tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65399902011-04-21T23:37:26.043-04:00The Yahoo! Search BlogArticles and tips about Yahoo! Search from Susan Herzog, Information Literacy Librarian @ Eastern Connecticut State UniversitySusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comBlogger371100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1109685327239215802005-03-01T08:54:00.000-05:002005-03-01T08:59:07.923-05:00Roll Your Own Yahoo Specialty Search Engine Danny Sullivan, SearchEngineWatch Blog"Nice from Tara Calishain: Searchroller For Yahoo. Want to make a subject-specific search engine that brings back results from only certain web sites? This workaround she's created makes it easy via Yahoo."Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1109685241229125762005-03-01T08:53:00.000-05:002005-03-01T08:54:01.230-05:00New Look at Search.Yahoo.ComGary Price, SearchEngineWatch Blog"The sleek and clutter-free interface that I normally use to access Yahoo! has a new look."Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1109682614901158072005-03-01T08:09:00.000-05:002005-03-01T08:10:14.903-05:00Yahoo Announces Size Increase to Image DatabaseGary Price, SearchEngineWatch Blog"Word from Yahoo this afternoon that they're announcing a size increase, what they're calling an upgrade, to Yahoo Image Search database. According to the company, the database now includes an index of more than 1 billion images."Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1109682192563236222005-03-01T08:01:00.000-05:002005-03-01T08:04:40.836-05:00Yahoo Adds Local, Web and Image Search To Mobile LineupBy Gary Price, SearchEngineWatch Blog"Yahoo has added local search, web search, and image search to their already large set of mobile services (news alerts, games, IM, etc.) delivered to your wireless web browser."Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1107019977632497722005-01-29T12:32:00.000-05:002005-01-29T12:32:57.633-05:00Google and Yahoo Are Extending Search Ability to TV Programs By SAUL HANSELL New York Times January 25, 2005 "Google and Yahoo are introducing services that will let users search through television programs based on words spoken on the air. The services will look for keywords in the closed captioning information that is encoded in many programs, mainly as an aid to deaf viewers." Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1106434596313999482005-01-22T17:56:00.000-05:002005-01-22T17:56:36.313-05:00My Yahoo! on Your Desktop Yahoo! Search blog "When we first launched My Yahoo! in the summer of 1996, it didn't take long before we wanted to do even more with it. Back then, not everyone spent hours a day in their browser, so later that year we launched the My Yahoo! News Ticker to deliver the same personalized news, weather, sports scores and stock quotes directly to the desktop. (gosh, that Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1106433878394459672005-01-22T17:44:00.000-05:002005-01-22T17:44:38.393-05:00Yahoo Provides Access To Library Records "Via the Yahoo Search Blog, news that a special version of the Yahoo Toolbar now allows you to search across two million library holdings through a cooperative project with OCLC, the Online Computer Library Center." SearchEngineWatch Blog Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1106432385322236962005-01-22T17:19:00.000-05:002005-01-22T17:19:45.323-05:00Firefox, Google and Web Search By Chris Sherman, Associate Editor, SearchEngineWatch "Mozilla Firefox has Google, Yahoo and other search tools baked in, but they are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to search capabilities available with this innovative new web browser that launched its first official version today." Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1103752743561294292004-12-22T16:59:00.000-05:002004-12-22T16:59:03.560-05:00Yahoo! Video Search"Yahoo! Video Search allows you to search millions of videos from across the Web. To start using Video Search, type a specific description in the Yahoo! Video Search query box. For example, if you want videos of University Lectures, type 'University Lectures' in the box and click the 'Search' button. To limit your search to videos of a certain size or file type, use Advanced Video Search. Your Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1100698803850461482004-11-17T08:40:00.000-05:002004-11-17T08:40:03.850-05:00How to get your RSS feed listed in Yahoo!: PANDIA SEARCH ENGINE NEWS July 6 2004 "Sometimes the Yahoo! search engine will add a link to a relevant RSS feed beside a regular search listing -- provided, of course -- that the site has its own RSS feed." Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1100697761856237532004-11-17T08:22:00.000-05:002004-11-17T08:22:41.856-05:00Behind the Scenes at Yahoo Labs By Gary Price, News Editor, SearchEngineWatch June 24, 2004 "Dr. Gary Flake is Principal Scientist & Head of Yahoo! Research Labs. In this wide-ranging interview, he talks about the daily work of researchers at Yahoo Labs, and what they're doing to make search better." Part 2 Part 3 Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1100644918230949682004-11-16T17:41:00.000-05:002004-11-16T17:41:58.230-05:00Yahoo! Search Starts to Blog By Zachary Rodgers, ClickZ News August 19, 2004 "Now Yahoo has a blog, one totally devoted to search and feeling more blog like in informal nature than rival Google's blog. A blogroll and amazingly, comment ability, adds to this. More about the blog here, Yahoo! Search Starts to Blog." Search Engine Report #94 Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1100644296019832992004-11-16T17:31:00.000-05:002004-11-16T17:31:36.020-05:00Four Things Yahoo Can Do That Google Can't ResearchBuzz.com Aug. 17, 2004 "Unlike Google, Yahoo lets you see all links to a particular domain rather than a URL, lets you filter out your own site when doing reverse link lookups, lets you search for more than 10 words in a query and lets you search for RSS/Atom/web feeds. Learn more in the PDF file from Tara Calishain."Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1100643939845165972004-11-16T17:25:00.000-05:002004-11-16T17:25:39.846-05:00Yahoo Offers Anti-Spyware App By Chris Sherman, Associate Editor, SearchEngineWatch August 10, 2004 "Tired of those unwelcome pests that invade your computer without permission? Banish intrusive spyware and tracking cookies with Yahoo's newly upgraded toolbar." Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1100641736274970762004-11-16T16:48:00.000-05:002004-11-16T16:48:56.273-05:00Yahoo Local Officially Launches By Chris Sherman, Associate Editor, SearchEngineWatch October 4, 2004 "After just two months in testing, Yahoo has pushed its local search out of beta and is giving the service prominent exposure on the Yahoo home page." Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1100641573427715832004-11-16T16:45:00.000-05:002004-11-16T16:46:13.426-05:00Yahoo Introduces Personal Search Danny Sullivan, SearchDay, Oct. 5, 2004 "Yahoo has enhanced its My Yahoo service with personalization features including search history, the ability to save pages to a 'personal web' and block URLs from appearing in search results. This article is from Chris, who finds personalization at Yahoo is nicely done but underpowered compared to some other similar Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1098990983257179782004-10-28T15:16:00.000-04:002004-10-28T15:16:23.256-04:00The New York Times > Reuters > Technology > Yahoo Unveils Mobile Search, Google Rivalry Rages: October 27, 2004 Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1089925321467368892004-07-15T17:02:00.000-04:002004-07-15T17:06:07.670-04:00A ResourceShelf Interview: 20 Questions with Gary Flake, Head of Yahoo Research Labs Thursday, June 3, 2004 "Dr. Gary Flake, Principal Scientist & Head of Yahoo! Research Labs, was kind enough to answer 20 questions for this email interview. This is a 'must read' for those of you interested in web search and online information retrieval."   This is Part II of the ResourceShelf interview with Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1089730128247876522004-07-13T10:46:00.000-04:002004-07-13T10:48:48.246-04:00Yahoo Gas Prices Shortcut, Search Engine Report #92 "Type "gas 92663" or any other US zip code, and Yahoo provides links to sites that show gas prices for that area at the top of its results. Link above provides a list of all types of shortcuts like this Yahoo offers, as well as further instructions." Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1089727010905779272004-07-13T09:55:00.000-04:002004-07-13T09:57:47.136-04:00Behind the Scenes at Yahoo Labs by Gary Price, SearchDay, June 29, 2004 "The head of Yahoo! Research Labs talks about the challenges of indexing various types of information, and Yahoo's efforts at realizing a current hot trend -- personalized search." Behind the Scenes at Yahoo Labs, Part 2 Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1087910719180259312004-06-22T09:25:00.000-04:002004-06-22T09:25:19.180-04:00Help Using the Yahoo! Conversion Calculator Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1087910646145061202004-06-22T09:24:00.000-04:002004-06-22T09:24:06.146-04:00Yahoo! Search Shortcuts "are special features designed to help you to find answers quickly. Click the title of a specific feature to learn more about it." Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1081263765575418262004-04-06T11:02:00.000-04:002004-04-06T11:06:31.250-04:00WebSideStory Search Report Crowns Google, Leaving Yahoo! In The Lurch By Kate Kaye, Contributing Writer, MediaDailyNews March 31, 2004 "Guess who tops the search referral charts? It's Google, of course. The search engine king carries on its reign over Yahoo! and Microsoft Corp.'s MSN, according to a report released Tuesday by Web analytics firm WebSideStory." Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1080943442183143672004-04-02T17:04:00.000-05:002004-04-02T17:07:42.716-05:00Yahoo Announces Content Acquisition Program By Chris Sherman, Associate Editor, SearchEngineWatch March 2, 2004 "Just two weeks after launching a brand new search engine, Yahoo has announced a content acquisition program that consolidates all of its paid inclusion programs and marks the beginning of an aggressive new campaign to significantly expand both the scope and quality of content Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1080935034641071352004-04-02T14:43:00.000-05:002004-04-02T14:47:34.483-05:00Google Tops, But Yahoo Switch Success So Far By Danny Sullivan, Editor, SearchDay April 5, 2004 "New stats from web analytics firm WebSideStory highlight the news often heard before: Google's most popular, when it comes to search. But they also reveal that Yahoo's recent replacement of Google results with those from its own crawler-based technology doesn't appear to have cost it visitors." Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1080934737316990202004-04-02T14:38:00.000-05:002004-04-02T14:42:37.233-05:00Google PageRank, Meet Yahoo Web Rank! By Danny Sullivan, Editor, SearchEngineWatch April 2, 2004 "What's good for Google is good for Yahoo. The service has launched a system to show the 'Web Rank' popularity of pages viewed by those using its toolbar. That's similar to the Google Toolbar's long-standing PageRank meter -- and brings with it some of the same potential problems." Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1079912254922097602004-03-21T18:37:00.000-05:002004-03-30T07:13:47.280-05:00Yahoo crawls deep into the Web | CNET News.com By Stefanie Olsen March 2, 2004 "Yahoo on Tuesday began a systematic effort to draw more content into its searchable database of Web documents, its latest bid to win Web surfers from search rival Google." Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1079442734491426032004-03-16T08:12:00.000-05:002004-03-30T07:15:30.390-05:00Yahoo Shows Off New Search Engine, PCWorld.com by Scarlet Pruitt, IDG News Service February 18, 2004 "Internet giant begins phasing out Google's services. Yahoo unveiled a new search engine technology Wednesday, and began phasing out services from Google, in a move likely to increase competition between the Internet giants." Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1078632208429885202004-03-06T23:03:00.000-05:002004-03-30T07:15:51.810-05:00Yahoo aims at Google with new search engine by Scarlet Pruitt, IDG News Service, 04/07/03 "Yahoo Monday rolled out an updated search engine in a bid to regain its place in the competitive search market, which has been dominated recently by the presence of rival Google."Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1078632062988035472004-03-06T23:01:00.000-05:002004-03-06T23:04:06.873-05:00Yahoo! Search Toolbar: "Use the Yahoo! Companion toolbar to search the Web from anywhere online. After a quick download and installation, the toolbar will be a part of your browser. And Yahoo! Search will be available from every page you visit."Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-107863197762906072004-03-06T22:59:00.000-05:002004-03-06T23:02:40.716-05:00YahooSearch Shortcuts: "Need specific information fast? We've created a set of shortcut keywords that display what you want at the top of your search results page."Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1078631859703961702004-03-06T22:57:00.000-05:002004-03-06T23:00:42.810-05:00Yahoo! Search TourSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1078230041553554752004-03-02T07:20:00.000-05:002004-03-30T07:18:04.000-05:00Yahoo to Charge for Guaranteeing a Spot on Its Index by Saul Hansell March 2, 2004 "Yahoo said yesterday that it would start charging companies that want to ensure that their Web sites are included in its Web index from which research results are selected. The practice, called 'paid inclusion,' has long been a part of many search engines including Microsoft's MSN search function and Ask JeevesSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1077838014413302712004-02-26T18:26:00.000-05:002004-03-30T07:19:15.500-05:00Yahoo! Birth of a New Machine by Chris Sherman, Associate Editor, SearchEngineWatch.com. February 18, 2004 Yahoo! Media Relations - Press Release February 18, 2004 "Yahoo! today announced that it has created a more comprehensive and relevant search experience for users through the deployment of its own algorithmic search technology on Yahoo!® Search . Starting today, the company will begin Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1077837901102279462004-02-26T18:24:00.000-05:002004-02-26T18:30:51.670-05:00Yahoo Announces a Heapin' Helpin' Of Election Resources by Tara Calishain, ResearchBuzz. February 02, 2004Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1077837549781271362004-02-26T18:19:00.000-05:002004-02-26T18:22:00.843-05:00Google, Yahoo Add New Search Features by Chris Sherman, Associate Editor, SearchEngineWatch.com. January 13, 2004Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539990.post-1077826474787700562004-02-26T15:14:00.000-05:002004-03-30T06:31:51.950-05:00I'm Susan Herzog, Information Literacy Librarian at Eastern Connecticut State University. I'm starting this blog as part of my presentation, Driver's Ed for the Information Superhighway, at the 2004 Teaching Academic Survival Skills Conference. There's so much noise on the Web right now about Yahoo! Search that the easiest way to keep current is to Blog it.Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738722482889049021noreply@blogger.com