Under a new partnership announced Monday by Gov. Charlie Crist, Google is providing free consulting and software to help make more files recognizable to most search engines.
Note: Interesting to see that the article makes no mention of the excellent work Vivisimo is doing with USA.gov. If you haven't used it since it was FirstGov, take a look. It's MUCH MUCH better. Plus, you get the benefit of Vivisimo's dynamic clustering which can help you quickly spot concepts and trends that would be difficult to see one result at a time.
+ Stuff We Noticed at Yahoo
Yahoo appears to be testing (beta) a new look for My Yahoo. We noticed a link to the beta on the Yahoo home page today.
1) My Yahoo Beta
++ More Here
UPDATE: First announced in March. We are seeing it for the first time.
2) "Sponsored" Yahoo Shortcuts
Note: Not new. Danny covered this in October on Search Engine Land. However, the about link next to the shortcut does not explain the difference between a regular and sponsored shortcut.
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