List of mergers and acquisitions by Yahoo!

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This is a listing of corporate acquisitions made by Yahoo!, since it was founded on March 1 1995.

1997

  • September 1997 – Net Controls ($1.4 Million)
  • October 1997 – Four11 (RocketMail) ($92 Million)

1998

  • March 1998 – Classic Games
  • June 1998 – ViaWeb ($49 Million)
  • July 1998 – WebCal
  • December 1998 – Yoyodyne for ($29.6 Million)
  • December 1998 – Sportasy

1999

  • January 1999 – Hyperparellel ($8 Million)
  • February 1999 – Log-Me-On ($10 Million)
  • May 1999 – GeoCities ($3.6 Billion)
  • May 1999 – Encompass ($130m)
  • June 1999 – Online Anywhere ($80m)
  • July 1999 – Broadcast.com ($5.7 Billion)
  • November 1999 – MyQuest

2000

  • March 2000 – Arthas.com
  • August 2000 – eGroups ($432 Million)
  • November 2000 – Kimo ($145 Million)

2001

  • April 2001 – Sold.com ($30 Million)
  • June 2001 – Launch Media ($12 Million)

2002

  • January 2002 – Hotjobs ($436 Million)
  • December 2002 – Inktomi ($235 Million)

2003

  • October 2003 – Overture ($1.63 Billion)

2004

2005

  • February 2005 – Verdisoft (a software development company for $93 million)
  • March 2005 – Ludicorp Research, owner of Flickr ($40 Million)
  • March 2005 – Stadeon (cross-platform gaming technology)
  • April 2005 – TeRespondo (Brazilian performance-based advertising network)
  • June 2005 – Dialpad
  • June 2005 – Blo.gs
  • July 2005 – Konfabulator
  • October 2005 – Alibaba (purchased approximately 46 percent of Alibaba, an e-commerce company based in China for $1 billion in cash and the contribution of Yahoo! China)
  • October 2005 – Upcoming.org
  • October 2005 – Whereonearth
  • December 2005 – del.icio.us

2006

  • January 2006 – SearchFox, WebJay
  • April 2006 – Meedio
  • June 2006 – Gmarket (10 % stake)
  • September 2006 – Jumpcut.com[1]
  • October 2006 – AdInterax
  • October 2006 – Right Media (20 % stake)
  • November 2006 – Kenet Works ($20 Million)
  • November 2006 – Bix.com [2]
  • December 2006 – Wretch

2007

  • January 2007 – MyBlogLog [3]
  • April 30, 2007 – Right Media [4] (80% = $680 Million)
  • June 20, 2007 – Yahoo! agrees to acquire Rivals.com. [5]
  • September 4, 2007 – Yahoo! to acquire BlueLithium for $300 million in cash. [6]
  • September 14, 2007 – Yahoo! purchases BuzzTracker. [7]
  • September 17, 2007 – Yahoo! Acquires Zimbra for $350 million in cash. [8]

2008

  • February 4, 2008 - Yahoo! Acquires FoxyTunes [9]
  • February 12, 2008 - Yahoo! Acquires Maven Networks, Inc. for approximately $160 million. [10]

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