SearchMonkey Hunter
| Friday, June 6th, 2008 | --Sean |
And 'ere we see the SearchMonkey in its natural habitat, monkeying around with Yahoo! search results! Let's observe!
Crikey, this one's a beaut! As you can see, the SearchMonkey lives in a Customize drop down menu on your Yahoo! Search result pages, but it has far-reaching effects on the whole search ecosystem. As it grows, it collects its own set of personalized Enhancements -- you can tell how old 'e is by counting 'em! This little fella right here is only five!
When a SearchMonkey comes across a search result that it knows how to handle, it doesn't hold back! You might see one add a useful Infobar that can pop related information into the page, or if the SearchMonkey actually owns the site, it can replace the entire result with a prettier, customized view (an Enhanced Result).
Sadly, the SearchMonkey can't actually reorder results on its own to favor results for which it has enhanced results, which would certainly give it a leg up in the wild! But it's an ever evolving creature and we'll be sure to keep a close eye on it! Blimey!