[0] Yahoo! Introduces New Suite of Services to Offer One-Stop Shop for Creating and Maintaining A Presence on the Web.Business Editors SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 2000 Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO YHOO Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ symbol) ), a leading global Internet communications, commerce and media company, today announced the latest additions to its consumer and business services, Yahoo!(R)Website Services (http://website.yahoo.com), Yahoo! Servers (http://servers.yahoo.com) and Yahoo! Domains (http://domains.yahoo.com). Combined, these new services will provide Yahoo! users a comprehensive solution for Web site hosting, dedicated servers and domain registration. Yahoo! Website Services provides people with the tools and flexibility they need to build, host and maintain their online presence in an efficient and secure environment. The property also allows one-click access to two additional new Yahoo! services: Yahoo! Domains, an easy-to-use online location to quickly search for, register and host personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. .com, .org, or .net domain names and Yahoo! Servers, a dedicated server hosting solution offering maximum reliability and flexibility. "We're providing our consumers with the tools they need to create, maintain, and host their Web site, whether they are using it for personal or professional use," said Rich Rygg, senior director, Business Services, Yahoo! Inc. "Yahoo! Website Services provides consumers a venue to engage in Web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. that best suits their needs. " Yahoo! Website Services Designed for personal or professional Web sites, Yahoo! Website Services allows consumers flexibility in creating and maintaining their site. Whether building a Web site or developing an online store for business use, Yahoo! Website Services provides an ideal environment for people to write their own HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. or use the development tools and software of their choice to design a Web site. For people selling items via their Web site, Yahoo! Website Services offers expanded commerce opportunities through its tight integration with Yahoo! Classifieds (http://classifieds.yahoo.com) and Yahoo! Auctions (http://auctions.yahoo.com), the fastest-growing, globally-branded free auction site on the Internet. Yahoo! Website Services also allows people to quickly and easily link their site to their own Yahoo! Store An online storefront for selling merchandise that is hosted by Yahoo!. Templates are available for creating and editing the Web pages directly online. Vendors set up their online stores ahead of time and go live after establishing the licensing arrangements. (http://store.yahoo.com), which then gives them the option to distribute their wares through Yahoo! Shopping (http://shopping.yahoo.com), the Web's one-stop shopping destination for finding, comparing and buying just about anything. Yahoo! Servers For those looking to host their Web site on a dedicated, maintained and secure server, Yahoo! Servers (http://servers.yahoo.com) offer a dedicated server hosting solution. Consumers can administer their Yahoo! Server (housed by Yahoo!) remotely, enabling them to have complete control over the Internet services that are hosted on their server. This service provides an excellent upgrade path for those business individuals who have outgrown a shared hosting environment See hosted environment. and require the power and manageability that can only be found in a dedicated server. Yahoo! Servers also allows people to maintain complete control of their dedicated server. With robust hardware and software solutions, server administrators have the ability to easily upgrade and customize their dedicated server to best fit their needs. Customers have their choice of three operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. : RedHat Linux, FreeBSD, and WindowsNT, as well as a multitude of disk and memory configurations. Additionally, dedicated servers hosted by Yahoo! Servers are monitored 24 hours a day, with notification of potential performance issues. Yahoo! Domains Easily accessible through Yahoo! Website Services, Yahoo! Domains (http://domains.yahoo.com) is a simple online location where people can quickly search for, register and host their own .com, .org, or .net domain names. The Yahoo! Domains registration process caters to consumers at varying levels of experience serving a variety of needs. For example, beginners can use the Yahoo! Domains "Wizard" to easily create a simple business card Web page and use personalized e-mail addresses See Internet address. e-mail address - electronic mail address with their registered domain. More experienced users, such as Webmasters, have the ability to forward their additional domains and sites to a single Web site. Advanced users can also take advantage of the "Domain Management Tool," which offers the ability to manage their own DNS (Domain Name System) A system for converting host names and domain names into IP addresses on the Internet or on local networks that use the TCP/IP protocol. For example, when a Web site address is given to the DNS either by typing a URL in a browser or behind the (A records, MX records and CNAME records). In addition, Yahoo! Domains also provides backend domain registrations for users on other Yahoo! properties, including Yahoo! Website Services, Yahoo! Store (http://store.yahoo.com), Yahoo! Servers and Yahoo! GeoCities (http://geocities.yahoo.com). About Yahoo! Yahoo! Inc. is a global Internet communications, commerce and media company that offers a comprehensive branded network of services to more than 145 million individuals each month worldwide. As the first online navigational guide to the Web, www.yahoo.com is the leading guide in terms of traffic, advertising, household and business user reach, and is one of the most recognized brands associated with the Internet. The company also provides online business services designed to enhance the Web presence of Yahoo!'s clients, including audio and video streaming See streaming video and video stream. , store hosting and management, and Web site tools and services. The company's global Web network includes 22 local World properties outside the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Yahoo! has offices in Europe, the Asia Pacific, Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , Canada and the United States The United States and Canada share a unique legal relationship. U.S. law looks northward with a mixture of optimism and cooperation, viewing Canada as an integral part of U.S. economic and environmental policy. , and is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. Yahoo! and the Yahoo! logo are registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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