Video Search: Enjoy Larger In-line Play and Embedded Related Videos
- Posted August 26th, 2009 at 8:00 am by Yahoo! Search
- Categories: Multimedia Search
We know that users want instant gratification when searching for videos – you want to be able to watch the videos as soon as you find it. So today, we’re introducing a larger inline video play feature that shows the videos directly on the video search results page.
Some videos on the results page will display a “Play Now” link, which opens a large overlay window and plays the video on the results page. Users can watch part or all of the video, then close the window and resume browsing search results.
We are also embedding videos related to the one you are watching in the in-line video player window. Just click any thumbnail in the Related Video section and the video will start playing in the open in-line player window.
Give it a try and let us know what you think!
Manish Mohan Sharma and Sapna Chandiramani
Yahoo! Video Search Team
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Great idea. People tend to have just a few minutes at a time to browse and this may very well help users find what they are looking for a little faster.
the biggest problem with the search is that it doesn’t preserve parameters.
If you do a search and you give it a specific time and site. If you want to change the search values you have to reset the time and site.
you should make it where site and time changes can be preserved and changed from the search page, and not exclusively at the advanced options tab
Thanks a lot. Good idea. People tend to have just a few minutes at a time to browse and this may very well help users find what they are looking for a little faster.
Now this is what I call a great idea. Keep up the good work!.
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Good… the biggest problem with the search is that it doesn’t preserve parameters.
If you do a search and you give it a specific time and site. If you want to change the search values you have to reset the time and site.
Thank you, Good idea. People tend to have just a few minutes at a time to browse and this may very well help users find what they are looking for a little faster.
Thank you, Yahoo video search team. Works great and I love it!
cool. Great idea