Category Archives: General

Navigation changes being rolled out

Following last week’s post on upcoming navigation improvements, we’ve completed a limited roll out of  the “My groups” drop down menu.  See below visual mock-ups of the navigation changes planned. Let us know what you think. We’re trying to make … Continue reading

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Upcoming updates for easier navigation

There are three changes we’re planning, to make navigation of Y! Groups easier. First, is the sub header area, where the name of the groups is displayed. Here, we are making switching between Y! Groups that you are a member … Continue reading

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Daily digest re-design, now live !

The updated design of the daily digest is rolled out as planned and you should begin getting daily digest e-mails in the new format. We’ve already received feedback from users, and they seem to like it. One of the issues … Continue reading

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We’re back !

Welcome back ! Season’s greetings!  We’re happy to re-activate the Yahoo! Groups Product blog today. Look forward to giving you, our valuable customers, advance information on upcoming changes, share our product thinking and seek your feedback to make Yahoo! Groups … Continue reading

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Yahoo! Groups Planned Maintenance

Yahoo! Groups is undergoing some essential planned maintenance on Monday, October 3 starting at 8:30pm PT (Tuesday, October 4 at 4:30am BST) and lasting 4 hours. Groups will be unavailable during that time. The Suggestion Board will not be affected … Continue reading

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New Groups Experience Rollback

Hi everyone, Over the past few months, we have been evaluating your feedback on the new Groups experience that we have been testing with some groups for several months. Based on that feedback, we have decided to rollback the new … Continue reading

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High Availability Engineering at Yahoo! Groups

Many of you have been writing us to share your concerns regarding our a recovery or back up system for Yahoo! Groups, so we thought we would dedicate a post to this issue. The Yahoo! Groups platform is operated by … Continue reading

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Parenting with Yahoo! Groups

A year ago, during the third day of my unimaginably long labor, I wondered whether I would survive to see this day: my daughter’s first birthday. As the nurse finally wrapped that tiny, helpless newborn in a blanket and handed … Continue reading

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Help Yahoo! Support Classrooms Across the Country!

Did you know that Yahoo! Groups is home to over 46,768 teaching-related and educational groups? With over 1,000 members, Kinder Korner is dedicated to Pre-K through 2nd grade teachers. It’s a place for them to share ideas, ask questions, and … Continue reading

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This Week’s Release

This week, we released updates to both the current Yahoo! Groups and the new Yahoo! Groups experiences. Included in the current Yahoo! Groups release were: •Fixed issues in reactivation email for users with bouncing email addresses •Issues getting to the … Continue reading

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