Yahoo Modifies Search Monkey Layout

Yahoo has announced that they have changed the Search Monkey enhanced results template to a new layout. Here is a before and after shot: Why the change? Yahoo said that based on “A/B testing, eye tracking and usability research,” they found that the new format is easier to use and understand. So hopefully, the only […]

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Yahoo has announced that they have changed the Search Monkey enhanced results template to a new layout. Here is a before and after shot:

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Why the change? Yahoo said that based on “A/B testing, eye tracking and usability research,” they found that the new format is easier to use and understand. So hopefully, the only side affect for webmasters will be more clicks from Yahoo Search.


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Barry Schwartz
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Barry Schwartz is a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry can be followed on Twitter here.

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