by
5 Comments

Favicons Coming to a Yahoo Search Ad Near You!

posted on May 8, 2009


When Yahoo’s not busy fending off the amorous advances of Microsoft, it’s quietly testing new search engine features.

Over at the Yahoo Search Marketing Blog, the company has revealed the limited testing of favicons in its search ads. They look something like this:

Don’t go rushing to YSM to activate your own favicon. Yahoo is appears to be running the test with just a small set of well known brands–which likely isn’t your company.

What do you think of the favicons?


Related Posts

Zemanta
  • http://mmo.juanderpulpinoy.com/ MMO Pinoy

    This is a cool new feature for Yahoo! Can’t wait to see this one.

  • Pingback: Blog - Favicons Coming to a Yahoo Search Ad Near You! :: Christopher Ross

  • http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/ Joshua Dorkin

    It’s a great idea . . . I’m actually surprised that neither they, nor Google thought if it before. The move is a great exercise in promoting site branding, IMO

    Joshua Dorkin’s last blog post..Older Americans Month And Scams (Loan Mods, specifically)

  • http://free-xbox-360-premium.blogspot.com mark

    It’s a small feature, but it makes the results look nicer. Maybe site previews like the GooglePreview extension for firefox is next?

    mark’s last blog post..Free XBox 360! Get A Free XBox 360 Elite/Premium Now!

  • Pingback: » Pandia Search Engine News Wrap-up May 10

Filed Under: General