Yahoo has today announced the expansion of their oneSearch service to give mobile users instant answers with one click.
oneSearch has been running on Yahoo Go since earlier this year and is now expanded to be accessible on 85% of mobile phones without needing a Java download as before. Currently only being launched in the US Yahoo are promising versions in other countries shortly.
Marco Boerries, senior VP at Yahoo! commented:
Yahoo! oneSearch has already started to change the mobile search game by fundamentally improving the way consumers access and use the Internet on their mobile phones. Consumers that have tried oneSearch love it, telling us it’s easier and more helpful than any other mobile search services they’ve used. We are delivering the results consumers want with just one search, not a list of Web links.
From the Yahoo press release:
Yahoo! oneSearch is designed to make searching for and finding information as quick as possible for consumers by providing relevant results right on the page such as news headlines, images, business listings and more as well as easy navigation to other websites. For example, if a consumer wants to go to a movie this weekend, they just need to type the name of the movie into the search box. The search results would first list the movie, including a user rating, local theaters the movie is playing at, news headlines related to the movie and more. To dig more deeply into the results, a consumer would simply need to click on any item or category. For example, to see all the movies playing at a specific listed cinema, just click on the cinema name.
