Yahoo! Pulls Blog Search; Back in the Shop for a Tune-Up?
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Written By Reprise Media | August 28, 2006 | Share This
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Over the weekend, bloggers (like Om Malik) started to notice that Yahoo! Blog Search had slipped off the radar screen at Yahoo! News, vanishing from its customary spot on the page and replaced by Yahoo! Images. The Y! Blog Search URL began redirecting users to Yahoo! News Search. Approaching its 1-year anniversary in October, Yahoo! Blog Search simply disappeared without so much as a peep from the folks at Yahoo!
Actually, there was one peep. Yahoo!’s Jeremy Zawodny replied to Om’s post, confirming Yahoo!’s official silence on the matter and saying that Blog Search had been offed, without further elaboration.
That’s when Greg Jarboe decided to dig deeper, tracking down Yahoo! spokesman Brian Nelson for some horse’s mouth action. Nelson said that the removal of Blog Search was a temporary move, promising it would return after a retooling. Courtesy Jarboe, here’s a cryptic snip from Nelson:
“…blog content remains an important part of our overall news and news search strategy. It’s worth mentioning again because I’ve read speculation in the blogosphere about what Y! might be thinking bigger picture when it comes to blog content.”
He’s probably referring to Steve Rubel’s supposition that Yahoo!’s readying a blog reader/blog search app, similar to Ask’s Bloglines product. You’ll know more when we know more…
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