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March 24, 2005
Yahoo! Launches Creative Commons Search
I discovered from Lawrence Lessig that Yahoo! has recently launched a new search tool that only searches work licensed under the Creative Commons license meaning it is free to use and build upon (usually with some restrictions). This is an incredibly useful tool for anyone who does any type of writing or publishing (including, of course, bloggers).
I really like what I've been seeing from Yahoo! lately. I think a lot of people have considered it a foregone conclusion that Google was going to own search and the communities around it. I like to see companies like Yahoo!, Microsoft, and Amazon saying "Not so fast." I think Yahoo! has been most aggressive in their positioning lately (Y!Q contextual search, Firefox support for their toolbar, public search API, purchase of Flickr, etc.), and I think they probably have a better understanding of community than almost anyone. I expect that we will continue to see impressive tools and services from Yahoo! in the future as the competition for search and community continue to heat up.
Posted by cantrell at March 24, 2005 12:26 PM | References
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Is this any different than the CC search on Creative Common's web site?
http://creativecommons.org/find/
Posted by: Pete Freitag at March 24, 2005 01:58 PM
I have to agree with the fact that Yahoo is comming in a close second and may take over the search game all together. I know I for one am switching most of my search to Yahoo. I also think their local search tool is the best on the internet.
Posted by: Al Johnson at April 26, 2005 05:34 PM