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October 05, 2007

Yahoo! oneSearch Gets More Knowledgeable

Today we're integrating Yahoo! Answers content into our mobile search service, oneSearch, and launching it globally in 18+ countries.

We're rolling this out today to Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Vietnam.

Yahoo! oneSearch and Yahoo! Answers both offer platforms for searching -- oneSearch with instant results to your queries from your mobile phone and Answers with the content of 350 million answers from over 95 million users worldwide. We wanted to integrate these two methods of searching because we know that sometimes you need to tap people who are "in the know" when you're trying to find a quick answer on the go.

Starting today, when you use oneSearch to conduct queries for advice or reference topics, the search results you'll receive will include relevant answers from other Yahoo! Answers users all over the world, as well as the usual news headlines, images, business listings, etc. When you search for opinions or recommendations from others, such as 'What is the best apartment dog?,' you'll see a cluster of Yahoo! Answers results. And for factual queries like '2008 Summer Olympics,' your oneSearch results will show content from Wikipedia as well to give you a little something extra to chew on.


Apt Dog_Olympics_oneSearch.jpg


The oneSearch team also rolled out flight information search today, so flight status, times, gates, etc. are all accessible from your mobile phone. Here's how it works: If you search 'United Airlines 90' or 'UA 90' (or any other airline and flight) through oneSearch, you're presented with a quick snapshot of the flight information. You can try it out here or text the query to 92466 (spells YAHOO) and we'll return a text message with the same information.

Ultimately, oneSearch's goal is to get you instant answers from a variety of sources and Yahoo! properties so you have the right information when you're mobile. By adding sources like Yahoo! Answers, Wikipedia and flight info, we'll be able to help users find opinions, suggestions and facts quickly and on the go.

Enjoy!


Lawrence Kim
Yahoo! Search

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Comments

How come it takes 4.5 seconds on average to perform one of the linked queries 'United Airlines 90' ?

Posted by: Dathan Pattishall | October 5, 2007 02:12 PM

Can I PLEASE have an instant button to "Advanced Search" like there used to be? This new search is C**P!

Posted by: kenga | October 5, 2007 03:12 PM

That flight look up is great - does it also tell you if a flight is delayed or just post the scheduled times?

Posted by: MG Siegler | October 6, 2007 12:11 AM

Thank's, so it is the universal search for yahoo ! good idea ;-)

Posted by: dreamer | October 6, 2007 05:05 AM

Thank's

Posted by: tez ödev | October 7, 2007 03:11 AM

That's excellent. Competition in the Search Market will benefit everyone. Google's virtual monopoly in quality searches has spoiled the market for a long while. Now, with Yahoo's and Microsoft's powerful reactions, we can expect ever-improving search services.

However, I would like to ask Yahoo Search Team one thing: when SE's are going to finally accept user inputs other than text???

Come on, dudes, the first ones to achieve this will kill the competition! Web has been MUCH more than text links for a long while: it means video, music, photos...

If I could submit a sketch to Yahoo and let it find image matches, or if I could whistle a tune to let Yahoo find matching songs, or if I could record myself waving a sword and let Yahoo find which "Star-wars-light-sword-fight" matches it better... Why should we waste our times trying to use words to describe images or sounds?

Think about it, guys, that IS the revolution next door. Whoever does it, will kill the competition from one day to another.

Will Yahoo Search play the hunter or the prey? I can't wait to see.

Best wishes,

Posted by: Alexis Kauffmann | October 7, 2007 10:23 AM

Nice improvments

But Personnally I think that Wikipedia dont merit this inclusion .

Posted by: Wikipedia | October 8, 2007 08:35 AM

Yahoo Rocks!!!
Congratulations for the launch in 18 countries.If anyone can compete with Google, its none other than Yahoo!

Posted by: Windows | October 8, 2007 09:15 AM

Good site! Good resources here, All the best!

Posted by: Daniel | October 8, 2007 12:53 PM

The Yahoo answers inclusion is a great addition to the search. It actually brings up answers to questions that people have already asked.

Posted by: Jacksonville-Realtor | October 9, 2007 04:33 AM

The search method of Yahoo sits down determines further through. It is also meisst already in the Browser e.g. Firefox integrated.

