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November 20, 2009
Yahoo! Adds Tweets, Breaking News to News Shortcut
After announcements from Google and Bing about incorporating Twitter into their search results, Yahoo! is throwing hopping on the real-time results news bandwagon. Yahoo!'s Twitter integration is part of a new update when the News Shortcut is implemented in the search results.
Yahoo! is also recognizing when there's breaking news and indicating as such on the News Shortcut. Here's a screenshot of a search for the space shuttle Atlantis shortly after launch earlier this week (per the Yahoo! Search blog):
What do you think of these updates to the Yahoo! News shortcut? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
Posted by Nathania Johnson on November 20, 2009 1:50 PM
Comments
Raven November 20, 2009 4:58 PM
Well how about that. Better late then never..
Todd Hebert November 20, 2009 5:55 PM
that sounds great
and it is more convenient for us to keep informed of the latest news
Henry November 21, 2009 5:47 AM
So finally everybody is getting twitters everywhere.
The short and simple stuff has caught on so much.
Thanks for this update.
Arun Pal Singh November 22, 2009 7:12 AM
Will be interesting to see what the response to this turns out to be... Although, I have to admit I've gotten news from Twitter many times before it could be found anywhere else.
SEO Seattle November 22, 2009 9:42 AM
Raven i agree with you. Better late than never.
Golden Blogger November 22, 2009 11:29 AM
I LOVE IT !
Lily November 25, 2009 2:46 AM
I LIKE GOOGLE!
S November 25, 2009 2:52 AM
How do they sort out what Twit to show on their SERPs? Or is it based on the trending topics on Twitter itself?