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Yahoo Desktop Search Beta Released
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Privacy was an issue that plagued Google after release of its desktop search product. Yahoo is addressing that, promising what it calls "advanced privacy controls that ensure Web browser cache and history are not searchable." Yahoo's Desktop Search Beta also allows users to find and play audio or video files without launching a separate media player.
First it was Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) Latest News about Google, then Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Latest News about Microsoft and Ask Jeeves (Nasdaq: ASKJ) Latest News about Ask Jeeves. Now Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) Latest News about Yahoo is getting into the latest search battle with today's announcement of the release of its Desktop Search Beta application.
Powered by XI Technologies, the free download indexes the information and content users have on their computer, like e-mails, attachments, documents, music, images and videos. The software allows users to search through more than 200 file types, including Outlook and Outlook Express e-mail, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, html, text, ZIP and mp3.
"We believe that searching the desktop is an important part of the broader search experience and will serve as the platform to provide unique, search-enabled applications that span the user's hard drive, the Yahoo network and the Web," said Jeff Weiner, senior vice president of Yahoo Search and Marketplace.
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The article mentions that Google had some privacy issues with the desktop search and Yahoo has addressed those issues in their Yahoo Desktop Search Beta, making them more reliable than Googe. Well, they might even be more reliable than Google, who knows?
Do you think that Google has some serious competition here and need to be carefull? Or do you think that nothing can beat Google and the Yahoo Desktop Search is not a threat to Google? What's your opinion?