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May 08, 2008

SearchMonkey Launch Party -- May 15

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Two weeks ago, we announced SearchMonkey, a new open developer platform that lets developers and site owners use semantic markup and structured data to enhance Yahoo! Search results and make them more useful, relevant and visually appealing.

We wanted to remind you that we're kicking off this launch in true SearchMonkey style with a Developer Launch Party next Thursday, May 15. If you're a web developer, come get the inside scoop on SearchMonkey, see live demos, deep-dive on the Developer Tool, and meet with our product managers and engineers over tasty (read: free!) food and beer.

When: May 15, 2008, 5:30 -- 8:30 p.m.

Where: Yahoo! Headquarters @ URL's Cafe, 701 First Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089

RSVP: Email your full name and company name directly
to searchmonkeyevent@yahoo-inc.com. Space is limited.

For more information on the agenda and logistics, check out the event page. Be there or be a... banana.


Yahoo! Search Blog team

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April 24, 2008

Start Monkeying Around

In February, we began talking about our plans to open up Yahoo! Search to Web site owners and all third party developers. This new developer platform, which we're calling SearchMonkey, uses data web standards and structured data to enhance the functionality, appearance and usefulness of search results. Specifically, with SearchMonkey:

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  • Site owners can build enhanced search results that will provide searchers with a more useful experience by including links, images and name-value pairs in the search results for their pages (likely resulting in an increase in traffic quantity and quality)

  • Developers can build SearchMonkey apps that enhance search results, access Yahoo! Search's user base and help shape the next generation of search

  • Users can customize their search experience with apps built by or for their favorite sites


    • As Ari Balogh, Yahoo!'s new CTO, will discuss in his Web 2.0 Expo keynote this morning, we're rolling out a limited preview of the SearchMonkey Developer Tool starting today. With this online tool, developers can build data services that can be used to present richer, more useful search results. These data services can be constructed using structured data either from the Yahoo! Search index or from publicly available sources (such as APIs).

    In addition to signing up for the preview, head over to the Yahoo! Developer Network booth at Web 2.0 Expo (#901 in the Expo Hall) to check out a demo.

    And what's a new product without a party to kick it off? We're celebrating this component of our open platform with a Developer Event at our Sunnyvale Campus on Thursday, May 15. If you're interested in joining us, here's more information. Hope to see you there.


    Amit Kumar
    Chief SearchMonkey

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