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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 »
Site Explorer Counts Resolved
Date : 2007 11 06 Yahoo! Search BlogLast week we announced that we were working on a fix to correct discrepancies in the page and inlink data counts. The good news is that the fix is now complete. You should see consistent page and inline counts in Site Explorer, whether you're logged in or logged out. Try a query in Site Explorer to confi read more »
Update on Site Explorer Results and Counts Data
Date : 2007 10 26 Yahoo! Search BlogRecently, some of you noticed changes in counts for Site Explorer results, where the counts were different for logged-in users versus logged-out users. While the counts have been incorrect in some cases, the actual returned results have been correct. However, we did roll out a product fix yesterday and will read more »
Top Time-Saving Yahoo! Search Tips
Date : 2007 10 25 Yahoo! Search BlogWhen it comes to the Web, there's nothing wrong with cutting a few corners. That's why we decided to focus today's post on some time-saving tips for your next search. Some may seem obvious; others you may already know and use. But we hope a few will help you cut through the chase. You can find a full list of read more »
A Day in Their Shoes
Date : 2007 10 19 Yahoo! Search BlogLike any consumer-focused tech company, Yahoo! spends a lot of time conducting various kinds of customer research. We have a dedicated research team that takes this on to understand our customers and improve our products. But last week, we wanted to do something different and have the rest of the team go deep read more »
Are Words Failing You?
Date : 2007 10 15 Yahoo! Search BlogI'm not one of those natural-born puzzle solvers that can complete the Sunday New York Times Crossword in under three minutes. Quite frankly, I have enough trouble completing the Monday Crossword. Over the past few weeks, we've been working with the gurus at the New York Times on an experiment to help peo read more »
The Other Half of the Search Equation
Date : 2007 10 12 Yahoo! Search BlogA search company's mandate is clear: help people find exactly what they're looking for as quickly as possible. For well over a decade, search companies have taken the approach of focusing almost all of their efforts on making their engines smarter, with better indexes, better ranking and faster servers. Whi read more »
Contribute to the Discussion at SMX Social Media
Date : 2007 10 11 Yahoo! Search BlogDel.icio.us founder Joshua Schachter and StumbleUpon founder Garrett Camp are heading to New York next week for SMX Social Media, where they'll be diving into a Q&A-style keynote on the trends in social media and where the future may be heading. To kick-off the keynote, Danny Sullivan's starting the session read more »
Take a Tour of the New Yahoo! Search
Date : 2007 10 09 Yahoo! Search BlogSometimes it's helpful to see how things work in action. Today we launched a site that gives you a quick way to learn how the new Yahoo! Search can help you go from "to-do" to "done." Check out the video demos and let us know what you think. Christina Lee Yahoo! Search read more »
Yahoo! oneSearch Gets More Knowledgeable
Date : 2007 10 05 Yahoo! Search BlogToday we're integrating Yahoo! Answers content into our mobile search service, oneSearch, and launching it globally in 18+ countries. We're rolling this out today to Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, read more »