Yahoo Homepage

Yahoo Homepage

Get daily top headlines when opening your browser! This extension automatically sets Yahoo.com as your homepage and new tab page.

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What is Yahoo Homepage?

'Yahoo Homepage' is a Chrome extension enabling direct access to Yahoo.com. The extension sets Yahoo as your default homepage and new tab, offering instant access to trending news and popular stories from diverse domains like sports and finance. Additionally, it facilitates direct internet search from Yahoo.com.

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Stats
Stats date:
Rating: 3.83 (59)
Version: 3.0.6 (Last updated: 2023-07-04)
Creation date: 2020-08-26
Manifest version: 3
Overrides new tab: Yes
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • storage
  • cookies
  • alarms
  • declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess
Host permissions:
  • *://*.yahoo.com/*
Size: 870.40K
Email: Click to see
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox
Yahoo Homepage
Yahoo Homepage (v3.0.4)
3.30 (134) 341,192
Merlin
Summary

Stay on top of everything you love with the Yahoo Homepage Extension.

Discover breaking news, videos, events and more when you install this extension to make Yahoo.com your default homepage in every new browser window and tab you open. Install the free extension now to customize your browser with Yahoo!

Features:

  • Get quick access to the latest trending news, videos and events on Yahoo.com
  • Stay up-to-date with a special feed of popular stories from Yahoo Sports and Yahoo Finance
  • Search the internet directly from Yahoo.com

Also, an easy to use Yahoo icon will be placed on your toolbar for access to Yahoo.com

This extension automatically sets Yahoo.com as your homepage and new tab page. It also installs a Yahoo icon on your toolbar

User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Good
  • Excellent
  • Has everything I want as far as world news
  • Top wie eh und je..Weiter so..
  • Exelente...
  • Me ha resultado muy útil
Cons
  • Stop the comment section and only have liberal news
  • Not working as my homepage
  • Having trouble with Yahoo asking to be the homepage repeatedly
  • Terrible experience, unwanted redirection
  • Issues with collecting points on the news section
  • Scam concerns
Most mentioned
  • Good
  • Excellent
  • World news
  • Homepage
  • Email access
  • Scam
  • Point collection
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Safety
Risk impact

Yahoo Homepage is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Yahoo Homepage if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Yahoo Homepage has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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Screenshots
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