Hot on the heels of Yahoo testing out purple titles in their ads and organic search results, they are testing out a wild shade of turquoise too. Here is a full page screenshot showing the new color they are testing. It is quite noticeable, but it also kind of has the look of search results […]
Yahoo Testing Purple Title Links for Ads & Organic Search Results
Yahoo is testing their search results with the Yahoo purple links for all the titles on the page instead of the traditional blue links. Aaron Wall spotted this test on Sunday where all the title links for both ads and organic search results were all in Yahoo purple. We have seen some ads with a […]
What Yahoo Testing Google Search Results Over Bing’s Really Means
In a move that isn’t entirely unexpected, Yahoo is testing out Google search results instead of their usual Bing search results for searches done on Yahoo. It seems to be an extremely limited test at this time, but the fact that Yahoo is testing Google results at all is very significant. Here are some things […]
Java Updates Change Search Engine & Homepage to Yahoo
The good news is that Oracle won’t try to install the Ask Toolbar when you do a Java update… the bad news is that it wants to change your default browser, homepage and new tab page to Yahoo instead. Yahoo has replaced Ask in a new deal that could potentially convert millions of Java users […]
Both Bing Search & Yahoo Search Suffer Outage
If you use either Bing or Yahoo, both services have been down since 2:04 PST on May 14th. Bing is serving no results, while Yahoo – that is powered by Bing Seach – is running no organic results but is including their own shopping results, “____ from Tumblr” section and suggested searches. Bing’s screen says: […]
Yahoo Adds Tumblr to Their Yahoo Search Results
Yahoo is promoting Tumblr, their pseudo-blogging platform they purchased in 2013, by including a special expandable section in the search results. The results are related to the keyword searched for, and tend to appear in the lower half of the search results page. The section is fairly small but can be expanded to show more […]
New Yahoo Agreement with Microsoft Allows Mayer to Terminate Agreement At Will
We have some more details about the search deal that Yahoo and Microsoft renegotiated, and it was clear that Yahoo’s CEO Marissa Mayer was in the driving seat on this one. The document was filed with the SEC and is very eye opening, particularly with some of the changes that Mayer managed to push through […]
Yahoo & Bing / Microsoft Have Agreed to Amend Search Partnership
Yahoo has issued a press release stating they have amended the search partnership with Microsoft to serve Bing Search results and Bing Ads advertisements to their searchers. They recently extended the deadline to extend the search agreement amendment period for an extra thirty days, a clue that changes to the initial agreement 5 years ago […]
Yahoo Removes “Powered by Bing” From Some Mobile Search Results
Business Insider is reporting that some users searching on Yahoo from mobile devices are seeing the “Powered by Bing” removed from the footer of the search results page. The screenshots show a redesigned look to the search results, looking far different from how they appear to most users today. Could this signal something significant to […]
Yahoo & Bing/Microsoft Extend Search Deal Deadline by 30 Days
If you were hoping to find out the results of Yahoo / Bing Search partnership by now, you will need to wait another 30 days as both parties extend the 30 day deadline to review and possibly revamp the original 2009 agreement by an additional 30 days. Under a broad 10-year deal struck in 2009, […]