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The Latest Cool SearchMonkey Apps
The Monkey has been out for a couple months and, since then, we've named the Developer Challenge winners and seen thousands of applications built -- more than 50 of which we've added to the Yahoo! Search Gallery. In the spirit of acknowledging developers' hard work, we want to share a few of our favorites. Remember, you need to click the "Add" button in the Search Gallery in order to see these in your Yahoo! Search results.
The enhancement
ShoppingNotes.com Combo
How it works
This Infobar was created by ShoppingNotes.com, a site that combines bookmarking with price alerts. The app covers a wide variety of shopping sites and allows users to set price watches that will send them an email if the price drops.
Add it
Add it, then try it out with: 'Canon SD1000' or 'KitchenAid mixer'
The enhancement
Java Documentation
How it works
This Enhanced Result is useful for developers because it gives you quick access to the Java docs for the version of Java you're using.
Add it
Add it, then try it out with: 'java HashMap'
The enhancement
eHow Application
How it works
eHow, a site with clear how-to instructions for nearly everything, built an Enhanced Result that integrates photos and descriptions.
Add it
Add it, then try it out with: 'red wine stain' or 'how to train a dog'
The enhancement
Merriam-Webster Definition
How it works
Developer Challenge grand prize winner, Marco Vitanza, developed an Infobar for Merriam-Webster that gives users definitions and pronunciations right on the Search Results page.
Add it
Add it, then try it out with: 'onomastics definition'
These are just a few of the interesting apps already available in the Yahoo! Search Gallery. Stay tuned for more highlights to come...
Yahoo! Search Blog team






Comments
Great applications - looking forward to seeing you guys unveil the rest!
Posted by: Nick Stamoulis | July 29, 2008 02:49 PM
With this application, we will have more idea about the products and their pricing while browsing the results
Posted by: Anil Gupta | July 31, 2008 03:24 AM
Yes, I also like this application, it makes things easier for my working with several of my College Loan sites etc.
Good stuff.
Posted by: Student Finance Education | July 31, 2008 08:16 AM
Thanks for the mention. We enjoyed developing on SearchMonkey.
Meng-You Yang
Founder
ShoppingNotes.com
Posted by: Meng-You Yang | August 2, 2008 12:14 AM
The infobar will be a great idea
Posted by: Free Drivers | August 16, 2008 02:18 AM