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Friday, October 26, 2007

Yahoo Shuts Down 360

Yahoo has announced it is shutting down Yahoo 360, its never-popular social networking service. 360, which launched on March 29, 2005 (apparently the last time I was ever hopeful about Yahoo), never caught on the way Microsoft’s Spaces did, having a less-appealing interface, and bad decision to start as invite-only, and a lack of promotion and integration from its host company.

Yahoo will be folding 360 into a “more integrated” Yahoo profile experience while concentrating more on Mash, which it isn’t promoting any better. While you consider the likelihood of them screwing this up, again, lets reminisce:

Yahoo 360 Getting Buzz - March 25, 2005

Yahoo 360 Launches - March 29

Dave Winer Tears Yahoo A New One + Get A 360 Invite
- March 29

Yahoo 360? Sixfoo 660!
- April 6

Is Yahoo Trying Too Hard To Out-Google Google?
- May 20

Yahoo Updates 360 With Flickr, RSS Features
- July 27

Yeah, I haven’t written about it in 27 months. What does that say?

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