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What is so special about the exclamation point on Yahoo?

Intructions:
1. Turn on the speakers
2. Raise the volume
3. Head over to Yahoo
4. Click on the exclamation point located near the logo
5. ?
Does anyone know when did they add this new “feature” of the yahooooooo sound?
It is strange, unique, different from all the other search engines (can’t imagine Google or MSN doing something similar), but in the end it is pleasing and I can’t stop clicking the damn exclamation point.
PS – please excuse my paintbrush skills (arrow) on the yahoo logo but I had a point to make.
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16 Responses for "The Exclamation Point on Yahoo"
July 16th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
1Its there in IE7… quiet, but it is there… weird.
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July 16th, 2007 at 9:49 pm
2[...] on the speakers 2. Raise the volume 3. Head over to Yahoo 4. Click on the exclamation point 5. ? (more…) July 16, 2007 | Filed Under ForeverGeek, Technology [...]
July 16th, 2007 at 10:37 pm
3It has been there for as long as I can remember.
July 17th, 2007 at 12:32 am
4There was even a lawsuit regarding the use of it.
You guys must be young and didn’t live in the pre-google era.
July 17th, 2007 at 4:07 am
5That’s news to me, and I’m old enough to remember navigating the Yahoo! directory tree (pre-search). You know, the old days. Like, nine years ago.
July 17th, 2007 at 10:21 am
6Works in IE but not Firefox. What’s up with that?
July 17th, 2007 at 9:50 pm
7Works just fine in Firefox.
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July 17th, 2007 at 10:30 pm
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July 18th, 2007 at 10:01 am
9hmm..
that’s a nice voice.i bet he would win a prize from his leader for this
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July 25th, 2007 at 9:00 am
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August 7th, 2007 at 6:59 pm
11Actually when you click on it, its like a time machine back to 1998….
Hence the name.
Remember the commercials? They also capitalized on same idea the giddy world of pho-net-ics.
March 7th, 2009 at 4:12 am
12It doesn’t work with Firefox!
March 8th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
13this does not work wat r we doin wrong we turn up our volume all the way click on exclamation point and it dosnt do anything!!!!!!!!!
March 8th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
14the same thing that happened 2 #13 it does not work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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