You’ve been logging into Yahoo and its services with your Google and Facebook ID’s and Yahoo doesn’t like it! Want to get into your fantasy football team or Flickr account? You’ll soon need to have your own Yahoo! ID.
This will be a gradual change, but one that is aimed towards generating interest in the company and hopefully rejuvenating stagnant earnings.
“Yahoo is continually working on improving the user experience,” the company said in a statement. The new log in rules “will allow us to offer the best personalized experience to everyone.”
The first Yahoo service to unveil this feature will be the Yahoo Sports Tourney Pick’Em, which allows you to make your picks for the NCAA college basketball tournament later this month. The new log in system shouldn’t be the reason that your entire bracket is blown on day 2; that would be your fault.