Along with Yahoo's big new "Y!ou" campaign, the company has begun rolling out the new Yahoo Search.
Yahoo discussed the future of Yahoo Search today. They are launching a new search design that goes along with the new look of the Yahoo Home Page, which was recently launched itself.
The new search has a three-column layout (Search Engine Land has a bunch of screenshots), with most of the changes occurring in the left-hand column. This is where filters and search applications reside.
Around March 27th or so, people began noticing big changes in Yahoo's search results. Some were seeing improved rankings, and some were seeing their drop.
Discussion at WebmasterWorld ranged from:
"Looks like I've lost more links on this update than last, which is worrying..."
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I got in touch with a couple of people from Yahoo including Tom Chi, Senior Director of Product Management for Yahoo Search, about their new feature called Search Pad. Essentially, it keeps track of your searches, figures out when you are researching things, and stores results of interest in a virtual notepad you can use for reference. The following video will give you a pretty good idea of what it does:
Yahoo cited a study that found only 15 percent of searchers find what they want with the first search they perform.
Rand's fiancée was none too pleased to see a Yahoo search result that brought back the name of a well-known Googler bearing Rand's last name.
Newer libraries and new languages for Yahoo Search's software development kit have brought support for Ruby, Lua, and Ajax widgets to developers.
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