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Yahoo! Updates Image Search Index

Apr 1, 2006 | 1,012 views | by Candid SEO
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According to DigitalPoint Forums, Yahoo! has been updating Yahoo! Image Search index. So, get ready to have a new stock of fresh images. This would make Yahoo! Image Search more compatible.

So, experience a whole new world of Yahoo! Image Search which would provide you with more search guidelines.

For further discussion refer to DigitalPoint Forums.

Yahoo! May Be Facing Suit Over Chinese Journalist

Apr 1, 2006 | 842 views | by Candid SEO
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Yahoo! may face legal action by the family of Shi Tao, a Chinese journalist. Tao has been accused of leaking confidential government information to others via his Yahoo! Mail account. Tao's family said that he has been jailed for ten years for leaking these secrets. Yahoo! Mail had to surrender all the email records of Shi Tao to the Chinese authorities because mail servers come under Chinese jurisdiction. Tao had distributed a confidential Chinese government order even after he received a prior warning by the government.
 
Zhang Yu, representing the family of Shi Tao told Forbes that they were considering taking Yahoo! Hong Kong Holdings to court either here or in the United States.
 
'We believe what (Yahoo!) did was illegal so we are considering taking Yahoo! to court,' Zhang told reporters, adding that Yahoo! had refused to discuss the matter with him.
 
Pro-democracy legislator and lawyer Albert Ho showed a copy of the court verdict issued by a court in the central Chinese province of Hunan.
 
The document said: 'Yahoo! Hong Kong Holdings provided materials that confirmed the user's information.' It also gave the IP address of Shi's computer and his work phone number and address.

Yahoo! Japan All Set To Buy Japan Net Bank

Mar 30, 2006 | 2,142 views | by Candid SEO
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It has been reported that Yahoo! Japan is ready to close a deal with Japan Net Bank  which is owned by Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.

Yahoo! Japan is looking forward to by a 57 percent stake in Japan Net Bank. This step has been taken to enhance its ability to make its offer payment services more convenient for its online auctions and shopping services.

Yahoo! Search Index Updated

Mar 29, 2006 | 1,491 views | by Navneet Kaushal
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Yet another fresh news in the search engine market comes to our notice. Wondering what could it be?Relax. An official statement passed by Yahoo! Search Blog today said that they have updated their search index. This update was done during the weekend, as a result of which you might come across several changes. The index would now appear different in terms of ranking as well as shuffling of the pages.

New Orleans Businesses get a lift from Yahoo’s Free Training

Mar 28, 2006 | 688 views | by Candid SEO
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Yahoo! is all set to provide free training to the New Orleans businesses. It has been confirmed by Yahoo! that next month a team from Yahoo! will be heading to New Orleans. All the small business owners, web developers and marketers intersted in search marketing are invited to get the free tips and advice.
 
The event is rightly titled "Back in Business." Here is what Yahoo! has quoted about this wholesome effort:
 
Yahoo! Small Business is dedicated to helping small businesses succeed. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, we are committed to helping your business—and others throughout the Gulf Coast—get back on your feet. And on Friday, April 7, we’re putting our people where our passion is. Yahoo! employees from around the country will be on hand to get your business set up online. You’ll be eligible for up to $1500 worth of free online services. We’ll help you create a web site, build e-commerce offerings, and launch search advertising programs to promote your products and services on the Web. As an Internet company, we see a world of opportunity online. But we’re also a people company, and we believe nothing can match the power of people working together.
 
It will be held at the Intercontinental Hotel on Friday, April 9th from 9am to 5pm. This event is held to teach all the attendees about web development, e-commerce and search advertising. To be there, just register online.

New Tools in Yahoo! Toolbar

Mar 27, 2006 | 1,665 views | by Candid SEO
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Yahoo! has announced that they have added some new tools to the Yahoo! Toolbar, including a del.icio.us button. With this initiative, bookmarks and tagging wouldn't remain available to the tech crowd only. Now, the common man can avail bookmarks and tagging with the help of this new Yahoo! Toolbar.

According to Yahoo! search blog:

Yahoo! Japan Buys Toshiba's Online News Search Units

Mar 24, 2006 | 1,181 views | by Candid SEO
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Forbes confirmed that Yahoo! Japan agrees to buy the new search and clipping service NewsWatch, Inc. from Toshiba. With this deal, Yahoo! Japan would acquire 69 percent of the 89 percent Toshiba's share in NewsWatch.
 
Besides this, other NewsWatch investors are Dentsu Inc, Toppan Printing Co Ltd, and Mitsui and Co.
 
This is second major deal by Yahoo! Japan firm. Recently, Yahoo! Japan's parent company Softbank bought the Japanese leg of Vodafone. This aquisition would bring some intersting initiatives and innovative mobile search in the Japanese search market from Yahoo! & Vodafone.
 

Google Finance Vs Yahoo! Finance

Mar 22, 2006 | 4,339 views | by PageTraffic
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As Google launched its new finance site on tuesday, the already existing Yahoo! Finance take a few steps ahead by introducing new information, multimedia and style features to its finance site. Yahoo! leads the market in terms of its finance category, having an enormous user base of nearly 12 million who visited the site last month. According to the Netratings, Yahoo! is on a verge of expansion which would make its stock charts more convincing.

Yahoo! Removed Block Result Feature from My Web

Mar 22, 2006 | 1,227 views | by Candid SEO
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It has been observed that Yahoo! has removed the block result feature from My Web. Well, the FAQ  has not been updated yet. The FAQ still says that the feature is available. It goes like this:

Can I block a site from ever showing in my search results?

Yes. Use the Block link in any search result to block that site from showing in search results for all subsequent searches.

Yahoo! News Beta Offers Local Headlines

Mar 18, 2006 | 1,086 views | by PageTraffic
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Get all the local news from Yahoo! News. Yahoo! News is now offering Yahoo! Local News headlines. It’s good to see that finally Yahoo! came out with the service though Topix has been doing this for quite a while now.

You can also avail the information from Google, you just need to sign up for Google Personalized Search but the results wouldn't be skimmed. Though Yahoo! Local News doesn't have a "Add this to My Yahoo" but it would be included soon.