...you’ll see that we introduced a tool to filter your searches by popular news sources. This new filter is easy to use and lets you see only stories from specific news sources.
You can also use the Filter by Time tool on the left column to narrow the search results by time and see stories published within the last hour, day, or week. Choose “Past Day” in the news search result page for the query “obama,” you’ll see only results published within the last day. The document count next to the news sources on the left column will update to reflect the number of results published within the last day. Of course, our rich results for news images and news videos are also updated with the past day’s results.
However, Yahoo gets points for allowing users to to narrow by source and for including the total number of results for each additional source from the left margin (at the top) of a results page. Here's an example.
Main News Results New Features
+ Scrollable image results
+ More rich results with enhanced News Topic shortcuts
+ Twitter shortcuts showing the latest relevant tweets about the news topic you’re exploring
Sports
We’ve packed some great features in the brand new left column on Yahoo Sports search results pages to help you explore the latest news, commentaries, scores, photos, and videos that matter most to you.
...Another cool feature in the left column is Related Searches, which features conceptually related topics. For example, when you search for New York Yankees, you can also see information about the team’s main rivals (Boston Red Sox), other professional sports teams in the area (New York Mets and New York Giants) or the team’s fan network (YES network).
...rich sports results on the top of the page. For example, as this year’s NCAA basketball tournament gears up for the final four this weekend, you can keep up with the latest action by searching “ncaa tournament” on Yahoo! Sports. You’ll see NCAA tournament coverage, featuring scores, schedules, brackets, and March Madness news at the top of the search results page.
If you haven't used Yahoo News Search or Yahoo Sports Search in a few months/years, this might be a good time to take a look and run a few searches.
The FreePint Family is a family of resources to help information workers be more effective, raise the value of information in their organisations and contribute to success.
'FreePint... provides most of my professional development because it won't come through work and [other resources] just don't cut it.'
FUMSI Forum: Do you have a research question? Post it to the FUMSI Forum, where professionals share Q&A and useful tips on how to Find, Use, Manage and Share Information. It's free.
FreePint Shop:
VIP LiveWire:
