More Experiments Join Gmail Labs

A little over four months have gone by since Google launched Gmail Labs, and the company is now revisiting its collection of 13 experiments.  Or, to be more accurate, adding to it, with three new features.

AOL Opening Up To Third-Party Content

AOL has introduced a new feature on its homepage that allows users to access multiple email services from third parties.The company says it is revamping AOL.com to offer users more choice and customization in an effort to attract more traffic.

Video Search Gets Serious

Word on the street is that video search is about to get a huge upgrade, courtesy of a new site called VideoSurf. Video search has been a tough nut to crack for even the likes of Google, with relevancy problems plaguing pretty much every video search engine around.

Yahoo! Rolls Out Search Index Update

A lot of people seem to be seeing an increase in traffic coming from Yahoo! if this thread at WebmasterWorld is any indication. Some credit this to a September update to Yahoo!'s Search Index, and sure enough, today Yahoo! announced just that. Sharad Verma at the Yahoo! Search Blog says: