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May 9, 2008 5:18 PM PDT

Yahoo acquisition to aid Apple searches

Posted by Stephen Shankland
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Correction 6:18 p.m. PT: I misinterpreted the announcement; Inquisitor founder David Watanabe isn't joining Yahoo.

Inquisitor augments Safari by autocompleting search queries and showing results.

Inquisitor augments Safari by autocompleting search queries and showing results.

(Credit: Yahoo)

Yahoo has acquired Inquisitor in a move to improve how search results appear on Apple computers.

The Safari browser plug-in offers autocompletion of search queries and shows a pane with search results as users type queries. The plug-in, now in version 3, is a free download.

Terms of the deal weren't disclosed, but Inquisitor founder and developer David Watanabe will continue to work with Yahoo on the software.

"I look forward to assisting Yahoo in refining and extending the Inquisitor user experience beyond where it is today.," Watanabe said on his blog.

"David and our team of Macphiles will continue to innovate on both form and function for Inquisitor," Ariel Seidman, director of search product management for Yahoo, wrote in Yahoo's blog posting.

Stephen Shankland covers Google, Yahoo, search, online advertising, portals, digital photography, and related subjects. He joined CNET News in 1998 and since then also has covered servers, supercomputing, open-source software, and science. E-mail Stephen.
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by DavidWatanabe May 9, 2008 6:04 PM PDT
"...Inquisitor founder and developer David Watanabe is joining Yahoo."

As I've mentioned on my blog, I am NOT joining Yahoo. I will continue to be involved in this particular project, but I am not joining the company.

Thanks in advance for correcting this error.
David.
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by Shankland May 9, 2008 6:25 PM PDT
My apologies--I misunderstood the Yahoo announcement.
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by gsmiller88 May 9, 2008 9:08 PM PDT
This is great for us Safari for Mac users that use Y! Search.
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by johnalphonse-22167694933540745 May 10, 2008 4:09 AM PDT
any possibility of working the feature into the Apple site search, which has improved but is still lacking? buggy Yahoo results are Safari's problem if u ask me and it's not compatible with so many things. where to start? Apple is arrogant to make every vendor run around patching for Safari when the problem lies with Safari itself.
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by The_Decider May 11, 2008 11:00 AM PDT
You think that the results that are gathered on a web server, which might be "buggy" are the fault of a web browser?
by GGGlen May 10, 2008 9:46 AM PDT
"buggy Yahoo results are Safari's problem".

That's got to be the single biggest laugh I'll have today!
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by Riquez-001 May 11, 2008 5:22 AM PDT
What a fun life you must have.
by WJeansonne May 11, 2008 8:33 AM PDT
Safari's a dog. It won't even display the hyperlinks in the images on my Web site. Also, bold fonts bleed out as well. Apple needs to do a lot more work on it before allowing add-ons.
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by AppleSuxLeo May 11, 2008 5:11 PM PDT
I did an "apple-search"...they were either green or red , and sometimes a golden yellow.
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by benjaminstraight July 17, 2008 3:33 AM PDT
Finally something for us Safari Mac users.
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