- An Interview with Ali Diab
Date: 2004-12-22 Source: Yahoo! Search Blog
In this two-part series we'll find out what Ali has to say about competition in the Local Search market, his love of technology, and his passion for helping those in need.
[Open In New Window] - Yahoo! Campaigns for Mobile Marketing
Date: 2004-12-20 Source: ClickZ
As Yahoo! works to expand usership and distribution of its mobile content, the portal is also courting advertisers. So far, the company has run three campaigns on its WAP portal over the last several months, in an effort to promote its sponsors and its data services.
[Open In New Window] - Yahoo tests video search engine
Date: 2004-12-15 Source: News.com
Late Wednesday, the company introduced the beta site, which searches for files in Microsoft's Windows Media, Apple Computer's QuickTime and RealNetwork's Real Media.
[Open In New Window] - Yahoo names chief number-cruncher
Date: 2004-12-13 Source: News.com
Fayyad will oversee the wide range of data the company collects on its users' habits and behaviors. This type of data is usually used to better target advertising and to sketch anonymous profiles of its users for analysis.
[Open In New Window] - the Roles of Google and Yahoo in Search, Media and Beyond
Date: 2004-12-10 Source: John Battelle's Searchblog
Yahoo is a natural media company - the company is willing to have overt editorial and commercial agendas, and to let humans intervene in search results so as to create media which supports those agendas. Google, on the other hand, is repelled by the idea of becoming a content- or editorially-driven company.
[Open In New Window] - Yahoo! Enters Desktop Search Realm
Date: 2004-12-10 Source: Search Engine Guide
Yahoo!'s new desktop search will be available for beta testing some time in January and will allow users to search their own hard drives for MP3 files, e-mails, PDFs and a variety of other file formats.
[Open In New Window] - Yahoo puts its mark on consumer electronics
Date: 2004-12-06 Source: News.com
The Web portal giant on Monday unveiled a branded line of consumer electronics products for sale on its Web site, raising the profile on a quiet initiative aimed at bringing its name out of the study and into the living room.
[Open In New Window] - An Interview with Tim Converse
Date: 2004-12-01 Source: Yahoo! Search Blog
...what really sets Tim apart is his knowledge of the inner workings of search. Unlike most of us who may have a decent understanding of the search world (or us novices who know just enough to type in a query and hit the "search" button), Tim understands the mysteries behind what makes it all work and how to make it better. As an engineering manager in Yahoo!'s Content group, Tim and his group help make search results more relevant.
[Open In New Window] - Yahoo! Gets a Holiday Makeover
Date: 2004-11-29 Source: Search Engine Guide
The new tab options allowing users to select the type of search they wish to perform, replacing the drop down box that used to appear next to Yahoo!'s search query box. The tabs feature the option to search the Web, Images, News, Products, Yahoo! Local and introduces a tab for the Yahoo! directory.
[Open In New Window] - Yahoo! Shopping Gears Up Promotions for Holidays
Date: 2004-11-23 Source: ClickZ
Yahoo! is stepping up its holiday promotions this week, bringing a giant snow globe to Times Square to promote the recently updated Yahoo! Shopping service. The push is an effort to capture a greater share of usership for the shopping search service during what's expected to be a hot -- and competitive -- season for online holiday shopping.
[Open In New Window] - Yahoo for DomainKeys
Date: 2004-11-15 Source: InternetNews.com
One of the Web's largest e-mail providers is looking to make its service safer with the adoption of DomainKeys, a cryptographic-based e-mail authentication technology, Monday.
[Open In New Window] - Yahoo Launches Precision Browsing
Date: 2004-11-05 Source: InternetNews.com
The improvements help users narrow their searches by clicking on a list of product attributes returned with results, a strategy that combines old-styled browsing with search. Yahoo calls this "precision browsing."
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