Yahoo Adds Blogs to News Searches

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NEW YORK Yahoo has joined AOL and Google in raising the profile of blogs by adding a set of blog results to searches on Yahoo News.

Yahoo said the addition is part of its effort to expose more users to “grassroots journalism,” including blogs and related photos on its Flickr photo-sharing service, which can offer additional perspectives and even cover events the mainstream media ignores.

The move comes less than a week after AOL shelled out an estimated $20 million to buy Weblogs Inc.,



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