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March 21, 2008

Taking Search Assist to the Streets

Back in October, we launched Search Assist on the Yahoo! Search U.S. results page to help searchers formulate their queries when we detect they're having trouble and explore related concepts to find the page they're looking for. Since then, we've seen positive responses from the press and industry research firms. We've also extended the feature across Yahoo! Search channels and to consumers worldwide, and as of today, Search Assist is available in 15 markets and 7 languages.

We've rolled out Search Assist to the following countries, with more to come soon:

Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Canada
France
Germany
Italy
Mexico
New Zealand
Philippines
Singapore
Spain
UK
Vietnam

The international versions of Search Assist are tailor-made to reflect local search behavior and tendencies. So when you search for 'spurs' at Yahoo! UK Search, Search Assist won't suggest the San Antonio NBA team like it does in the U.S. Instead, it'll offer suggestions like Tottenham Hotspur soccer team.

Beyond the Front Page and search results page, Search Assist can be accessed through the Yahoo! Toolbar, and most recently on My Yahoo!. In honor of March Madness, try a search for 'bracket' from My Yahoo!.


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Enjoy and let us know your thoughts.


Ya-Bing Chu
Yahoo! Search

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Comments

Too bad you didn't roll it out yesterday. It could have been debuted during the keynote at SES

Posted by: Silicon Valley | March 21, 2008 09:18 AM

Search assist does rank merit; however I want to see even more suggestions than what is currently listed. If yahoo will continue to improve this feature then yahoo will challenge google as the top search engine. Yahoo which lacks customer service in most departments needs to revamp customer service in each department to become the industry leader.

Posted by: Homebizseo.com | March 21, 2008 09:05 PM

We would like search assist improved even more. Each new feature is appreciated.

Posted by: Homebizseo.com | March 24, 2008 02:41 AM

If you could set it to allow a person to tab throught the list that would be even better.

Posted by: Abilene | March 25, 2008 12:37 PM

Congrats on the international roll out!

Posted by: Search Engine Optimization Journal | March 26, 2008 12:37 PM

I have many friends in other countries that will love this. Thanks

Posted by: va purchase loan | March 26, 2008 07:43 PM

Too bad this thing doesnt remember to stay turned off when you hit "never". I have lots of friends that would love to have to tell it to stay turned off every other day. Bugs, bugs, BUGS!

You ever gonna fix that?

Posted by: mandy c | March 28, 2008 09:25 AM

Too bad this thing doesnt remember to stay turned off when you hit "never". I have lots of friends that would love to have to tell it to stay turned off every other day. Bugs, bugs, BUGS!

You ever gonna fix that?

Posted by: kız oyunları | April 7, 2008 06:33 AM

If you could set it to allow a person to tab throught the list that would be even better.

Posted by: you tube | April 7, 2008 10:44 AM

Search assist does rank merit; however I want to see even more suggestions than what is currently listed.

Posted by: güzel sözler | April 7, 2008 10:45 AM

Nice Work,Each new feature is appreciated.

Posted by: Tarry Jhonson | April 14, 2008 04:19 AM

That's really great. The new features are awesome and ever keep on improving.

Posted by: Paul | April 15, 2008 05:00 AM

I love this thing. It really help me find stuff I'm not really sure what it is. Keep it up.

Posted by: Commercial Loans | April 16, 2008 01:39 PM

That's great for an international set up. Yahoo is continuously proving that it is no. 1.

Posted by: RiledUp | April 19, 2008 01:31 AM

Search assist does rank merit; however I want to see even more suggestions than what is currently listed

Posted by: sohbet | April 19, 2008 01:56 AM

Hello, this blog set for no "nofollow" task or what ?

Posted by: Logicb0x | April 20, 2008 02:19 AM

Its a nice feature on Yahoo Search.

Posted by: Mark | April 26, 2008 03:20 AM

Much appreciated feature. Yahoo! Search channels are attracting more traffic day to day.

Posted by: Air Jordan | April 29, 2008 11:46 PM

I love this thing. It really help me find stuff I'm not really sure what it is. Keep it up.

Posted by: oyunu oyna | May 6, 2008 03:43 PM

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