Today we are here with a new topic on how to create a Yahoo account. Yahoo is one of the email services. Today email is most widely used to communicate with one another.
Everyone must have an email in the present world. We have many electronic mail services, but our topic is mainly about Yahoo mail.
Yahoo mail is one of the most popular and widely used emails throughout the world.
While a graduate or a fresher is on their way to applying for any job, email acts as intermediate communication between the person and the company employee.
Not only for freshers but electronic mail is also used for communication between clients and customers. Let us go through our topic(Yahoo mail).
Generally, an official Yahoo mail is in the format of abcd123@yahoo.com. We will discuss complete details about yahoo mail and the contents that we cover are
- History of Yahoo!
- How to create a Yahoo mail account?
- About Yahoo
- How to log in to Yahoo mail?
- How to create Yahoo business mail?
- Yahoo’s net worth
- How to transform Yahoo mail to Gmail?
- Pros and cons of yahoo
- Conclusion
- Frequently Asked Questions about Yahoo
History of Yahoo!
The two electrical engineering graduates from Stanford University named Jerry Yang and David Filo are the founders of Yahoo. Yahoo was first invented in January 1994.
The two electrical engineering graduates first invented the “Jerry and David’s” guide which is available on the world wide web.
Later in March 1994, they changed the name Jerry and David’s guide to Yahoo. Yahoo.com was first registered on 18 January 1995.
Yahoo is owned by two organizations which are Apollo Global management and Verizon communication.
Yahoo was generally known as Yet Another Hierarchically Officious Oracle and there is another form for Yahoo(Yet Another Hierarchically Organized Oracle) which is currently in use.
The first search engine for Yahoo.com was released on 2nd March 1995 and is named Yahoo directory. Yahoo is the first and most popular online search directory in the world.
How to create a Yahoo account
Already we discussed how Yahoo mail is important to every person. It is mostly used for official communication all over the world with the use of the internet.
Creating a Yahoo account is a bit simple. Let us know how to create a Yahoo mail.
Steps to know how to create a Yahoo account:
- Step1: First enter the official website address of Yahoo in any of the search engines.
- Step2: It will redirect to the official website page.
- Step3: A page will display whether the user has an account in Yahoo or wants to create an account.
- Step4: Click on create a new account. Then a page will load which asks for all the required details to create a Yahoo account.
- Step5: Enter your full name(capital letters), mobile number, a name that will appear on your mail address, and email address on which you want to create an account, your date of birth, and enter a strong password for your account( which helps to secure from others to log in to your account).
(Note: Password must be strong enough. There are some conditions that the password must have.
- Password must be a minimum of 8 characters.
- Password must contain at least one capital letter, symbols, special characters(like @, #, $, etc), and numbers.
- Password must not be your name or date of birth.)
- Step6: After entering all the details, click on next. It will ask you to confirm your password again. Enter the password you have created.
- Step7: It will ask you to give the security question which will help you to recover your account in case you forget your password.
(Note: The security questions are any of the formats like favorite color, favorite actor, etc. And you must answer your question too).
- Step8:Additionally you can add details of your aadhaar card, pan card, and passport(optional).
- Step9: It will prefer the email address and the name given to the email if there is any other person with the same mail address or name.
- Step10: Click on CONTINUE to create your account.
After creating an account in Yahoo a confirmation mail will be sent to the email address you have created. That indicates your Yahoo account was successfully created.
You may log in to your account from anywhere through a computer, laptop, tab, or from a mobile phone which must have internet access.
About Yahoo
We all know that Yahoo Mail is one of the most popular and widely used electronic mail throughout the world. Jerry Yang and David Filo are the founders of Yahoo mail.
In January 1994 both electrical engineering graduates from Stanford University invented the email service which is named Yahoo.
Yahoo is owned by two organizations which are Apollo Global management and Verizon communication. The headquarters of Yahoo was located in Sunnyvale, California.
Apollo Global management once 90% of Yahoo mail and Verizon Communications phones and percent of Yahoo Mail.
The official website of Yahoo Mail is www.yahoo.com. Yahoo provides its services in different ways: a web portal, Yahoo news, a search engine named Yahoo search, Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Mail, and Yahoo Finance.
