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Yahoo on WordPress
Filed under: Asides, WordPress, Yahoo | December 3rd, 2005
Stephen Steele (is that a real name?) just wrote in that the new Yahoo Mail updates blog is on WordPress. As far as I know this is the first official Yahoo blog on WP I’ve seen. What makes it really interesting is it’s the first time I’ve seen third-party software (like WordPress) on the yahoo.com domain. You’ll notice every time they’ve done blogs before it’s been on a different domain like yahoo.net or ysearchblog.com, I imagine because of the incredibly strict security requirements anything with access to Yahoo.com cookies must meet. This is very exciting news. 
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Stephen Steele | December 3rd, 2005 @ 9:06 am
Yep it’s still (http://photomatt.net/2005/04/23/ken-ham-blog) my real name! I’ve been told before it sounds like a superhero!
Robert Accettura | December 3rd, 2005 @ 9:13 am
ysearchblog.com seems to be MT… now they have WP.
The killer would be if ysearhblog switched over
Eric | December 3rd, 2005 @ 10:38 am
Where’s the link to Wordpress on their blog?
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Alice | December 3rd, 2005 @ 2:02 pm
Well of course it doesn’t matter because it’s not Google.
David Russell | December 3rd, 2005 @ 2:37 pm
Oh good - I suppose this is the price (see what I did there?) of free software - anyone can use it no matter how unethical they are, no matter how many oppressive regimes they help to imprison journalists.
IGrizzli | December 3rd, 2005 @ 3:35 pm
This is very exciting news. You quite right. It’s most intresting news for today.
MenZa | December 3rd, 2005 @ 3:46 pm
Awesome. I don’t know what else to say than these are very great news :). The only way to actually notice is by looking at the source, though:
Which is too bad (I hope it’ll show up this way :S)
MenZa | December 3rd, 2005 @ 3:48 pm
Oh yeah, and the fact that it seems to be a heavily modified “Pool” theme, judging by the favicon.ico
By the previous comment, I was stating that it can be seen in the meta generator field.
Matt | December 3rd, 2005 @ 4:03 pm
It’s not a requirement in WP (or any free software) to link, I generally don’t worry about it if they don’t.
Elea | December 3rd, 2005 @ 4:07 pm
Would’ve be nice if they had credited Wordpress and the original theme designer, but at the least, you do have further proof of Wordpress’s greatness.
Roy Schestowitz | December 3rd, 2005 @ 11:49 pm
This is excellent news. Similar to: http://photomatt.net/2004/11/30/the-apple-blog/
Aaron Brazell | December 4th, 2005 @ 12:43 am
Where’s the link to Wordpress on their blog?
Right here:
<meta name=”generator” content=”WordPress 1.5.2″ />
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Kevin Jarrett | December 4th, 2005 @ 6:55 am
Wondering if anyone here is actually PARTICIPATING in the Yahoo!Mail beta? I’ve signed up a few times and never heard back. Bleh…
Gonahkar | December 4th, 2005 @ 7:32 am
Oh, Very good news!!! Congratulation.
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markku | December 4th, 2005 @ 10:58 am
Wow, this is great news! WP is now really making significant headways, congrats to everyone.
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Jalansutera | December 4th, 2005 @ 8:39 pm
You must be very proud, Matt! Congratulation..!
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Iram | December 5th, 2005 @ 1:42 am
Congrats! So proud of you!
MenZa | December 5th, 2005 @ 8:44 am
Yeah, but I wouldn’t have been able to tell if I hadn’t seen it here
Sheryl Coe | December 5th, 2005 @ 2:09 pm
I posted a nice yahoo mail group post gently weaving in a pat on the back to them for using wordpress. Has to be moderator approved though. This really says a lot about how reliable it is, doesn’t it. Kudos.
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Boja | December 6th, 2005 @ 11:09 am
And they remove credits of my theme
anonymuis | December 6th, 2005 @ 5:15 pm
in the end i keep wondering why ppl keep purchasing a very expensive weblogtool as expression engine when there’s a better tool ever which is Word Press!
Boja, you should contact the webmaster, i’d do if i was you lol heheh! j/k
Lou | December 6th, 2005 @ 8:22 pm
For further confirmation I tried http://updates.mail.yahoo.com/blog/wp-login.php and yep, it’s WP all right.
Hurray!