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Written by CB Team
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Thursday, 03 April 2008 |
 Yahoo! Inc has unveiled Yahoo! oneSearch 2.0, a new version of its mobile search service. Key enhancements will allow users to initiate searches faster using text or voice.
Yahoo! also plans to provide greater relevance through more detailed search results by opening up Yahoo! oneSearch to publishers to integrate content, simplify search input with Search Assist and voice-enabled search, and make search instantly accessible on the idle screen of many phones.
By enabling publishers to integrate relevant content into the Yahoo! oneSearch results, it is more likely that consumers will be able to find exactly what they're looking for.
Opening up Yahoo! oneSearch will....
- Turn web search results into answers - the usefulness of the results increase as more actual content is returned versus traditional web links
- Unlock the power of the Semantic Web - results integrate more helpful content, much that otherwise is not usually surfaced in search results.
- Provide more relevant content - consumers receive richer information, into which they can dive deeply, for example, whereas today's search results for "Italian restaurants" includes information such as addresses and phone numbers, open results could also include information from restaurant booking companies displaying the number of available reservations.
Open search results are expected to debut with initial partners in Q2 2008.
Yahoo! oneSearch is simplifying mobile search by taking the pain out of typing search queries on mobile phones.
Yahoo! oneSearch with Search Assist provides...
- Faster and easier input - reducing the time it takes to enter in your search query.
- Predictive text completion - as you begin to type, Search Assist surfaces the most common search queries in real time that match the letters you have submitted so far.
- As soon as you see a query that matches what you were typing, select it and your results are returned. For instance, a consumer searching for information about "Hillary Clinton" can just type "hil" and search assist will instantly suggest "Hillary Clinton" along with "Perez Hilton," "Hillary Duff" and the other most common search terms containing those letters.
Contextual recommendations - Search Assist is intelligent enough to recommend more refined results than your initial query. For example, as you type in "Apple," Search Assist may recommend links such as Apple iPhone, Apple iPod, or Apple stock price.
At launch, Search Assist is available for the iPhone and is expected to become available on additional AJAX-compatible devices over the coming months.
While Search Assist is easier than typing, talking is easier yet. With the voice-enabled version of Yahoo! oneSearch, consumers will be able to search for anything, including flight numbers, locations, Web site names, local restaurants, and more, by simply speaking.
Key Features Include:
- Wide-open voice-enabled mobile search - Speak anything and get relevant results returned through oneSearch.
- Personalizes to your voice - Voice-enabled Yahoo! oneSearch adapts to your voice the more you use it.
- Multi-modal input - Allows users to switch between speaking and typing at any time, enabling consumers easy access to refine queries.
Available beginning today for select Blackberry devices including the 8800 series, Curve, and Pearl in the United States. Over the coming months, the product is expected to support additional devices and become available internationally.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 03 April 2008 )
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