EXHIBIT 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

    We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated January 7, 2000, except as to the stock split described in Note 1 and Note 11, which is as of March 9, 2000 and the pooling of interests with eGroups, Inc., which is as of August 31, 2000, relating to the consolidated financial statements of Yahoo! Inc., which appears in the Current Report on Form 8-K of Yahoo! Inc. dated September 1, 2000, as amended on September 22, 2000 and January 19, 2001.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Jose, California
January 19, 2001

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