Yahoo Search Improves Movie Shortcut Results

The Yahoo Search Blog announced they have improved their movie shortcuts to add more information. The added information includes, movie trailers, user and critic ratings, a brief summary, and movie showtimes. For example, a search on Dreamgirls, 10025 brings up this Yahoo Shortcut. Of course other search engines offer similar results. + Google Dreamgirls, 10025 […]

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The Yahoo Search Blog announced they have improved their movie shortcuts to add more information. The added information includes, movie trailers, user and critic ratings, a brief summary, and movie showtimes. For example, a search on Dreamgirls, 10025 brings up this Yahoo Shortcut.

Yahoo Movies Shortcut Revised


Of course other search engines offer similar results.

+ Google Dreamgirls, 10025 result
+ Ask.com Dreamgirls
+ Live.com Dreamgirls, 10025

Older screenshot shows a bug, but it is now fixed. The bug did not show the local show times based on the zip code…

Yahoo Movie Shortcut


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