While I think it’s too early to actually report it as news, nothing say’s “it’s probably coming” like the presence of proof. In this case, it was in the form of screen shots taken by Steve Rubel over at Micropersuasion.
So yeah. I’d put my money on “watch out Technorati and Pub Sub but don’t quake in your boots.” If I was at Yahoo, I’d be thinking, what do we say when we don’t really want to say anything? I’d do on purpose what they seem to have done accidentally – give a short lived peek of something that’s supposed to be behind the firewall for about an hour, then pack it back up.
They’re at least testing it. I’d be bummed if they don’t launch it but I think it’s time a major player got in the game.
Though I would have preferred to see it as Google buying Technorati – leaving Technorati just as it is, except with some performance improvements.
Ok, that’s it for Search Engine Tuesdays for the moment. I’ll be back later, maybe with an article. I just got a bunch more goodies to add to today’s newsletter, so you’ll see that this afternoon or tonight.
Ta!
