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Yahoo Still Monkeying Around With Search Results

Yahoo has now integrated various Search Monkey enhancements directly into the SERP, eliminating the need for users to click on and choose their own specialized results. For example, a search for a person's name may turn up snippets of their LinkedIn profile (if its updated), including their location and current job.

"Try a query that's likely to turn up information from LinkedIn, Yahoo Local, or Yelp," says Doug Caverly. "Sometimes this works, and sometimes not, but you may be shown a specially formatted, extra-informative enhanced result."

Caverly also notes that Yahoo has expanded Search Monkey internationally, offering searchers in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico the option to customize their results with third-party developer widgets.

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