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August 26, 2009
Yahoo! Enables Inline Viewing for Video Search
Yahoo! has introduced a somewhat controversial feature into their video search: inline viewing. The feature allows searchers to view videos directly on the search results page instead of taking them to the site where the video is hosted.
Of course, if you are one of those sites, you want that traffic to your site. But with the large number of videos that are embeddable, it means that videos are being viewed off-site anyway.
If you want to use the inline viewing feature, simply click "Play Now" under the thumbnail of the video search result you wish to see. A larger overlay window will appear, containing the selected video.
Bing also enables inline viewing, but as a preview. This is relevant since Yahoo! and Bing are working on getting their recently announced search deal approved by government antitrust regulators. In the meantime, Yahoo! pursues competitiveness in search, a smart move in case the deal doesn't get approved.
Posted by Nathania Johnson on August 26, 2009 2:40 PM
Comments
what's even more interesting is that on some searches in Yahoo video... Yahoo will pop up a special box at the top for Twitter video results which pulls videos recently posted on Twitter.
That's inline plus realtime! Celebrity sex tapes... watch out!
simon August 26, 2009 3:54 PM
This is the best feature from an end user perspective not from a website owner.
I liked this idea, this will reduce the amount of sites user should visit.
analogstuff August 27, 2009 5:10 AM
This looks like a great feature to make it easier for user to find and watch the videos they want in one place. Thanks for the information.
Oliver August 27, 2009 9:05 AM
