# Yahoo changed their logo

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-changed-their-logo/666262>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 14, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-changed-their-logo/666262 "2013-08-14T23:50:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-changed-their-logo/666262/1 "2013-08-14T23:50:53Z")

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Oh, they are going to change it in September and are featuring a new one daily up until then.

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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-changed-their-logo/666262/2 "2013-08-15T00:00:48Z")

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Well, that solves all their problems.

Just like spending $100,000 on a logo before they had any product at all made Next Computer a success.

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**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-changed-their-logo/666262/3 "2013-08-15T00:13:05Z")

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Most companies to whom Microsoft made an unrefusable offer found themselves screwed over; Yahoo managed to screw itself without getting any money for it.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-changed-their-logo/666262/4 "2013-08-15T00:19:15Z")

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I have a new slogan they can have for free.

**Yahoo: The Kmart of search engines**

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**Author:** ![Kiyoshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kiyoshi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiyoshi)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-changed-their-logo/666262/5 "2013-08-16T16:56:06Z")

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Yahoo still exists?!

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**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-changed-their-logo/666262/6 "2013-08-16T19:14:06Z")

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I still use it for my main email account. It works, and I don’t want to have to bother letting all my contacts know about an address change every time I switch to a new one.