Yahoo! is very excited about the number of opportunities ahead of us and we intend to capitalize on them through a balanced approach to growth that includes building, buying and partnering. Yahoo! has created a terrific home for entrepreneurs to access the resources of a larger company and yet stay true to their product vision and direction. Over the past few years, we have made several successful acquisitions including Overture, Inktomi, Flickr, del.icio.us and Upcoming.org. The Corporate Development team is responsible for reviewing all of Yahoo!'s acquisitions. If you are an entrepreneur, the CEO of an innovative company, or just someone who thinks they have a great idea for Yahoo! we would like to hear about it.

To submit your company for consideration, you must agree to the terms below, complete a submission form and submit an Executive Summary of your company. Once we receive the information, it can take up to 4 weeks for the initial review process. If we choose to initiate a discussion, you will be asked to submit additional information.

Do not submit confidential or proprietary information through this web page! If you wish to propose a new business relationship with Yahoo!, please briefly describe the nature of that proposed relationship in general detail and how any collaboration would benefit Yahoo! or enhance the Yahoo! user experience. If Yahoo! is interested in discussing a business relationship with you, then Yahoo! will contact you to discuss potential terms, including terms and conditions of confidentiality.

By submitting ideas, documents, and proposals ("Contributions") to Yahoo! through this web page, you acknowledge and agree that: (1) Yahoo! is not under any obligation of confidentiality, express or implied, with respect to the Contributions; (2) Yahoo! shall be entitled to use or disclose (or choose not to use or disclose) such Contributions for any purpose, in any way, in any media worldwide; (3) Yahoo! may have something similar to the Contributions already under consideration or in development; and (4) you are not entitled to any compensation or reimbursement of any kind from Yahoo! under any circumstances. These terms and conditions supersede any conflicting understandings between you and Yahoo!, whether written or oral, concerning the Contributions.

Click on the 'Agree' button to continue to the submission form.

In addition to submitting your company for consideration, the Corporate Development Group encourages you to explore the wide array of resources available at Yahoo!. The resources below can assist your company in product development, revenue generation and business operations. We encourage you to take advantage of these resources and others found on our network of websites.

Yahoo! Developer Network

Yahoo! Developer Network promotes and supports integration with Yahoo! through Web service APIs and other technologies. We also assist Yahoo! properties with the process of opening their services with both free (noncommercial) and commercially-licensed APIs. Using our products, third-party software developers can create applications and Web sites that integrate with Yahoo!, providing users with innovative and convenient access to Yahoo! data. We do this to extend the reach of Yahoo! across the Web, to provide new and innovative ways for Yahoo! users to access their data, and to initiate conversations with businesses who wish to integrate with us.

To learn more about how you can take advantage of Yahoo!'s open APIs to build exciting products and services, please click on the link below.

http://developer.yahoo.net

Yahoo! Publisher Network

The Yahoo! Publisher Network self-serve platform enables web publishers to sign-up online for Yahoo! advertising products and provides them with fast, easy access to other syndicated Yahoo! content and products. As a member of the network, web publishers of all sizes have everything they need to maximize the value of their sites for themselves and for users, creating an even more rewarding online experience for publishers, advertisers and users.

The first product that Yahoo! Publisher Network is offering to small- and medium-sized publishers is Content Match. Publishers sign up online, place Yahoo!.s contextually-relevant listings on their sites and receive a share of the revenue generated by them.

To learn more about the many ways in which you can generate revenue using the Yahoo! Publisher Network, please click on the link below.

http://publisher.yahoo.com

Online Business Solutions

Yahoo! is the Internet's leading global business services company, offering a comprehensive network of essential services for businesses of all sizes. We provide a reliable platform for online business services, including domain name registration, email, web hosting, and e-commerce solutions, so you can avoid costly investments in hardware, software, and IT staffing. Our systems are monitored around the clock and we devote significant resources to maintaining highly reliable facilities. These measures allow us to support your growing business and to help you deliver a superior customer experience.

We make it easy to take your business online -- no matter what level of experience you have.

To learn more about the many services that Yahoo! Small Business can provide you in establishing and running your company, please click on the link below.

http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/business_services/

Company Overview

Founded in 1994 by Stanford Ph.D. students David Filo and Jerry Yang, Yahoo! began as a hobby and has evolved into a leading global brand that has changed the way people communicate with each other, conduct transactions and access, share, and create information. Today, led by an executive team that includes CEO and Chief Yahoo Jerry Yang, President Susan Decker, Chief Financial Officer Blake Jorgensen, and Co-Founder/Chief Yahoo David Filo, Yahoo! Inc. has become the world's largest global online network of integrated services with more than 500 million users worldwide. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with a presence in more than 20 markets and regions around the globe.

Yahoo! powers and delights our communities of users, advertisers, and publishers - all of us united in creating indispensable experiences, and fueled by trust.

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