Always Monkeying Around
| Friday, August 1st, 2008 | --Sean |
When SearchMonkey first rolled out, it already came with a set of default applications installed, but they were all for owned-and-operated properties -- Flickr, Y! Video, etc. That was bound to change as we've transitioned into this new, open, best-content-wins era, and today's the big day. The excellent applications from Yelp and LinkedIn (as well as Yahoo! Local) will now show up by default for all Yahoo! Search users, giving them that fresh Enhanced Result taste without needing to install a thing. This fits in really well with the news about the enhanced news results from a little while ago, as users can now expect to have all sorts of little gems of enhancedness scattered throughout their results. Also, it's a strong incentive for sites to put out good SearchMonkey Enhanced Results -- if they gain enough traction as installed applications, then there's a chance they'll get turned on by default for everyone.