Yahoo beckons coders to gussy up search results By Stephen Shankland, WebWare (May 15)
We'll start to see new search aids and applications thanks to Search Monkey. This is an "application foundation" - developers will build on Yahoo search results.
"The company will offer developer tools to let programmers start using SearchMonkey, technology to make search results more elaborate and, the company hopes, more useful. SearchMonkey lets programmers write applications that can turn dry textual listings in search results into a much more elaborate display, and Yahoo hopes its search business will benefit."
Of interest: "SearchMonkey also is interesting because it fits into the broader sweep of Internet history. Tim Berners-Lee, who initially developed the protocols behind the World Wide Web, has for more than a decade been advocating a move toward a more advanced sequel called the Semantic Web. SearchMonkey specifically takes advantage of Web site features designed to fulfill some of the promise of the Semantic Web."
Article explains microformats.
Related: Eric Enge interviews Yahoo's Andrew Tomkins Stone Temple Consulting (Apr 28)
"This interview expands upon the keynote presentation that Andrew gave at SES NY on the future of search. The presentation covered some very interesting ideas on how to improve the presentation of results within a search results page. The discussion relates to the initiative Yahoo referred to as "SearchMonkey"."
Posted by Gwen at May 16, 2008 12:44 PM