Reading through David Berkowitz’ MediaPost article on the new Yahoo! SearchMonkey App, I decided to give it a spin, and see what it could do for me. I agree with his conclusions (feel free to read at will), but wanted to see the value, if any.
I installed the necessary app for LinkedIn, and took screenshots of my profile while logged in to Yahoo! and then when logged out. Here’s the difference:
Logged in:
and logged out:
As you can see, the enhanced listing shows much more, including Industry, Current, Skills (yes, they are mad), and Connections. In addition, it also adds a small LinkedIn icon next to the URL. Nice little touch. Finally, it’s MUCH larger, and takes up more on-screen real estate than the original, making it stand out. I like it, and considering it took about 45 seconds to enable this, it’s a no-brainer in my book.
There are also many Yahoo!-specific enhancements, and others from Yelp, StumbleUpon and Flickr (for now). Check them all out at the Yahoo! Search Gallery.
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It’s good hearing your viewpoints on this, Dan.