Search Pad is a note taking feature that helps you gather information you nd on Yahoo! Search in one

place, without cumbersome installation, making it easier to make decisions, complete tasks, and share yourwork with friends or the world.

What is Search Pad?

Search Pad is especially valuable for people conducting extensive research that requires deep or multiplesearch sessions over time, such as shopping or buying a new car, vacation planning, gathering informationon a health issue, or doing academic research.

WHO USES search pad?What are the benefits of using search pad?

Automatic Research Detection*Simple Collecting*Organize*Summarize and Comment*Store*Share and Print*

auTOMATIC RESEARCH DETECTION

Understands research intent, intelligently detecting when you are in “research mode” and only initiates*note taking when you need it.

This is done through Yahoo!’s deep understanding of user intent that emerges when users are performing

*research and topic detection.

SIMple collecting

Tightly integrated into the search experience, it automatically collects visited websites and thumbnails*to create a free form notes documentActs as an i* ntuitive companion to the natural search process.Avoid the sometimes messy process of gathering information from various sources like word documents,*handwritten paper notes and emails.

KEY FEATURES

ORGanize

Research is easily managed into a coherent document that clusters visited web pages by subject to*keep your research activity organized for quick reference as you continue to conduct and expand yourresearch.Saves time through powerful features like automatic text-retrieval from the Web. Immediately looks up*

the link/source so people can easily get back to the source of anything they nd, however they 

nd it.Allows you to re-order your search notes with a simple drag and drop func* tion.Easily edit and delete your notes and documents as you go.*

summarize and comment

You can paste content from sites you visit and add your own thoughts to make sense of your research

*activity.Makes it easy to add free form notes and key comments and to summarize information in a single location,*without having to leave the search results page.

store

Allows you to store your notes and documents for future reference and keep track of your visited pages*during one or multiple search sessions.Save, access and continue using your n*

otes anytime and anywhere using your Yahoo! account.You will have the option to decide whether you want to store your information with Search Pad and there

*is no limit to the amount of information you can store.

Share and print

Sharing capabilities which allow you to capture information and share your work with friends, family and*colleagues for input and consideration via email and a number of social networks including Delicious,Facebook, and Twitter.Print your notes and take them with you, or give them to a friend.*

KEY FEATURES

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how to use search pad

research detection

Imagine that you are planning a familyvacation to Durango, CO and you aresearching for things to do. After a couplesimilar searches on your topic Search Padrecognizes that you are doing research and

asks if you are taking notes. You say “Yes.”

simple collecting

A window pops up and lists the websites you justvisited on the topic with a brief description andthumbnail for each. Here, you can edit or copyand paste any interesting information you foundat each site, like a description of the area you arethinking of visiting.

organize

Search Pad makes it easy to organize your research. You can re-order your listings with a simple drag and