The Yahoo! Search blog began in 2004, the year we debuted Yahoo! Search technology which powers search across Yahoo! Here on this blog, we post news and insight on all things search. Our interests include consumer search trends (Yahoo! Buzz), web search technology innovation, information retrieval research, organic search optimization, social search and social media. Some of our key products include Yahoo! Answers, Yahoo! Toolbar, Yahoo! Video, flickr, del.icio.us and webmaster resources including Site Explorer.

For the latest in search monetization, visit our sister blogs for Yahoo! Search Marketing and Yahoo! Publisher Network. Please visit our help pages to learn more about search and for support inquiries. You can also email us blog-related feedback.

Frequent Authors

Priyank Garg posts here on Yahoo! Search engine updates; search index "weather updates", and Site Explorer news.

Tim Mayer is responsible for the product direction of Yahoo! Search Technology. Tim's youthful appearance belies his long history in web search, holding previous roles with Overture, FAST Search & Transfer, Inktomi and Thomson Corp. Tim frequently speaks on behalf of Yahoo! Search at industry events, and posts here on all manner of topics, time permitting.

Raj Gossain is responsible for product and customer marketing for Yahoo!'s search and social search products. Raj's also youthful appearance is a result of clean living (mostly) and a generally positive outlook. Raj posts here on all manner of topics, from the ridiculous to the sublime.

Jan Pedersen is the chief scientist for Yahoo! Search and keeps us up to date on the latest in research.

Jeremy Zawodny inspired this blog and now blogs (and works) over at Yahoo! Developer Network. He shares his thoughts on technology, flying and life on his personal blog.