Yintoni 'I-Yahoo' Emele?

Yahoo! (ispelingi kunye nesigxina sokumangalisa) sisifutshane "Ngenye into echasayo". Igama elingaqhelekanga nelininzi elide liye lahlanganiswa ngowe-1994 ngumbini wobunjineli bombane Ph.D. abaviwa kwiYunivesithi yeStanford: uDavid Filo noJerry Yang.


Igama loqobo: "Ukhokelo lukaDavid noJerry kwiWebhu yeWebhu yehlabathi ," kwakulungelekile, kodwa kungeyona into efanelekileyo. Basebenzisa isichazamazwi ukuba bafike nge "Yahoo!", igama apho umntu angakhumbula kwaye athi ngokulula. Okubaluleke ngakumbi, uJerry noDavid bathi bathanda inkcazo ye-yahoo: "inkohlakalo, ingabonakaliyo, ingabikho."

Ekugqibeleni, igama le-Yahoo! wachaza ngokucacileyo njengesixhobo sokusesha kwiwebhu. Igama elithi "ulungelelwano" luchaza indlela i-Yahoo! I-database yahlelwa kwicandelo lolawulo. Igama elithi "i-oracle" lalijoliswe ukuba lithetha "umthombo wenyaniso nobulumko". Kwaye "i-officious" ichaza abasebenzi abaninzi baseofisi ababeza kusebenzisa i-Yahoo! database ngenkathi usuka emsebenzini.

UJerry noDavid babethanda ukutshiza iWebhu. IWebhsayithi yayineminyaka emi-5 ubudala kwaye isele "encinci" ngo-1994, kodwa kunye namawaka ewebhusayithi eyenziwa imihla ngemihla, kwakunzima ukufumana nantoni na ngokukhawuleza. Ngoko, abafundi ababini bakha Yahoo! njengesikhokelo sabo kwiWebhu yehlabathi jikelele! Ngamazwi abo, "bezama nje ukuthatha zonke izinto kwaye bazinze ukuba zisebenzise".

UJerry noDavid bachitha ubusuku obuninzi badibanisa uluhlu lwewebhusayithi zabo ezizithandayo kwi-Yahoo! database .

Ekuqaleni, uluhlu lulawulwe kodwa, ngokukhawuleza, lwaba lukhulu kakhulu ukuhamba ngokulula. Kulo xesha uluhlu olukhulu lwahlula kwiindidi. Emva kwexesha elithile, iindidi zaza zaza zaza zaza zahlula zaba ngamaqela. Oku, ngokuqinisekileyo, yaba yinto eyaziwa ngokuba yi "imeko esekelwe" ingcinga emva kwe-Yahoo!

Ngokukhulu ngelizwi lomlomo, i-Yahoo! abaphulaphuli bakhula ngokukhawuleza. Ngaphantsi konyaka, intanethi yeStford yabanjwa kakhulu nge-Yahoo! I-traffic yosesho lwewebhu, uJerry, noDavid kwafuneka bahambe zabo Yahoo! database kwiofisi zeNetscape.

UDavid noJerry baqaphele ukuba amandla ka-Yahoo! Njengeshishini loshishino kwaye libandakanywa ngo-Matshi ka -95. Bobabili bashiye izifundo zabo zokugqiba ukusebenzela kwi-Yahoo! Ixesha eliphelele. Ngo-Apreli 1995, abatyali-mali be-Sequoia Capital baxhaswa nge-Yahoo! kunye nokutyalomali kokuqala malunga ne-$ 2 yezigidi. Kwakhona, ngeli xesha, uDavid noJerry baqesha uTim Koogle njenge-CEO kunye noJeffrey Mallett njenge-COO kwimigangatho yeqela labo lolawulo. Imali eyongezelelweyo yafika kamva ngo-1995 evela kubatyalo-mali iSoftbank kunye neReuters Ltd.

I-Yahoo !, njengeqela labaqeshwa abangama-49, baya kwi-IPO ngo-Ephreli ka-1996.

Ngamazwi kaTim Koogle, Yahoo! uye "umsebenzi wokulala ubuthongo". Ingcamango eyayinemeko enembile, ehleliwe kwaye ngaphambi kwexesha layo, yaba Yahoo! Inc. - i-Internet yonxibelelwano ye-intanethi, ishishini, kunye nenkampani yemidiya yenkampani enika iinkonzo zeenethwekhi kumntu angaphezu kwe-345 yezigidi ngenyanga ngenyanga.

Namhlanje, uDavid noJerry, abaphakathi kweminyaka yesithathu, banamabhiliyoni. Akunabo kubo abaye babuyela ekugqibeleni iF.D yabo. izifundo, kodwa zombini zibekwa ngu-Forbes njengamadoda angama-400 awona manzi kakhulu kunawo onke eMelika.

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