Product Pulse - November 17, 2006
Posted November 17th, 2006 at 1:11 pm by Julie Han
Filed in: Product News
Dreading family overload next week? Relax, spend some "me" time and check out the goodies in this week’s round-up.
- Formerly known as…: Yahooligans! just unveiled a new name and a new look: Yahoo! Kids. You'll find everything from the latest arcade games and seasonal jokes to an interactive study zone there. This means that now your 6-year-old and 12-year-old have a place they can both hang out and get smart online.
- Tag-teaming — who woulda thunk?: In a nutshell, Yahoo!, Google, and Microsoft have joined forces to make your search experience a better one. We teamed up to provide webmasters with a free tool that helps search engines better index their sites. The result? Better search results for all. Read more here.
- Paula, Simon, and Randy reincarnated?: If winning $50,000 in pocket change, a deal to star or produce your own Yahoo! show, and national stardom aren't enough motivation, how's exposure to Tom Green, Ask a Ninja and Maria Sansone? All three just came aboard the Yahoo! Talent Show to judge the hottest and not-so-hot talents on the Web. If you haven’t already submitted your stellar air-guitar sets, now's the time!
- Addicted to advertising?: A complete rebuild of Yahoo! Advertising now offers you a virtual warehouse of advertising information, including industry news, podcasts and webcasts, an event calendar, a creative gallery for watching award-winning spots, content from the likes of the Association of National Advertisers, and, of course, links to Yahoo! stuff like market research studies and advertising ops on our network. We’ve even got cartoons.
- Be there in a flash: Beta no more! Our new Yahoo! Maps are now de rigueur if you're logging in via broadband (fear not, dial-uppers — our classic Maps will remain just for you). With an award-winning, Ajax-juiced user interface, the new maps provide multi-point routing, a mini-map to let you see the forest for the trees, satellite and hybrid views, real-time traffic, and full integration with Yahoo! Local.
See you back in two weeks. We plan to spend next Friday enjoying a tryptophan-induced coma.
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Posted November 16th, 2006 at 10:11 pm by Bradley Horowitz
Filed in: Partnerships
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