When you compare the above page to this cluttered mess http://www.yahoo.com/, you realize that yahoo is putting advertising above user experience.
I agree. This is the mock-up I did a while back<p><a href="https://mergy.org/2013/01/betteryahoohomepage/" rel="nofollow">https://mergy.org/2013/01/betteryahoohomepage/</a>