Yahoo! Search Blog

The US Open is heating up on Yahoo! Search. This week we are launching the US Open Shortcut to help you find the information you want when you search for the championships. Whether you’re a dedicated fan or just want to check out Maria Sharapova’s outfit, simply search for ‘US Open’ or your favorite player. [...]

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It’s summertime and the livin’ is easy, but at Yahoo! Search we’ve been busy fielding queries about everything from Kermit the Frog to Zsa Zsa Gabor. Early in the month US users showed interest in Ramadan, the month of fasting which began on the evening of the 10th. Searchers looked for the meaning of Ramadan, [...]

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I’ve heard some innuendo that with Yahoo! Search transitioning certain back-end functions to Microsoft, we are no longer a “search engine.” I find these comments amusing, but a little irresponsible. What it comes down to is that the search industry is not widely understood, so I’d like to take this opportunity to draw a few [...]

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First let me say, wow, what a week! As I hope everyone saw our post from last week, Yahoo! began transitioning certain back-end functions for Yahoo! Search over to Microsoft’s search platform. Well, I am proud to announce that the transition of organic search between Yahoo! and Microsoft is complete (for more information, check out [...]

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Today we are announcing a partnership with TIM Brasil, one of the country’s largest carriers, to power the search experience on TIM’s enhanced mobile portal. Our partnership with TIM Brasil builds on our existing relationships with Telefónica’s Vivo and América Móvil’s Claro in Brazil, and more than 100 other OEM and carrier partners globally. Yahoo! [...]

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Last month we shared that we had begun limited testing of displaying organic search listings from Microsoft on Yahoo! Search result pages.  As we continue to work toward implementing the Yahoo! and Microsoft Search Alliance, we’re reaching some additional significant milestones that we want to share with you today. Later this week, we will begin [...]

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We’ve been very pleased with the benefits that the SearchMonkey Program has provided to Yahoo! Search users over the last two years and want to share our plans for SearchMonkey with respect to the Yahoo! and Microsoft Search Alliance.  Some of the amazing improvements that SearchMonkey has enabled over the past two years include: Enhancing [...]

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Today we’ve shared our latest milestones in the Yahoo! and Microsoft Search Alliance. We want webmasters to know that the Yahoo! Site Explorer team is planning tighter integration between Site Explorer and Bing Webmaster Center to make the transition as smooth as possible. The information that you provide about your website and its structure using [...]

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Search Engine Strategies (SES) will be in San Francisco for the first time starting tomorrow. Join Yahoo! Search in the foggy city and hear about what we’ve been to up. Highlights of Yahoo! speakers at SES: Tuesday, August 17 Search: Where to Next? 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Speaker: Shashi Seth, Senior Vice President, Search Products Digital [...]

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Think again if you’ve relegated the movie Eat, Pray, Love to the chick flick category. This weekend, Julia Roberts stars in the movie based on the bestselling novel. Yahoo! searches reveal that there’s definitely excitement about the movie, and it isn’t just from the ladies. Searches on Yahoo! for “eat pray love” are up over [...]

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