Publisher-related news and bits from around the blogosphere

As Halloween approaches, we thought we’d compile some news for our publishers, so you can spend more time working on your Halloween costume.

What do you want from me?
A while ago, Yahoo! bought a company called Inquisitor, which makes a cool Safari browser plug-in of the same name. The Inquisitor application, which helps generate auto-completes on search queries and previews results, is now available for Firefox and IE7 and 8 browsers. It can also help to generate more personalized search results. Check out the Yahoo! Search blog for more information.

Any colour you like
Whether you spell it “colors” or “colours,” you now have more options when using different themes and colors to personalize your My Yahoo! page. You can now unleash the true potential of your inner designer and start customizing your page. Check out more information here on how to make your My Yahoo! page more individualistic.

Hey you
Social networking is all the rage these days, and Yahoo! has recently made some upgrades to its user profile application to reflect this trend. The new “universal profile” is still in beta, but it can help you manage your identity, activities, interests and connections across Yahoo!. “Ultimately, our goal is to unify your social experience and connections, not only on Yahoo!, but anywhere you travel across the Web,” says Jim Stoneham, Vice President, Communities, about the new profile format. “Rolling out the new profile today is a just first step, and I look forward to sharing more details with you in the coming months as we ‘light up’ social experiences at Yahoo!”.

The profile enhancement is further, ahem, profiled here.

Have a safe and sane Halloween holiday!

— Roger Park, Manager, Marketing Communications

Photo of Roger Waters performing “Any Colour You Like” courtesy of Eddie Bearman