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thedailywhat: End Of An Era of the Day: The iconic Yahoo billboard — an emblem of a bygone era built over a decade ago during the heyday of the dot-com boom — was brought down today by Clear Channel, which announced last month that the space had suddenly become available. The move surprised some, considering the billboard’s status among Bay Bridge commuters, and the relatively low cost of keeping the sign up ($65,000 a month). Is Yahoo! in trouble? A spokesperson told the San Jose Mercury News that the company was merely focused on “new and innovative ways” to market themselves. Namely the kind that don’t cost a lot of money. Check out the billboard’s better days below, and on its official Flickr page, which, unlike its subject, is still up. [sfgate / mercurynews / flickr / photo: shawn.clover.]

thedailywhat:

End Of An Era of the Day: The iconic Yahoo billboard — an emblem of a bygone era built over a decade ago during the heyday of the dot-com boom — was brought down today by Clear Channel, which announced last month that the space had suddenly become available.

The move surprised some, considering the billboard’s status among Bay Bridge commuters, and the relatively low cost of keeping the sign up ($65,000 a month).

Is Yahoo! in trouble? A spokesperson told the San Jose Mercury News that the company was merely focused on “new and innovative ways” to market themselves.

Namely the kind that don’t cost a lot of money.

Check out the billboard’s better days below, and on its official Flickr page, which, unlike its subject, is still up.

[sfgate / mercurynews / flickr / photo: shawn.clover.]

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  5. angelaaawong reblogged this from city-by-the-bay and added:
    sf, please stop changing while i’m away :(
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    goodbye to the most iconic san francisco billboard i know
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    noooo!!!!!!!! :(
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  19. oddlymade reblogged this from thesanfrancisco and added:
    So sad! I use to look at this bridge on my commute back home every day since I was about 8. :(
  20. fyeahsanfrancisco reblogged this from rainingspades and added:
    The one on the way to the Bay Bridge. ):
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    i used to see this everyday commuting from castro valley to sf..=[ sorry yahoo. maybe things will pick up and you can...
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  28. ladyofdecember reblogged this from hardcore-superstar and added:
    This for some reason makes me really sad…
  29. caoine reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    exists? Did I go back in time somehow? WHAT YEAR IS IT