I had a call from a friend today telling me that Yahoo is no longer opening as it was before. I tried opening it and i got Yahoo! Maktoob instead.
Now i know for a fact that Yahoo acquired Maktoob last year, but it is really annoying not to be able to open the original Yahoo page, plus i can’t find a way to switch back to the Yahoo page.
I guess this is yahoo’s idea of localization ..
You can visit the original yahoo page by going through a US based proxy like hidemyass.com
You can also try yahoo.co.uk and it works, but this sucks.
It sucks big time. If I want to go to Maktoob I can go there without the help of yahoo trying to shove it on people and force them to read the latest crap…Maktoob might be a great site for some but it is way down on my list if it is there…I may drop Yahoo and stop using it if they do not give me the options to chose what I want and what I am seeking…When I go to the trouble of typing there yahoo address, I get annoyed if they redirect me to some other crappy page that i do not care for …hope there is a fix soon ,,other wise there is plenty of space in the trash can for crappy stuff..
i hate this ‘maktoob’ and all this prayer timing and bad news about the middle east posted … ugh. how do i get rid of this. i am dropping yahoo, as i’d already planned, this seals the deal.
Maktoob is not our choice. Redirecting to it is a terrible push down for yahoo. If yahoo doesnot find a fix, it will lose many of its daily users.
Try typing http://us.yahoo.com/ in the address bar instead. It works. I hate Yahoo! Maktoob too, Fifi Abdo publishing her diaries and football teams that nobody heard of? Give me a break!
pls i have e-mila with maktoob and pls learn how to open it through yahoo