Get Timely Suggestions on Yahoo! Search
- Posted July 2nd, 2010 at 10:16 am by Yahoo! Search
- Categories: Search, Search Tips
We’ve recently enhanced Yahoo! Search Assist to provide near real-time suggestions as you type your query.
You probably already use Yahoo! Search Assist to conduct your searches quickly, but now you can get even fresher suggestions, which will be especially useful when there are recent top news or events related to your search topic. With the new suggestion algorithm we’ve launched, you will see near real-time suggestions to help you easily find the freshest content.
For example, I was wondering which team the Netherlands would be matched with in the World Cup today, so I typed “Netherlands vs.”, and the first suggestion is for today’s game. Clicking on the first suggestion, I was able to see game information right in the search result page.
You can also find near real-time suggestions in Yahoo! News Search. Again, when you type “netherlands” in Yahoo! News Search, you will see today’s match — “netherland vs brazil” as the first suggestion. This functionality helps you find the most timely information quickly.
We hope the near real-time Search Assist feature helps you find the latest information about your query and enhances your search experience. Give it a try on Yahoo! Search and then give us your feedback or ask questions in the comments below.
Linda Wang
Senior Product Manager
Yahoo! Search
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I’m impressed – it works well on the iPhone, but when can we expect more UK oriented results when using it in UK?
Will Search Assist survive the Microsoft integration?
It didn’t work here. Are there any other queries that I can try out?
New algorithm returns very intuitive suggestions.
Exactly Phil, the new algorithm has been performing much well than I expected. Good work on the part of Yahoo.
Yes, the suggestions are more intuitive. however, on the ‘explore concepts’ part of search assist, it is no longer possible to build a search string from selected suggestions, as these will not link to the originally typed search request. Instead, a new search takes place only for the selected suggestion, in isolation from the original search terms.
Is this correct?
by using the marvinbot technology, you would have a lot better real time semantic suggestions, and it works also for image search
This is really great! I have start using Yahoo! more everyday again.
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