Yahoo Buzz Ranks Web Content by Votes and Searches

February 27th, 2008

Forget the buzz about Microsoft acquiring Yahoo. This week the search titan wants the world’s attention on Yahoo Buzz, an extension to Yahoo.com that promises to deliver the most interesting and relevant content from Web sites. The new tool is currently in beta.In true social-networking style, Yahoo Buzz measures consumer votes and search patterns to identify interesting and timely stories and videos from large news sources as well as niche blogs around the Web. Top stories are then given primary consideration for placement on Yahoo.com.

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