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February 08, 2006

My Web 2.0 Update

We wanted to give you a quick update on what we�ve been up to with My Web. Not everything around here happens with thunderous fanfare, though we have been known to jump up and down when the occasion calls. :-)

So, here�s a bunch of stuff we�ve been working on, with the help of our beta testers:

Easier access to your saved searches from the My Web 2.0 homepage
The revised homepage now provides immediate access to your 3 most recently saved pages. Search �memory� is one of the most useful things about any bookmarking system (social or not) and the old homepage provided only a single link to "My Pages." We�ve also beefed up the help on that page to make it easier for users to learn how to use the product.

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Tag Search
You can now search everybody�s tags. Sharing with the world only comes to life when you can browse all the amazing stuff that people are finding, like tags Linux and Mac. Expect more from us on this front, as this was a big feature request over on the MyWeb message boards. You can read more about it on the My Web blog.

My Web to go, for all you bloggers out there
We created a badge to insert your most recently saved pages on your blogs, and you asked for a button. Now you have that, too.

Bulk editing
You can edit 20 saved pages at a time � great for changing the tags on imported bookmarks.

Performance improvements
In addition, we�ve been working hard to make My Web faster and lay the foundation for future functionality. It took us a little longer than we expected over the weekend, but the good news is that all went well and we�re in good shape for what comes next.

Finally, if you hadn't heard, del.icio.us has joined our family. Expect some great things as we continue to improve both services.

Please stay tuned if what you are looking for isn�t here yet. Or, tell us what you'd like to see to make My Web 2.0 easier, faster, or more suited to your daily use. Drop a comment below or head over to the My Web forum.

Thanks for using our product!
MyWeb Development Team

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Comments

Sounds great. I can't wait until the services work more with each other and create a more user friendly interface. Can we have a hint as to when many of the new acquisitions will be added more indepth into the Yahoo family?

Posted by: Gary R. Hess | February 8, 2006 07:27 PM

Well Done!

But when are we going to have just one program instead of thousands within Yahoo itself?

Please please do combine Y Bookmarks, My Web 2 and Delicious! Can't wait for the Mega Combo!

Posted by: Sooraj | February 9, 2006 04:00 AM

Did I ever tell you two of my favourite yahoo services are

- my.yahoo.com
- MyWeb 2.0

While I think MyWeb 2.0 has scope for lot of improvements, please do not change my.yahoo too much. At present yahoo's implementation of feeds reader is the easiest to manage and use. Keep it simple.

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I do agree with the previous two posters btw. For some reason when I first saw it, I thought, you'll start to combine everything into 360.yahoo I thought this would be a customizable, giant yahoo online app, where everything comes together.

Since then you have only confused me, now -

* Yahoo photos, flickr and photomail
* Bookmarks, MyWeb1.0, MyWeb2.0 and del.icio.us

I can see increasing redundancy here. What are your secret plans?

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Another thing, tell this to Jeremy (he looked into something similar last time) I go this error message

Your comment could not be submitted due to questionable content: 360yahoocom

Posted by: An | February 9, 2006 08:26 AM

I've been a fan of My Web 2.0 for a while now, but just today it seems to be nonfunctional. Going to http://myweb2.search.yahoo.com/ redirects me to http://search.yahoo.com/search/options. What's up with that?

Posted by: Peter | February 9, 2006 08:56 AM

As an avid loyal Yahoo user for all my web services and my gateway to the internet, I would need one big feature for MyWeb to really be my one stop location.

As with the bookmarks drop down on the toolbar which makes navigation 1 click away, the MyWeb navigation from a bookmarking standpoint doesn't compete with your own Yahoo bookmark drop down on the toolbar. I use bookmarking for frequently read sites and MyWeb for individual web pages i want to save.

Any chance of enabling the MyWeb toolbar button to have dropdown access to tags?

Posted by: LM | February 9, 2006 10:29 AM

I wish i could add the MyWeb badge to 360.yahoo .. :(

Posted by: tej | February 10, 2006 11:33 AM

Man I love My Web 2.0. I've never used social bookmarking before, I never much liked del.ico.us but wow has it improved my internet experience! Good job. One thing I'd like though, I'd like to be able to browse my tags from the homepage, and not have to click a bunch of times to get to the tag view I want.

Posted by: Bjorn | February 21, 2006 11:15 PM

I have a lot of pages saved in MyWeb 1.0. How can I import them in MyWeb 2.0? I cond't find the info in the FAQ.

Thanks!

Posted by: Elorev38 | February 22, 2006 01:12 AM