Have you seen the infographic on Google's discontinued products? Well, here's our list of Yahoo! products that have been relegated to history's shadows. 

Don't get us wrong. We have nothing against Google. In fact, we consider ourselves big fans of some of their products; like Google Search (of course!), Gmail, Google Docs, YouTube, and more. But even we cannot help but laugh at the cheeky infographic that's been going around, chronicling the demise of some of Google's projects--including the controversial Reader, which made its debut in 2005, and Talk, which was replaced by Hangouts on May 15, 2013.

Well, we're not going to make an infographic of Google's competitors and their failed products; but we will turn the spotlight on Yahoo!, the one-time ruler of the web search game--not because we're somewhat in love with Marissa Mayer, but because, for some reason (sentimentality and whatnot), we still use some of Yahoo!'s services, like Yahoo! Mail and Flickr. Just to put things into perspective, this exposure of Yahoo!'s discontinued products would fall under the "we kid, because we love" category and is in no way a reflection of how we view the company. That said, here are the four Yahoo! products that have been relegated to history's shadows, fated to never return, unless the powers that be (Mayers, et al.) decide to resurrect them.

#1 Yahoo! 360°

Before we fully adopted Blogger, we were using Yahoo! 360°, Yahoo!'s blog-centric social website. It wasn't bad at all, at least from our perspective; and it was with us when we were just getting the hang of blogging. But even then, we could tell that it never really got much support and that, during its four years of existence, it never progressed beyond the beta stage. That's why we weren't surprised when Yahoo! decided to pull the plug on July 13, 2009. Fortunately for the other users who were heavily using the service, the company gave them the option to migrate their Yahoo! 360° content to their current Yahoo! profile or to other blogging sites.

#2 Zimbra

Quick question: what email client are you using? Outlook? Thunderbird? Zimbra? To be honest, we never really liked Microsoft Outlook; but we got used to it, so we kind of just stuck with it. We tried Zimbra for a week, and it must have been a low point for us in terms of learning new things because we just couldn't figure out how it works. Okay, that's a lie; we know how it works in theory, but we couldn't make it work for us--so it was back to Gmail and Outlook for us. Anyway, the story here is that, back in September 2007, Yahoo! bought Zimbra from Zimbra Inc., and later (like, three years later), Yahoo! sold it to VMware.  Like other email clients, Zimbra can sync mail, contacts, and calendar entries with other open-source mail clients, as well as mobile devices including Android, iPhone, Blackberry, Nokia Eseries, and Windows Mobile.

#3 Bix 

We don't blame you if you haven't heard of Bix, Yahoo!'s karaoke and contest website, which the company acquired in late 2006. It's actually very interesting, considering Bix's history. You see, it was awarded three patents; and at one point, it generated as much as 1,000,000 site votes in a day. Fast forward to 2009, when Yahoo! decided to shut the site down—according to one report, nobody even noticed when it happened, no shout-outs on Twitter, no Facebook posts, no nothing. Apparently, Bix was one of the casualties of the company's "ongoing prioritization efforts," which, as explained by a Yahoo! Rep, means "increasing investment in some areas while scaling back in others."

#4 Dialpad

Let's not kid ourselves here; a VoIP service will always be a hot ticket for any Internet company. Provided that the service is really amazing, offering significant cost savings in addition to the range of calling features and ease of setup, of course. Anyway, it's a safe bet that an Internet company as big as Yahoo! isn't going to ignore Voice over IP, which is why it acquired Dialpad in June 2005. Later that year, Dialpad was succeeded by Yahoo! Voice, which the company provided via its Yahoo! Messenger IM (instant messaging) application. Unfortunately for Voice, it got hacked in July 2012, which probably hastened its journey to the graveyard of discontinued products. Needless to say, Yahoo! announced the end of Voice on January 30, 2013, and was subsequently replaced by Yahoo! Phone In service.

Author Bio  
Monique Jones is an Engineer who deals with telephone systems. Besides being an Engineer, she also works as a part time writer. She helps her colleagues and other people about their communication issues, giving effective solutions to address their needs.