Yahoo partners with several on real-time search

Among companies that Yahoo may partner with to provide real-time results is OneRiot. OneRiot, whose data will be available initially to about 10 percent of Yahoo's users, said a person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to speak about the deal and asked for anonymity. A representative from OneRiot said she could not comment on the matter either.

Colorado-based OneRiot retrieves real-time information from different sources over the internet, including social networking sites like Twitter, Digg and its very own network 3 million users running on the company's software. To date, the company has raised $27 million and a potential Yahoo partnership may just boost the company's reputation.

However, sources from the Wall Street Journal say Yahoo's deal with OneRiot does not include any revenue sharing clauses.

Last month, Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp announced deals to make Twitter messages retrievable by their search engines. To keep up, Yahoo was said to be conducting real-time search tests with other companies, as well - after sealing a separate 10-year search deal with Microsoft.

In a statement, Yahoo claims it was testing a new "search shortcut" that would include real-time results at the top of search results pages.

"The shortcut will only appear on certain queries that will be determined by Yahoo. This is a test designed to discover if showing such content is useful to people," the company said.

Credit: Reuters