Posted by: Tapeten | October 9, 2007 05:21 AM

This is another very useful improvement. Lots of hard work behind the curtain. Yahooooooo!

Posted by: Dog Clothing | October 9, 2007 06:37 AM

Koool stuff.

we have created oneSearch widget for blogs/widgets during Hackday here in Bangalore, India.

Its nice to see the integration of Answers and Search on mobile.

Cheerz
Shri

Posted by: Sridhar | October 10, 2007 12:03 AM

Hey

A big thx for this article!

Posted by: gratis sms | October 18, 2007 09:07 PM

guys, long list of countries, but no Russia yet again? Wassup with that?

Posted by: Greg Solovyev | October 30, 2007 11:20 AM

What is the most updated mobile phone that was created for the teens lately in USA?

Posted by: Elenie Stavrou | November 16, 2007 02:44 AM

The Yahoo answers inclusion is a great addition to the search. It actually brings up answers to questions that people have already asked.

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Posted by: dhanesh | November 24, 2007 10:08 PM

guys, long list of countries, but no Russia yet again? Wassup with that?

Posted by: Firmalar | November 25, 2007 05:24 AM

This is another very useful improvement.

Posted by: Gratis SMS | November 26, 2007 02:14 AM

hi

i am trying to touch base with the chaps for connected life - infact have sent mails to your mobile product people in india

this is for an NLP + AI application which will understand non syntax based stuff within your onesearch..check out my blog

am i going to get lost within the corporate structure or will someone respond to this..

will wait and see

cheers

akshat

Posted by: akshat | December 9, 2007 08:50 AM

Hi why dont you include any country from Africa, like Kenya is nowhere to be seen.

Posted by: Clara | December 10, 2007 10:17 PM

Wish there was an easy way to search white pages listings. If you're driving around and trying to find someone's phone number or address, can you do it through One Search??

Posted by: justme | December 12, 2007 07:20 PM

i have it hard in findiny a friend so please help me.

Posted by: ibrahim abdul | December 15, 2007 03:14 AM

there are interesting resources..

Posted by: berkay | December 18, 2007 03:55 PM

I always liked Yahoo answers, I often use them to find answer to something that is not very well known and I am too lazy to visit library.

I wonder what Yahoo is willing to do to reduce Spam in that section? Very often I see people posting a question/answer only to promote their own sites...

Posted by: Bratz Games | December 21, 2007 09:34 PM

Thanks for very interesting article... btw. I really enjoyed reading all of your posts. It’s interesting to read ideas, and observations from someone else’s point of view… makes you think more...

Posted by: Tapeten | January 23, 2008 07:06 AM

I always liked Yahoo answers, I often use them to find answer to something that is not very well known and I am too lazy to visit library. Thanak You

Posted by: Dijital Fotoğraf Makinesi | January 26, 2008 07:44 AM

I always liked Yahoo answers, I often use them to find answer to something that is not very well known and I am too lazy to visit library.

I wonder what Yahoo is willing to do to reduce Spam in that section? Very often I see people posting a question/answer only to promote their own sites.. Thank You Yahoo

Posted by: havuz robotu | January 30, 2008 02:52 AM

Great comment guidelines. I think you’re on the right track here. Some of

those comments should go somewhere else.

Posted by: youtube | February 13, 2008 01:46 PM

wonder what Yahoo is willing to do to reduce Spam in that section? Very often I see people posting a question/answer only to promote their own sites.. Thank You Yahoo

Posted by: islami sohbet | February 29, 2008 04:04 AM

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Posted by: sohbet | March 3, 2008 11:59 AM

Thanks for the good articles.

Posted by: davetiye | March 11, 2008 08:57 AM

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Posted by: sohbet | March 13, 2008 02:59 AM

Thanks for very interesting article... btw. I really enjoyed reading all of your posts. It’s interesting to read ideas, and observations from someone else’s point of view… makes you think more...

Posted by: ssk sorgulama | March 13, 2008 03:01 AM

I always liked Yahoo answers, I often use them to find answer to something that is not very well known and I am too lazy to visit library. Thanak You

Posted by: oyunlar99 | March 13, 2008 09:22 AM