Results generated from Yahoo’s search engine now feature a more in-depth social component as part of the company’s attempt to incorporate user-generated content via Yahoo! Answers.
CBS & Answers.com Bring AnswerTips to the Web
CBSNews and Answers Corporation announced the web launch of AnswerTips, a search tool aimed at enhancing content on the CBSNews.com website. CBS will also provide headlines and breaking news stories for Answers.com.
Ask Drives RSS Smart Answers To Europe
As part of their drive to rollout new features beyond the United States as quickly as possible, Ask.com has placed RSS Smart Answers on its European sites.
LibreDigital Answers Google Books
Google’s dustup with publishers around the globe last year over its plan to digitize every book in its path, sans permission, gave someone an idea. What if we do that with their permission? LibreDigital general manager Craig Miller says his company’s digitization service isn’t in direct response to Google, but a “natural extension” of what they were already doing.
Yahoo! API News: del.icio.us and Answers
From the API news department…
Yahoo Extends Answers To The API
Web developers can get to the question and answer site, Yahoo Answers, through an application programming interface recently made available on the Yahoo Developer Network.
Yahoo Answers Call For Quality Content
Voting has a place on Yahoo Answers, as users of the popular question and answer site will see that become part of the site.
Answers.com Makes Game Of Blufr
The online information source Answers.com has turned to creating a game based on its vast repository of data in order to draw traffic to the site.
Yahoo UK Redesign Boosts Answers
A well-crafted front page redesign can do wonders with redirecting traffic to other pages and subdomains owned by a site, as Yahoo UK’s update has done.
Bono Seeks Yahoo Answers To Poverty
U2’s frontman and noteworthy activist takes his turn during the Yahoo Answers “Ask the Planet” promotion and asks for suggestions on battling the problem of global poverty.