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What are people searching for? Most people (88%)said they were researching specific topics—specifically, information about hobbies. And women (61%) were more likely to search for health and medical information than men (35%). Surprisingly few people... See more

What are people searching for? Most people (88%)said they were researching specific topics—specifically, information about hobbies. And women (61%) were more likely to search for health and medical information than men (35%). Surprisingly few people researching specific topics are looking for job or career information (28%). Other common things people use search for include: * Getting directions/maps - 75% * Looking for news - 64% * Shopping - 51% * Looking for entertainment web sites - 47% See less

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Why is collecting and sharing, beyond photos and email, so hard? Why can't I put all my favorite stuff in one place?

Why is collecting and sharing, beyond photos and email, so hard? Why can't I put all my favorite stuff in one place? See less

Highlights: We need a mechanism to upload, pull in, find and present all my stuff in one service.

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With the announcement today of Yahoo! Answers, the company seems to be evolving from it's decade-old, original acronym "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle" to the source for "Yet Additional Hordes of Opinionated Oracles". From being THE source... See more

With the announcement today of Yahoo! Answers, the company seems to be evolving from it's decade-old, original acronym "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle" to the source for "Yet Additional Hordes of Opinionated Oracles". From being THE source for Answers to also being THE PATH to Answers from the masses. With Yahoo! Answers, the company evolves from it's roots in Directories and Search and tries to add the "wisdom of the masses". As the company notes on it's blog: "The popularity of web search has changed the way we think about the Internet in some pretty odd ways. I've heard more than a few people struggling to answer a question who turn to their keyboard and proclaim, "I'll just ask the Internet…" while typing something into a search box. Amazingly, that works in a lot of cases. When it comes to locating facts, such as the capital of India, web search rocks. But there are many times that keywords just don't cut it—times when you need to ask a question to a group of humans.... See less