Comments on: Yahoo! Powered Shortcuts for WordPress

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:22:59 +0000

I’m not sure if there’s a cold blogging war going on. Google and Yahoo! seem to be going in different directions. And WordPress does not seem to be forced into a relationship with either Google or Yahoo! so why not please both?

Matt Mullenweg did announce the plugin on his blog although his reaction could be said to be only lukewarm.

By: dinsan

dinsan — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:15:41 +0000

I am still confused about it, Anne, and I think Matt and the wp team will be more confused.. its like pleasing US and Russia at the same time lol.. when it comes to Google and Yahoo! .. the cold war :)

By: Anne

Anne — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:57:02 +0000

Maybe it’s another Yahoo attempt to enter the blogosphere. Their Yahoo! 360° never seemed to have taken off and their acquisition of the ping server blo.gs also seems to have led nowhere.

What is Yahoo’s game in the blogging business? Could this be a serious attempt?

By: dinsan

dinsan — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 06:20:35 +0000

I am trying this plugin now.. I liked the flickr part a lot :) well, if they are going to charge us for the plugin, then thats the end of it I guess !! for a short time, I thought Yahoo ! is deviating from its normal path, reading your post, I think… they are not

By: John Willis

John Willis — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:46:22 +0000

I tried it this morning and it stinks. It hardly finds and technical terms that I use. Also, it was buggy for be. Even though it suggested links they never showed up in the post. It might be a WP 2.2 thing but because the suggestions stink it wasn’t worth the effort to find out.