Important information about Yahoo! store status temporarily affecting live stores

Posted on February 1, 2007
Filed Under Yahoo! Store, Urgent |

Important information about Yahoo! store status affecting live storesYahoo! Has informed us that some stores are having intermittent issues with the shopper facing portions of stores across the network. This From Merchant Solutions System Status:

11:58 AM (PST) - Slow Page Loading / Page Not Found errors
Some shoppers may be experiencing slowness when accessing some Yahoo! stores. We are investigating this issue and will provide an update as soon as possible.
Update: 02/01/07 9:31 AM (PST)
We have received new reports from merchants indicating that some store pages are inaccessible, resulting in a 404 Page Not Found Error. We are actively investigating this issue and will provide further updates as they become available.
Update: 02/01/07 10:28 AM (PST)
We are continuing to investigate this issue and are working at the highest priority to resolve it as quickly as possible. We will provide further updates as more information becomes available.
Update: 02/01/07 11:24 AM (PST)
We believe that we have idenitified and resolved the issue at this time. This issue will remain open for monitoring. We will provide further updates as we deem necessary.We have been assured by Yahoo! They are working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible and appear to have done so. Please visit http://updates.smallbusiness.yahoo.com/ for most current status.

This is a very rare occurance. In the decade or so we’ve been working in this environment we can remember very few incidents affecting the usability of stores and shopping. Thank you for your patience. Matthew Ledford, President-FastPivot.com