Why do aol and yahoo have almost the exact home page structure?

[jrgp]

What the hell? afaik they are two completely different companies. They didn't used to look this alike.

[Snake]

hehe ya they look pretty much the same...but...I didn't even knew that there was that kind of Google...?

[bja888]

Nice. I never noticed.

There are tons of reason why. We'll never know. I think yahoo got there first though.

http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yahoo.com%2F
http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aol.com%2F

And yahoo is doing better

[Mangled*]

Topic: Why do google and yahoo have almost the exact home page structure?

And yet you post an image of the AOL homepage which has a Google search box in it. But I know what you mean.

Yahoo used to look almost identical to Google a few years ago. One of them has always copied the other... nobody knows who though.

[FliesLikeABrick]

I suspect he meant AOL and Yahoo!

[VijchtiDoodah]

Internet companies always copy each other.  In this case, AOL stated that they were intentionally pulling the best from all of their competitors to try to create the best homepage possible.

[Mangled*]

In this case, AOL stated that they were intentionally pulling the best from all of their competitors to try to create the best homepage possible.

Reminds me of Hollywood.

[Graham]

Good job on a lame joke there Mangled. No one cares about indie people.


Honestly AOL needs all the help they can get. Same with Yahoo. I honestly don't know why they aren't gnawing at the bits to get in with google.

[Mangled*]

Of course you're on the inner loop when it comes to AOL and Yahoo aren't you. So if anybody was to know of any gnawing at the bits and getting in with Google it would be you.

[VijchtiDoodah]

I honestly don't know why they aren't gnawing at the bits to get in with google.

Oh, they are.  "After a year of negotiations, Time Warner (TWX) and Google (GOOG) have finally gone public with a pact that gives Google a 5% stake in America Online in exchange for $1 billion"[similar article]. Yahoo isn't particularly interested (or capable) of pulling off the same feat and were considering merging with Microsoft's MSN for a while (I'm fairly certain the negotiations never got anywhere, though).

[Sethamundo]

In all honesty, I've never known a single person who uses AOL.  As an ISP or email provider.  I honestly thought they'd have given up all together by now.

Apparently there's something that's kept them going al this time.  Excuse the fact that I'm oblivious to current internet related news.

[bja888]

In all honesty, I've never known a single person who uses AOL.  As an ISP or email provider.  I honestly thought they'd have given up all together by now.

Well duh! Don't you pay attention to the link dump??

AOL Admits 40% of Subscribers Don't Have Computers
http://www.watleyreview.com/2004/111604-3.html

I was wondering how they where still in business.

[Sethamundo]

In all honesty, I've never known a single person who uses AOL. As an ISP or email provider. I honestly thought they'd have given up all together by now.

Well duh! Don't you pay attention to the link dump??

AOL Admits 40% of Subscribers Don't Have Computers
http://www.watleyreview.com/2004/111604-3.html

I was wondering how they where still in business.

Apparently not.

[The Philanthropist]

Here is MY Google Homepage:

[Shiny Pennies!]

THat is weird. I don't really care, googles my main thing.