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Winners Of Yahoo Yodeling Contest Announced

About one month ago, Yahoo launched a new campaign to get people excited about its brand, and as part of the exercise, asked individuals to put their spin on the famous Yahoo yodel.  This afternoon, Yahoo identified the three people who stood out from the crowd.

Yahoo Talks Wordpress Shortcuts

Yahoo! Search Blog discusses the new technology they've come up with. They say that making a blog involves collating pictures, links, maps, etc and that sometimes there's "the hassle of digging up that supporting content... the most painful part.

Yahoo Diversifies Into Wind And Hydro Power

A search engine company has become involved with wind turbines in India and a hydropower project in Brazil.  Now, want to hear the really surprising part?  It’s Yahoo, not Google, that is behind the environmentally friendly effort.

Flickr Prepares Geotagging Improvements

Flickr’s known for having an enthusiastic fan base.  Look for users to be a little on edge, then, as they await the newest updates: geotagging improvements.

Yahoo Mobilizes OneSearch Internationally

European and Latin American mobile customers of global phone giant Telefonica will have access to Yahoo's oneSearch service on the company's wireless portal.

Yahoo, Telefonica Team Up

Telefonica has sponsorship ties to F1 racing, and for that reason, I’m inclined to like the company.  Its main interest is in telecommunications, however, and it’s due to this connection that Telefonica partnered with Yahoo.

Yahoo Hacks New Shopping, Travel Products

The last Internal Hack Day at Yahoo, 24 hours of coding fun fueled by lots of pizza, has yielded a couple of new services that have been rolled out to their Travel and Shopping products.

Yahoo Takes BlueLithium For $300M

Online ad network BlueLithium, the fifth largest in the US, joins the Yahoo fold to give the company a boost in its performance marketing efforts.

Yahoo Eats Up Attention From The Onion

It could be an act of misdirection - “here, watch the funny man while we fire you one by one!” - but things nonetheless took a lighthearted turn at Yahoo when Peter Koechley, Managing Editor of The Onion, came to visit.

Yahoo Better Than Google At Unimportant Games

This article has nothing to do with market share, revenue, or even brand recognition.  But in search-related news, Yahoo representatives beat Google in both slot car racing and cricket.