New Feature From Yahoo! Search Helps People Gather and Share
Information to Complete Their Most Important Tasks
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) today announced Search Pad beta, a Yahoo!
Search feature that lets people capture, organize, save and share
information they find while researching online. Search Pad provides a
new search experience that is especially valuable for people conducting
extensive research in categories such as academic, health, jobs, travel,
or shopping.
Today, people conducting online research often use cumbersome methods
for capturing the information they find in search results, pasting
snippets into separate documents, taking handwritten paper notes,
bookmarks, and/or sending themselves emails with links. Search Pad
simplifies this task by automatically recognizing when people are
conducting research, and allowing them to easily capture information and
websites found in their search results. Once activated, Search Pad
automatically saves recent items, including links in one integrated
notepad that stays with them as they search. People can edit their notes
and then print, save, email, or share their Search Pad documents with
family, friends, colleagues or anyone else, eliminating the need for
others to do the same research.
“At Yahoo! Search we are committed to understanding people’s intent and
building the right tools to help them complete their most important
tasks online,” said Larry Cornett, vice president of consumer products,
Yahoo! Search. “With Search Pad, Yahoo! is providing an elegant solution
that understands when valuable research is being conducted and offers a
way to effortlessly gather information in one place. Yahoo! Search Pad
helps people make decisions, save their work, and share the best with
friends and colleagues.”
Available only on Yahoo! Search, Search Pad has a host of features that
make search and research as meaningful and manageable as possible:
1) Automatic Research Detection: Understands research intent to
initiate note-taking;
2) Simple Collecting: Tightly integrated into the search
experience; once research begins, it automatically collects visited
websites and thumbnails;
3) Organize: Easily manages research into a coherent document for
quick reference with capabilities that include free form note entry,
drag & drop, auto-attribution of the URL for pasted notes, and
save/delete of notes and documents;
4) Share: Provides simple and useful ways to share work with
friends and colleagues via print, email, publish, and a number of social
networks.
The new Yahoo! Search Pad feature will be rolling out to people today by
searching at Yahoo.com in the United States, Canada, Australia, New
Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, United Kingdom, France,
Spain, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina. For more
information, click here
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About Yahoo!
Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global Internet brand and one of the most
trafficked Internet destinations worldwide. Yahoo! is focused on
powering its communities of users, advertisers, publishers and
developers by creating indispensable experiences built on trust. Yahoo!
is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. For more information, visit pressroom.yahoo.com.
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