
- ComputerGeekMat, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1I had to disable AdBlock to get it to work.
- linuxpenguin, on 05/20/2008, -1/+2For the record, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Tenth Edition) does not have a picture of Steve Ballmer near the definition of "exclamation point".
- Aurabolt, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1It didn't work for me until I tried in IE. AdBlock ftw =)
- linuxpenguin, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1It might only be the US site - but it works for me. I think you need to have Flash though (not sure if you do or not)
- cesclaveria, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1the onion changed its domain name?
- secrity, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1OH, not gonna happen.
- RocketGib, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1Thank you Pat, I would like to buy a punctuation mark, please.
- Matteos, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1There are other punctuation marks.
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