I started using Internet actively around 1996 or so. For me Yahoo practically didn't even exist, their homepage was a hodgepodge of everything and I couldn't figure out why I would go there. My search usage was mainly AltaVista with some HotBot, Northern Light, and Raging Search mixed in. But never Yahoo.
Yahoo wanted to be internet's hotspot for everything....ironically enough Google become that despite the fact that they rose to power because of their minimalism and search focus.
