Multiple choice general knowledge

Which service Original URL was this http://akebono.stanford.edu/?

  1. GMAIL

  2. GOOGLE

  3. YAHOO

  4. REDIFF
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

akebono.stanford.edu was one of Yahoo's original web directories and search services. The site was hosted at Stanford University and was part of Yahoo's early web infrastructure in the mid-1990s, making Yahoo the correct answer. Google and Gmail did not exist in this form, and Rediff was an Indian portal.

AI explanation

To answer this question, we need to analyze the given URL: http://akebono.stanford.edu/

Option A) GMAIL - This option is incorrect because the given URL does not match the domain name or service associated with Gmail.

Option B) GOOGLE - This option is incorrect because the given URL does not match the domain name or service associated with Google.

Option C) YAHOO - This option is correct because the given URL matches the domain name associated with Yahoo. Therefore, the service corresponding to the original URL is Yahoo.

Option D) REDIFF - This option is incorrect because the given URL does not match the domain name or service associated with Rediff.

The correct answer is C) YAHOO. This option is correct because the given URL corresponds to the domain name of Yahoo.

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