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The O’Reilly Where 2.0 Conference begins today in San Jose, Calif. We’ll be there tomorrow to talk about where local search is heading. Details: Wednesday, March 31 Time: 2 p.m. PT Speaker: Tom Wailes, Sr. Director, Local Product & Design Panel: The Big Picture, from the Big Players In this session, representatives from the major [...]

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Yahoo! played a key part in several panels in the 2010 Search Engine Strategies Conference (SES) in New York this week. Here’s a recap of some of the discussions and panel summaries. Check out the video below to see what Yahoos were discussing with people on the show floor. In the video, Rob Wilk , [...]

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Yahoo! was one of the first companies to revolutionize mobile search. With the launch of oneSearch in 2007, we fundamentally changed mobile search by delivering answers, not just Web links. Today we are introducing two new apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch that once again change the way you search on mobile devices. We’ve [...]

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At Yahoo! Search, we pay attention to what’s popular on the Web and what matters most to you. We know that celebrities rank near the top of the buzziest searches on Yahoo!, so this is one area in search that we’ve been working on to make even better. As we’ve already started to do with [...]

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The Yahoo! Search engineering teams are rolling out updates to crawling, indexing, and ranking algorithms.  Similar to previous updates, you may notice some ranking changes and page shuffling during the process, which we expect to complete over the next few days. To share your thoughts on this latest update, please visit the Site Explorer Suggestion [...]

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Last week, we introduced you to some great search features to keep up with the 82nd Academy Awards. The coveted statuettes have been distributed and the post-show analysis is in full swing! The buzziest acceptance speeches of the evening:  Sandra Bullock and  Mo’Nique – although the story behind Elinor Burkett and her so-called “hijacked” acceptance [...]

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We had a great time at the SMX West conference this past week in Santa Clara, CA. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer kicked things off with his keynote speech, where he addressed several questions on the Yahoo! and Microsoft Search Alliance. Yahoo! participated in several different panels throughout the week, including Thursday’s keynote “The State of [...]

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Continuing our celebration of the Academy Awards, we are rolling out a series of features that make it easier for you to follow coverage of the Oscars on Yahoo! Search. On Yahoo! Image Search, just search for “Oscars 2010” and you’ll see our Oscars image carousel, with the latest image search results of the nominees [...]

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The 2010 SMX West conference kicks off this week in Santa Clara, Calif., and we’re excited to be there! Yahoos will be sitting on a handful of panels, so stop by and learn what we’re up to. Tuesday, March 2, 2010 Time: 10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Panel: Real Time Search & The Major Search [...]

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