Yahoo! Search Experiences 2010

JANUARY – DECEMBER: Special event Shortcuts provided answers such as scores, schedules, photos, videos and more for searches about the World Cup, Olympics, Oscars, Golden Globes, etc.

MARCH: TV and celebrity Shortcuts display the latest video clips, news, bonus videos (or even entire shows), episode list, ratings, photos, tweets and show times. Search result pages also highlight related celebrities, movies or TV shows.

APRIL: Our menu item finder helps you locate restaurants that serve the dish you crave when you know what you want to eat but don’t know where to go.

APRIL: Yahoo!’s “More Sponsors” results pages give you the option to view more Sponsored Search ads related to your commercial search queries.

OCTOBER: “Trending Now” slideshows results display the latest images about hot topics from Yahoo.com.

OCTOBER: Intelligent Shortcuts for movie, music and news searches let you watch movie trailers, listen to music, see photos, read the latest tweets, or buy local event tickets.

OCTOBER: Intelligent Shortcuts for movie, music and news searches let you watch movie trailers, listen to music, see photos, read the latest tweets, or buy local event tickets.

OCTOBER: With our Netflix Quick App, you can add movies to your Netflix Queue right from the Yahoo! Search results page.

NOVEMBER: The Yahoo! Sketch-a-Search Quick App is now available for desktop searches, so you can draw with your mouse to zero-in on a street or neighborhood and filter restaurants by cuisine, ambiance, and ratings.

NOVEMBER: With the new OpenTable Quick App, you can book a restaurant reservation without ever leaving the Yahoo! Search results page.

APRIL: On Yahoo! Sports search results pages, we added a new left column to help you explore the latest news, commentaries, scores, photos, and videos about your favorite teams and athletes.

APRIL: On Yahoo! News search results pages, we introduced new ways to filter your searches by popular content sources. You can also narrow the results to stories published within the last hour, day, or week.

MAY: On the Image and Video search homepages, we now feature topics that are trending in search, so you can watch the search trends of the moment.

JULY: Yahoo! Answers search added new sorting options for relevance, newest and “most answers.” Or, you can perform advanced searches and save your filter settings.

SEPTEMBER: New Explore boxes appear below Yahoo! News articles so you can browse and explore relevant Search-powered content while you read your news.

OCTOBER: Feature slideshows in Yahoo! Image Search showcase great public imagery from Flickr, as well as your friends’ public Facebook albums to provide you the best collection of images on the Web.

OCTOBER: Yahoo! Finance search results pages now feature “Related Tickers” when you search for ticker symbols or company names.

OCTOBER: The new Yahoo! Mail beta’s email search is faster and lets you navigate, sort, and narrow your search results by sender, attachment file, date, or folder location.

MARCH: With Yahoo! Sketch-a-Search, a first-of-its kind iPhone app, you can simply draw a shape on a map to discover local restaurants anywhere you choose in the U.S.

MARCH – The Yahoo! Search iPhone app embeds maps, localizes query suggestions as you type, and includes intelligent search history and voice search.

JUNE: The Yahoo! Search Widget for Android provides search suggestions, shortcuts, news and deeper results that help you find exactly what you’re looking for.

OCTOBER: Our enhanced mobile search for smartphones hones search results for local business listings, stock information, entertainment topics, videos, and images.

OCTOBER: Our enhanced mobile search for smartphones hones search results for local business listings, stock information, entertainment topics, videos, and images.

NOVEMBER: Our updated iPhone Sketch-a-Search app now provides reviews of Zagat-Rated restaurants so you can quickly discover the best restaurants wherever you are.

NOVEMBER: Yahoo!’s new Sketch-a-Search app for iPad lets you draw on a map and filter restaurants by cuisine, ambiance, and ratings, or even see top picks in your area.

NOVEMBER: The Restaurant Comparison Quick App, currently being tested, organizes dining options by price, distance from home, cuisine type, atmosphere, and ratings.

NOVEMBER: Our richer Yahoo! Search Assist in testing provides more robust answers for key topics and direct links to the most-clicked results right in the Search Assist window as you type.

NOVEMBER: Our richer Yahoo! Search Assist in testing provides more robust answers for key topics and direct links to the most-clicked results right in the Search Assist window as you type.

NOVEMBER: Our richer Yahoo! Search Assist in testing provides more robust answers for key topics and direct links to the most-clicked results right in the Search Assist window as you type.

NOVEMBER: Yahoo! Clues Beta lets you view and compare aggregate data about the types of people searching for specific keywords.