Yahoo! Does It Again But Were Not Sure What It

Yahoo! Does It Again But Were Not Sure What It Is!

If youve searched with Y! lately at least in some browsers you may have noticed a new addition to their search results page. If you use Netscape or Firefox, the upper right-hand corner of your search results page now holds an orange box that holds The Buzz. Yahoo!s Buzz Log has been around for a few years, but you used to have to go looking for it to find out what people were Buzzing about. Now Y! puts it in your face – and frankly, Im not sure what all its good for.

For those of you who arent up to speed on the Yahoo Buzz, heres a quick recap. Every day, Yahoo records all the searches that are entered on its pages. Over the next twenty four hours, those searches are indexed, tabulated, calculated and sorted, and the next day 48 hours later Y! publishes the Buzz Index in a number of different forms. Want to know what was on peoples minds two days ago? You can get a quick snapshot by checking todays Buzz Index page. Theres a Buzz Index for entertainment, movies, music, sports, movie stars and overall. But whats it all mean? Here it is straight from the horses mouth:

A subject’s buzz score is...