My Yahoo! Blog

Your comments and suggestions make My Yahoo! better. We read your comments here on the blog and find some really great ideas! Here is a list of some new features launching in October on My Yahoo! all designed for you:

• Email preview apps will show more of the sender and subject lines
• Weather locations you saved on other Yahoo! sites will merge into one Weather app
• The Fantasy Sports app will be improved
• An updated version of Comics app will be available
• Your page will be faster and more responsive

For those of you that have been with My Yahoo! for awhile know how it gradually becomes a reflection of you. By adding your favorite content, you construct the ultimate morning paper…the personalized daily digest…a comfortable controlled environment…it’s the Web by you, for you

Here at My Yahoo!, we have one goal: to help you get the most from the Web. We’re constantly working to build new ways that allow you to find what you want and bring together your world and the world around you. With all the modules and content that exists in My Yahoo!, we want to help you manage this world of information, resources, and communities in a simple, easy to use page.

In the spirit of a Yahoo! that is built for you, by you, Yahoo! is launching a global marketing campaign all about…you! You can see how it’s all coming together on our campaign website. Be sure to check out the new features across Yahoo! that make the internet yours.

We take pride in our mission and have you, our loyal My Yahoo! fans, to thank for making our job so enjoyable.

- My Yahoo! Team

I’m one of those people who gets excited by the idea of a new experience (like growing giant pumpkins, learning Mandarin, or knitting a cardigan) but who completely ignores how busy my life is already. My Yahoo! offers a wonderfully simple an effective way to slowly but surely learn a new skill with dozens of “A day” feeds.

One of the coolest and easiest examples of this is Spanish Word a Day which just gives you the word in both Spanish and English. Something about the pace of one word a day is both slow enough to actually retain the vocabulary and powerful that in a month or so you can actually accumulate some real knowledge.

Along similar lines but with a creative twist is 10 Random Words a Day which is exactly what the name describes. You won’t remember all the words, but if you just remember the meaning of exauthorize then your glance at the daily list is worthwhile.

Want book reviews daily from one of the greatest bookstores in the U.S.? How about a gardening question every 24 hours? How about the crazy things that happened in history today?

If what you need are dumb and geeky jokes, you can always check out Star Wars Joke-a-Day.

To add all of the above suggestions, simply click here. Or, to find more feeds like these, go to the “Add Content” bar at the top of your My Yahoo! page, and type “a day” into the search box. The possibilities are as numerous as the days ahead.

Modules showcased in this post:
- Add Spanish Word a Day
- Add 10 Words a Day
- Add Book Reviews Daily
- Add Gardening Question of the Days
- Add This Day in History
- Add Star Wars Joke-A-Day

- Jay
My Yahoo! Editorial