Yahoo! Dabbles In Blog Search
Do any of you remember my posting about a month ago regarding Google's new blog search tool? Well guess what? Yahoo!, one of Google's primary competitors, has made the next stride in this market by revamping its basic news search tool to grab material from the millions of blogs out there, in addition to just the regular headlines from 6,500 newspapers and magazines.
Yahoo! launched a test version of the new tool on Monday, saying it aims to give consumers a more complete view of the news. Obviously this addition will increase the consumer's ability to find events that matter to them, from major news stories, citizen reporting, commentary and pictures that might not be covered by the mainstream media... and that in itself creates a more user focused experience.
The new search feature separates blog headlines from other headlines, displaying them in different columns. By clicking on "all blog results," users can find photos related to their search from Flickr, Yahoo!'s photo sharing service. They may also find relevant material from websites they've marked as favorites via user-generated tagging, which again is a plus in the user-ability department.
It's quite obvious that Yahoo! and Google are facing off in the blog arena, as they do with everything else related to search. Such competition is a great thing because it not only makes the top dogs reconfigure and revive old tools but it also breeds the development of new tools for finding the content that we are wanting. I give Yahoo! and their new blog search feature TWO thumbs up!
Yahoo! launched a test version of the new tool on Monday, saying it aims to give consumers a more complete view of the news. Obviously this addition will increase the consumer's ability to find events that matter to them, from major news stories, citizen reporting, commentary and pictures that might not be covered by the mainstream media... and that in itself creates a more user focused experience.
The new search feature separates blog headlines from other headlines, displaying them in different columns. By clicking on "all blog results," users can find photos related to their search from Flickr, Yahoo!'s photo sharing service. They may also find relevant material from websites they've marked as favorites via user-generated tagging, which again is a plus in the user-ability department.
It's quite obvious that Yahoo! and Google are facing off in the blog arena, as they do with everything else related to search. Such competition is a great thing because it not only makes the top dogs reconfigure and revive old tools but it also breeds the development of new tools for finding the content that we are wanting. I give Yahoo! and their new blog search feature TWO thumbs up!
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posted by Karl Ribas Friday, October 14, 2005 Read Comments (0) | Post a Comment | Subscribe  
 
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