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Yahoo Turns 10; Free Ice Cream for America

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the strange-promotions dept.

indiejade writes "It was 10 years ago today that Yahoo was born in a trailer outside Stanford University. Joining the celebration is Baskin Robbins, which is serving up a free scoop of ice cream in honor of the day Yahoo began climbing the ranks from its humble beginning. Founders Jerry Yang and David Filo joined CEO Terry Semel to kick off the stock market opening bell this morning. The Birthday Boys claim that they are happy with the steady growth of their company, and expressed no regrets for their "once upon a time" decision to fund Google. "Competition is good," they said prior to the opening bell this morning."

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  1. News Site Slowing Down... by canfirman · · Score: 5, Informative
    so, here's the text:

    Yahoo!'s 10th birthday is today. To celebrate, they're giving away... a scoop of ice cream, courtesy of Baskin Robbins.

    Link: Baskin Robbins Yahoo! page (link will only work today)

    I don't know about the rest of the country, but right now in Dallas it's 45 degrees.

    Was this a promotion cooked up by Baskin Robbins to boost sales during a slow month? Does anyone else think this is weird?

    Added by WebProNews Editor ...

    Here's what the splash page (linked above) says:

    Yahoo! Turns 10 Today!

    "You may find our celebratory tune hard to resist since it's our birthday, but you get the present. Today only, March 2, 2005, as a registered Yahpp! user, you can get one scoop (2.5 oz..) of your favorite Basikin-Robbins' ice cream in a cup or a cone on us. Simply sign in, download your coupon, then head out to the party.

    Availabale at over 3,423 select Baskin-Robbins locations throughout the world!"

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  2. coupon link! by yincrash · · Score: 5, Informative

    here is the link to the coupon: http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/yahoo_birthday /

    1. Re:coupon link! by FooAtWFU · · Score: 4, Informative
      Here is the link to the coupon that doesn't need you to register or anything:
      http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/yahoo_birthday /coupon.swf?fName=Anonymous&lName=Coward&lang=us

      (Silly URL data encoding. Adjust URL parameters to suit your personal needs.)

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  3. Re:Yahoo & Google by deadmongrel · · Score: 4, Informative

    If i remember right yahoo used inktomi, google as their search engine. Until recently yahoo and google results were the same and if you look carefully at the bottom of the page you would see "powered by google".
    http://searchenginewatch.com/sereport/article.php/ 2165081

  4. Fine Print: First 300 only ... by un1xl0ser · · Score: 5, Informative

    Fine Print:

    Limit one coupon per customer, where supplies last, or for the first 300 coupons presented for redemption at each store.

    FYI ...

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  5. Mine didn't take the coupon! by Lothar+0 · · Score: 4, Informative

    "Sorry, but they didn't tell us about it," the woman at the counter said when I presented my print-out. Everyone here, call ahead to see whether or not your BR is participating in this.

    As for me, since Dunkin Donuts is the same company as BR, I'm taking my business to Krispy Kreme and Cold Stone Cremery instead.

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