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Yahoo address has a letter "M" in the address bar, what is it for and why is it needed?

I have notice the yahoo address is different. The address that shows in my address bar is http://m.yahoo.com/ What is the m for in the address? It started about the time yahoo changed its format.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    http://m.yahoo.com/ is not the version for mobiles, it is the url for the New Yahoo home page which has been introduced since last year to all users worldwide. The <m> in the url is supposed to stand for <my>. As Yahoo has stated, the letter <m> will be taken off the url again, meanwhile it already happened to some users who reported about it on YA.

  • 1 decade ago

    I think it has to do with your viewing format and the "M" is for mobile. if you look at the bottom of that page (http://m.yahoo.com)/ you should be able to change it by selecting the 'desktop' option. It should turn back to normal (http://www.yahoo.com)./ Unless of course you're using a your mobile phone to access the Yahoo site in that case, you might want to leave it alone.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    i'm assuming you have the main recent Toolbar utility put in.(in case you have one with tabbed surfing then it may be the main recent one) in case you click on the little pencil/pen icon next to the seek field on the toolbar. it could have an option to circulate into Toolbar innovations. interior the innovations you're able to have seek innovations with innovations like save seek historic previous and likewise clean seek historic previous whilst last IE window. positioned a tick interior the verify field and settle for adjustments. Restart all your IE training, which will desire to make adjustments effective and optimistically manage your issues.

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