Reality Check by Dave Whamond for August 09, 2016

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Alta Vista!

Soon the Yahoo folks will have to say “Verizon!” But maybe that’s not such a bad thing. Yahoo has been ignoring its clients’ complaints for years.

Considering the origin of the name Yahoo (Gulliver’s Travels) I wonder why it was chosen.

This screen ain’t big enough for the two of you.

Let’s just Ask Jeeves!

And then sherrif Roscoe P. Coltrane appeared, searching for answers.

I always thought the alternative to “Yahoo!” was “Whoopee!”.

Duck Duck Go. No tracking.

DuckDuckGo.

Lycos

What ? Me Worried ?I thought Verizon was bad until I got stuck with Frontier. Out here in the boonies, the choice is only between bad and worse.

I’ll be honest. I didn’t know Yahoo still existed, I left them so many years ago.

Duck Duck Go

Yahoo! is terrible. Its search engine is crap, and it’s not an unbiased news site.