Yahoo contains two advertising platforms which are named Yahoo! Native and Yahoo! Ad tech.
How to log in to a Yahoo account
Before logging in to your Yahoo account, make sure that you have an account in Yahoo. Everyone must have an account in Yahoo before logging in.
If you don’t have an account on Yahoo, please follow the above steps to create an account on Yahoo. Once you create your account, you can now log in to your Yahoo account.
It is similar to logging in to your account or a business account. It has some steps to log in. It is very simple to log in to a Yahoo account.
Please follow the following steps to log in to your Yahoo account. Steps to know how to log in to a Yahoo account:
- Step1: After creating an account in Yahoo, anyone can log in to their account by using the email address and the password.
- Step 2: Visit the official Yahoo website from any search engine. By clicking on the login button it will redirect to the log-in page.
- Step3: Once you visit the log-in page you can see an empty box that tells you to enter your phone number/username/email address.
- Step4: You can log in by using any of the three formats.
- Step5: Once you enter the email address, click on NEXT. It will redirect to a page that asks for your account password.
- Step6: Enter the strong password that you have created for your account.
- Step7: In any case, if you forget your password, click on forget the password. Then it will ask the security question that you previously gave while creating the Yahoo account.
- Step8: You must enter the answer that you have given(as it is without any mistakes of numbers, capital letters, etc).
- Step9: Then it will show one page on which you can create your new password.
- Step10: Click on CONTINUE after successfully entering your password. Then it will log in to your Yahoo account.
After successfully logging in to your Yahoo account you can send any message or you can see the emails that are coming to you.
You can log in to your Yahoo account from any of the devices which must have active internet. Once your work is over, it is better to log out of your account (which saves you from hacking and fraudulent use of your account).
How to create a Yahoo mail for my business
It is similar to that of creating a personal Yahoo mail. Already we discussed how Yahoo mail is important to every person.
Nowadays electronic mail is most famous and widely used by every person in the world. It is mostly used for official communication all over the world with the use of the internet.
Creating a Yahoo account for business purposes is a bit simple. Let us know how to create Yahoo mail for business purposes.
Steps to know how to create a Yahoo account for business purposes:
- Step1: First enter the official website address of Yahoo in any of the search engines.
- Step2: It will redirect to the official website page.
- Step3: A page will display whether the user has an account in Yahoo or wants to create an account.
- Step4: Click on create a new account(for personal purpose or business purposes). Then a page will load which asks for all the required details to create a Yahoo account.
- Step5: Enter your full name(capital letters), mobile number, a name that will appear on your mail address, and email address on which you want to create an account for business purposes, your date of birth, and enter a strong password for your account( which helps to secure from others to log in to your account).
- Step6: After entering all the details, click on next. It will ask you to confirm your password again. Enter the password you have created.
(Note: Password must be strong enough. There are some conditions that the password must have.
- Password must be a minimum of 8 characters.
- Password must contain at least one capital letter, symbols, special characters(like @, #, $, etc), and numbers.
- Password must not be your name or date of birth.)
- Step7: Whether the account is for business, it is required to add some of the details(like for which business the account is for, the business name, if it is an IT company it is particular to give the companies details(like company name, source, etc)).
- Step8: It will ask you to give the security question which will help you to recover your account in case you forget your password.
(Note: The security questions are any of the formats like favorite color, favorite actor, etc. And you must answer your question too).
- Step9: It will prefer the email address and the name given to the email if there is any other person with the same mail address or name.
- Step10: Click on CONTINUE to create your account for business purposes.
After creating a business account in Yahoo a confirmation mail will be sent to the email address you have created.
That indicates your Yahoo business account was successfully created and activated. If the account is for business purposes then the people working under that organization will use the same mail address to interact with clients.
And everyone who is working under a company or organization will have separate business mails which helps to direct communication with clients.
You may log in to your account from anywhere through a computer, laptop, tab, or from a mobile phone which must have internet access.
Yahoo’s Net Worth
Yahoo was first introduced in January 1994 by Jerry Yang and David Filo. Yahoo started its stock value from the date when it came into use.
