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Yahoo takes cue from Facebook in website revamp Feb 20th 2013, 14:02 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Facebook hacked, social media company says Sat, Feb 16 2013 UPDATE 3-Facebook says it was a target of sophisticated hacking Sat, Feb 16 2013 Facebook says target of sophisticated hacking attack Fri, Feb 15 2013 Yahoo CEO says Microsoft search deal underperforms Tue, Feb 12 2013 Third Point sells 11 million Yahoo shares to maintain stake level Fri, Feb 1 2013 Analysis & Opinion Go forth and Tweet! Pope Benedict sees social networks as portals of truth Related Topics Investing and Taxes Simplified » Tech » Media » A Yahoo logo is pictured in front of a building in Rolle, 30 km (19 miles) east of Geneva, December12, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Denis Balibouse Wed Feb 20, 2013 9:02am EST (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc is rolling out a revamped look for its website aimed at making the Web portal more modern and attractive to users. "We wanted it to be familiar but also wanted it to embrace some of the modern paradigms of the Web," Chief Executive Marissa Mayer said on NBC's "Today" show on Wednesday. "One thing that I really like is this very personalized newsfeed, it's infinite and you can go on scrolling forever," she said. In a blog post, Mayer said the company will begin introducing the changes over the next few days, with more changes and improvements expected in the coming months. The endless newsfeed containing stories, pictures or video is similar to feeds on Facebook Inc as well as Twitter. Mayer also said in her blog that the website would feature newly designed applications, allow users to log in with their Yahoo or Facebook IDs and would work well on smartphones and tablets. Yahoo is one of the world's most-visited online properties, but revenue has declined in recent years amid competition from Google and Facebook. Yahoo has also been beset by internal turmoil that has resulted in a revolving door of CEOs. Mayer, 37, took over after a tumultuous period at Yahoo in which former CEO Scott Thompson resigned after less than six months on the job over a controversy about his academic credentials, and during which Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang resigned from the board and cut his ties with the company. Yahoo's 2012 revenue was $5 billion. It has been flat year over year, off from some $6.3 billion in 2010. (Reporting By Nicola Leske; Editing by Maureen Bavdek) Investing and Taxes Simplified Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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