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March 20, 2008

Yahoo on the Future of Search

Where's search heading? Ask Yahoo's chief scientist, Andrew Tomkins. He'll be giving the morning keynote today at SES New York. While most search engines for the past 10 years have relied heavily on analyzing anchor text, links, and content to determine relevance, researchers at the top search engines have recently begun to look at other signals that might indicate search result relevance. Tomkins reveals a few hints at the future in today's SearchDay, "Where's Search Heading? Ask Yahoo's Chief Scientist."

Posted by Kevin Newcomb at March 20, 2008 9:05 AM