After two the date of Yahoo’s invention that is in April 1996 the stock value of Yahoo rose to 600% of its actual value, which introduced a high profit to the owners.
Many companies and organizations started investing in Yahoo. At the start of the 21st century (2000) the net worth of Yahoo is unestimated it is increasing by millions daily.
In 2000 the net worth of Yahoo was about $125 billion. But the share value of Yahoo started decreasing after many of the electronic mail services were introduced.
At the time of 2015, the market value of Yahoo decreased to $5 billion, where Yahoo saw a huge loss of $120 billion in just 15 years.
The net worth of Yahoo started raising in 2015, as of 2020 the net worth of Yahoo is $7.4 billion. Recently its net worth was figured as $7.8 billion, which is showing a gradual increase in its net worth.
How to transform Yahoo mail to Gmail
Nowadays the number of Yahoo users is decreasing. To maintain their customers active, Yahoo made a conversation with Google to make availability to transfer the mains and data from Yahoo mail to Google mail.
There is a possible way to transfer the data from Yahoo mail to Google mail if the user wants to transfer his/her Yahoo Mail to Google Mail.
The data involves every mail with the Yahoo mail received and the contact list and the messages everything which was the backdrop to that Yahoo Mail. We will discuss how to transform Yahoo mail into Google mail.
Steps to transform Yahoo mail to Google mail are as follows:
- Step1: Before transferring the data from Yahoo mail to Google mail the user must have a Google mail account.
- Step2: If the user doesn’t have a Google mail account first he must create a Google-made account to transfer the data from Yahoo Mail.
- Step3: After creating a Google mail account open the Google mail and go to inbox then a gear icon appears at the upper right corner of the inbox.
- Step4: After clicking on the gear icon you can see an option named settings. Click on the Settings option.
- Step5: Select the accounts and import option in the list of menus that appear after clicking the settings option.
- Step6: You will see an option named import male and contact click on the option which will help you to transfer the data from your Yahoo Mail to Google Mail.
- Step7: You will see a box that shows enter your Yahoo mail address. Enter your Yahoo Mail from which Yahoo mail you want to transfer the data.
Once you have completed the process of transferring the mails, contacts, and data from Yahoo mail to Google mail, all the mails will be shown in the Google mail format.
If you don’t want to maintain the Yahoo mail after transferring the data to Google mail you can delete your account in yahoo mail.
Pros & cons about Yahoo mail
The pros and cons of Yahoo Mail are similar to that of every email service. Every company or organization, etc will have corresponding advantages and disadvantages. Let us take a look at the advantages and disadvantages of Yahoo.
Pros
Cons
Conclusions
We had a clear look at Yahoo, how to create an account in yahoo mail and how to log in to Yahoo Mail etc. Yahoo is one of the most popularly used email services.
Yahoo services are still trying to regain its profit by adding additional features to its mail services. Yahoo services are currently active and the services of Yahoo are spread all over the world. In the beginning.
Yahoo noted a high number of raises in its shares but gradually the share value is decreasing. Please post your comments or queries in the below comment section which will help us to refer back.
Frequently Asked Questions
We have so many questions that many of the users requested us to clarify. Letters clear the questions that the users have mostly about Yahoo. Here are the frequently asked questions about Yahoo.
Can we create and log in to Yahoo accounts on mobile phones?
Yes, it is possible to create a Yahoo account on a mobile phone. The process to create a Yahoo Mail account on a mobile phone is the same as that of the process that we use on a computer. Or we can use the Yahoo mail app on your mobile phone to log in or create a Yahoo Mail. The mobile app makes it easy for the user to not log in whenever he wants to check his Yahoo Mail.
How many active users are there for Yahoo currently?
As of December 2021, Yahoo has 231 million active users every month. Currently, many Yahoo users are transferring their data and services into Google mail. The current status of Yahoo is active. Even though the share value of Yahoo is decreasing, the number of active users of Yahoo does not notice a huge change.
Is there any age limit to creating an account on Yahoo?
Absolutely no, there is no age limit for creating an account on yahoo. But Yahoo services will ask about the user’s age to restrict some of the services that they provide to the user. If the user is below 18 after when he crossed his restricted age, all the services will be active from Yahoo Mail.
