What would you say the biggest search engine is? What do you think the second biggest search engine is? For the most part, people would say that the biggest search engine these days is easily Google, and in second place, would be Bing. According to the numbers provided by comScore for the US search market for […]
Attempting to do what they can to catch-up in the battle of mobile messaging, Yahoo announced today that Yahoo Livetext, which is similar to Snapchat, is live. This live chat app utilizes your mobile phones’ front-facing camera to launch a one to one video conversion. The unique thing about this particular messaging app is that, […]
There is a brand new feature upgrade to grace Yahoo’s Android launcher and smart assistant Aviate, and it is called “Smart Stream.” The purpose of this new upgrade is to be a personally relevant and context-aware content feeder that gives you personalized content throughout the day. Now Aviate assembles relevant information front and center so you can […]
There is confirmation from Yahoo that it’s doing some testing with Google’s search results, which is something that is now allowed under the renegotiated deal with Microsoft. Before the renegotiation, Yahoo depended on the search results from Microsoft’s Bing search engine.But now that Yahoo has renegotiated the deal back in April, there are more possibilities for the company. […]
According to a U.S. desktop search report by comScore back in May, there has been practically zero change in search market share for Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Ask and AOL between the months of April and May. 64 percent of the market share was owned by Google, and Bing was still holding steady at the 20 percent […]
As with any search engine, Yahoo would love to get themselves some more users to increase its search share and user base. It was reported last week that, in its latest move, Yahoo signed into being a new partnership with Oracle that ties Yahoo to new Java software installations. The news of this deal was […]
On June 25th, Yahoo brought to light a new mobile search experience that’s meant to help users “take action right away,” similar to Bing’s messaging. Since mobile search activity is such a big deal these days, this is something that could be huge for Yahoo. After all, it was announced that there are more mobile searches than desktop […]
There is new data that has been released by Bing Ads that shows the weekly trending of Yahoo search ad click volume that’s served through Bing Ads. The numbers that have been provided in the data goes back to the beginning of May when the newly renegotiated search deal between Microsoft and Yahoo took effect. There have […]
To make things easier and more interesting, Tumblr has decided to add a GIF search engine to assist users in quickly locating an image that accurately expresses what ever they’re trying to write. According to Tumblr, after you select a GIF, it will be properly credited and the original GIF creator will be notified through their dashboard, […]
We should all take a moment to bow our heads in silence, for another classic online service is coming to an end. Yahoo has announced that there will be several changes to its products and services, but one of the biggest surprises is that they will be shutting down Yahoo Maps at the end of this […]