Yahoo Search August 2008 Index Update

The Yahoo Search Blog announced the August 2008 weather report today. Sharad Verma of Yahoo Search said, "We'll be rolling out some changes to our crawling, indexing and ranking algorithms over the next few days. As you know, throughout this process you may see some ranking changes and page shuffling ...

Aug. 4, 2008 at 5:00pm Eastern by Barry Schwartz

Leaving Las Yahoo: Microsoft's $5 Billion Mistake?

If Microsoft's walkaway from the Yahoo deal is indeed a ploy to save $5 billion, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer may have proven himself pennywise and pound foolish. He was prepared to spend billions to finally make Microsoft a serious rival to Google. For a bit more, he may have destroyed Microsoft's ...

May. 4, 2008 at 10:49am Eastern by Danny Sullivan

Yahoo Search September 2008 Index Update

Expect the Yahoo Search Blog to make a blog post announcing a weather report sometime today or tomorrow. As I reported at the Search Engine Roundtable a couple hours ago, there are reports of Yahoo Search updating the index and search results. This is a typical sign of a "weather report" ...

Sep. 8, 2008 at 9:21am Eastern by Barry Schwartz

Yahoo Introduces Wide Range Of Mobile Search Improvements

Yahoo made a range of mobile search-related announcements today at CTIA. At a high level, these include: Open oneSearch (Search Monkey for mobile), Search Assist for mobile, voice-enabled oneSearch, and "idle screen" search. I spoke this morning with Lee Ott of Yahoo's mobile/Connected Life ...

Apr. 2, 2008 at 12:48pm Eastern by Greg Sterling

New Yahoo Search Weather Report

Yahoo Search says it's rolling out a new search update. Yahoo's post says the company will be "rolling out some changes to our crawling, indexing and ranking algorithms. While we expect the update will be completed soon, as you know, throughout this process you may see some ranking changes and ...

Apr. 21, 2008 at 5:11pm Eastern by Greg Sterling

Yahoo Introduces Contextual Display Ad Targeting To RightMedia Exchange

Yahoo has partnered with LucidMedia to bring contextual display ad targeting capabilities to the company's RightMedia ad exchange. Advertisers will be able to contextually target display ads according to 63 vertical ad categories that RightMedia has established for the program. They include things ...

Aug. 5, 2008 at 10:49am Eastern by Greg Sterling

Yahoo Maps Now With Better Search Integration & New Features

Yahoo announced that they have added some features to Yahoo Maps. The main improvements include better local search integration, usability enhancements, and printable view changes. Here is the full list of features: Improved Local Search integration that utilizes the Search/Direct Display Index More ...

Aug. 1, 2008 at 4:39pm Eastern by Barry Schwartz

New Purple Yahoo Logo To Demonstrate Its New Start?

TechCrunch reports that Yahoo is testing out a new purple logo. The new logo, as shown in the picture from TechCrunch, shows Yahoo changed the font to a more curvy look and went from red to a purple color. Danny and I wonder if the new logo, if it happens, might be part of Yahoo trying to assert its ...

Jun. 12, 2008 at 4:10pm Eastern by Barry Schwartz

Vote Count Controversy: Yahoo Shareholder Wants Recount

At last Friday's annual Yahoo shareholder meeting, the Yahoo slate of directors was re-elected, with CEO Jerry Yang and Chariman Roy Bostock receiving 15 percent and 20 percent "no" votes. AllThingsD points out these numbers are actually better than last year in the absence of the MicroHoo ...

Aug. 5, 2008 at 12:08pm Eastern by Greg Sterling

Search In Pictures: Ne-Yo @ Yahoo, Google Maps Sticker, & The Yahoo Mobile

... web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more. Mostly Yahoo pictures today. A real Yahoo Mobile: Is this bad luck for Yahoo? ;-) The Yahoo Interns Bowl: A Yahoo Billiard Match: Ne-Yo at Yahoo: Yahoo's Summer ...

Jul. 11, 2008 at 12:25pm Eastern by Barry Schwartz