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Yahoo Video Search Beta

Posted by michael on from the to-boldly-search-where-no-man-has-searched-before dept.

An anonymous reader sent in some pointers to Yahoo rolling out a video search tool. We've mentioned searching digital video previously, and AltaVista (remember them?) also has a video search available.

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  1. Alltheweb by robyannetta · · Score: 5, Informative

    Alltheweb has had a video search for years.

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    - Just my $0.02, take with a grain of salt, your mileage may vary.
    1. Re:Alltheweb by MarkH · · Score: 3, Informative

      In fact if you compare

      http://www.alltheweb.com/search?cat=vid&cs=utf8& q= kate+winslet&rys=0

      http://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?ei=UT F- 8&fr=sfp&p=kate+winslet

      You will see remarkable similiarities

  2. Save some time.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yes, you CAN search for the obvious

  3. Turn safe search off by enosys · · Score: 4, Informative

    Turn safe search off in advanced search. Then you'll find those clips.

  4. Re:Works pretty well! by Vampyre_Dark · · Score: 3, Informative

    Try AskJolene.com ... you'll find nothing but the right kind of videos. >:)

  5. Well... by GarfBond · · Score: 3, Informative

    Seeing as how Yahoo owns Overture, which owns AltaVista, I think it's pretty easy to see where this new video search comes from. :)