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An Open Approach to Search
Date : 2008 02 25 Yahoo! Search BlogIf you didn't realize it, Yahoo! is embracing openness like never before: Hadoop Now at the Heart of Every Yahoo! Search Yahoo!'s Quest to Open Up The open theme continues today as we are announcing that we are opening up Yahoo! Search itself. That's right -- you heard it correctly -- the Yahoo! Search expe read more »
Yahoo! Weighs in at SMX West
Date : 2008 02 22 Yahoo! Search BlogNext week, Yahoo! is speaking at Danny Sullivan and Chris Sherman's annual Search Marketing Expo West at the Santa Clara Convention Center. With a total of 13 panels and a keynote, we're ready to rock. Here's where you can find us at the show... Tuesday, February 26 10:30 - 11:45 a.m. Decrypting Quality Sco read more »
Hadoop Now at the Heart of Every Yahoo! Search
Date : 2008 02 19 Yahoo! Search BlogThose of you who listened to Yahoo!'s fourth quarter earnings call may remember Sue Decker mentioning our embrace of open source infrastructure. On a very related note, we're announcing today that we implemented what we believe is the world's largest commercial application of Apache Hadoop. We are now using H read more »
It's About the Customers
Date : 2008 02 19 Yahoo! Search BlogA few months back, I shared some anecdotes from a customer field day that the Yahoo! Search team participated in. "A Day in Their Shoes" is what we called it. Our customers are the centerpiece of our organization, so I'd say it's really more than one day a year that we spend in their shoes. As the lead of th read more »
Yahoo! in Sin City at CES
Date : 2008 01 07 Yahoo! Search BlogThe largest annual consumer technology show in the world is happening next week and Yahoo! is in on the Las Vegas action. Yodel Anecdotal is covering Yahoo!'s presence at the show, including Jerry Yang's talk on the evolution of Internet technology and its impact on consumer technology products. And, if you read more »
The Santa SmackDown in Search: You Better Watch Out, You Better Not Cry
Date : 2007 12 20 Yahoo! Search BlogThe holiday season is chock full of characters, stories and traditions - all of which see their fair share of search activity. In fact, we hear there's a bit of competition among Santa's cast and crew for the top billing in search. To relieve a bit of pressure (December is a stressful time of year for these g read more »
Can Search Usage Predict Election Outcomes?
Date : 2007 12 17 Yahoo! Search BlogThat may be a bit of a stretch, but there's no doubt that online search behavior can be an insightful window in the minds of consumers and voters. For this reason, our friends at Yahoo! News included Yahoo! Buzz data (which is based on search usage) in their new Political Dashboard. In addition to Buzz data, read more »
Boost Your Blog with Yahoo! Shortcuts for WordPress (Beta)
Date : 2007 12 13 Yahoo! Search BlogYAHOO.Shortcuts.hasSensitiveText = false; YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet = {}; YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet["lw_1196986097_1"] = { "text": "Wordpress", "weight": 0.25, "type": ["shortcuts:/us/instance/organization/domain"], "category": ["ORGANIZATION"], "metaData": { "domain_name": "Wordpress", "domain_u read more »
Yahoo! Gets More Social with Applications for Bebo
Date : 2007 12 12 Yahoo! Search BlogSocializing isn't quite what it used to be. For many people, it's no longer just about catching up with your pals at an evening happy hour; it's also about staying connected to a wider group by using the web as a networking tool. Not only do social networking sites help keep us in contact with connections nea read more »
That's a Wrap -- Looking Back on WebmasterWorld's Pubcon Las Vegas
Date : 2007 12 11 Yahoo! Search BlogWe saw, we spoke, we sipped cocktails, and now that all is said and done, this year's WebmasterWorld conference in Las Vegas was full of industry hot buttons, interesting debates and stand-out keynotes. Here's a snapshot of what I took away from the event: Key Conference Theme Walking around the conference, read more »
Yahoo! Search Support for X-Robots-Tag Directive to Simplify Webmaster's Control and Weather Update
Date : 2007 12 05 Yahoo! Search BlogToday we're announcing support for tags that give webmasters even more flexibility over which pages and documents are crawled and indexed by Yahoo! Search. Specifically, we're extending our support of page level exclusion tags -- NOINDEX, NOARCHIVE, NOSNIPPET, NOFOLLOW -- to provide additional control for arc read more »
Top Trends in Search in 2007
Date : 2007 12 03 Yahoo! Search BlogThe sun is quickly setting on 2007, but before we toast the New Year, we here on the Yahoo! Search and Buzz teams have traditionally taken a look back at the year's top trends in search. Billions of search queries from millions of users have always provided a fascinating window into the global cultural clima read more »
Yahoo! in Chicago and Vegas
Date : 2007 11 29 Yahoo! Search BlogYahoo!'s set to take on two big conferences next week. Taking a divide and conquer approach, Yahoo! will split up to attend SES in Chicago and WebmasterWorld's PubCon in Las Vegas to participate in a total of 13 panels focusing on topics such as traffic quality, brand management and local/video search, to nam read more »
Recipes that Give Grandma a Run for Her Money
Date : 2007 11 20 Yahoo! Search BlogThere are two constants for almost every holiday -- family and food. The connection between the two is often traditions -- your grandma's stuffing, your great aunt's gravy and, for many of you, some tryptophan-induced time on the couch watching football. But as Emeril would say, it never hurts to kick it up read more »
Nothin' But Nets
Date : 2007 11 15 Yahoo! Search BlogIt's been a little while since we've talked about Yahoo! Search Sports Shortcuts. During that time, Josh Beckett carried the Red Sox through the World Series and roughly (!) half of the NFL got injured. And now, for those who like nothing but nets, I'd like to introduce our NBA and NHL player shortcuts. Both read more »
Sharing the ad:Tech New York Love
Date : 2007 11 13 Yahoo! Search BlogAs we mentioned last week, some of the folks here at Yahoo! headed out to ad:Tech New York to take part in the industry discussions there. We thought we would share a few helpful tips gleaned from the SEO Workshop panel. Moderated by Bruce Clay, the panel included Tim Mayer, VP of Product Management at Yahoo read more »
Yahoo! and the Art of Conversation
Date : 2007 11 07 Yahoo! Search BlogThis week, five Yahoo!s will be speaking at the ad:Tech New York conference, "The Art of Conversation: Building Great Brands in the Digital Age." The conference is focused on best practices for using digital media -- such as SEO, SEM and a handful of social media platforms -- for marketing and brand building. read more »