Yahoo Tests an Online Notepad for Its Search Engine
Yahoo has developed an online notepad for its search engine where people will be able to save links, type notes, copy and paste content from Web sites, and then share that information with others via e-mail.
The tool, called Search Pad, provides a place to retain information found using Yahoo's search engine, and combines features from online notebooks and social bookmarking sites.
Although similar services exist from other vendors, Yahoo has tightly integrated the tool with its search engine, giving it a very targeted purpose, as opposed to making it a standalone Web application.
However, Search Pad is in early testing and will be available to only some Yahoo users on Wednesday. It will be available to everyone "in the coming months," the company said.
Similar options include Evernote's eponymous service and Zoho's Notebook. Google also has an online notebook, but last month the company announced it will stop developing the product.
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