SearchMax

On Jan 11th Yahoo announced their entry into the desktop search market with the availability of Yahoo Desktop Search beta. A complete list of the desktop search products on the market is availalbe at: Desktop Search Matrix

YDS is based on technology from X1, a leader in desktop search. Some of the features include:

Find all your emails, attachments and files

Immediately locate any email, attachment or contact from Outlook or Outlook Express.
Quickly retrieve any file on your computer, regardless of where it is located.
Search for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, text, HTML, ZIP and over 200 other file types.

Instantly preview results

View search results as quickly as you can type with your search terms highlighted.
Preview files exactly as they should look (e.g., Excel looks like Excel, PDF looks like PDF). Find and play audio and video files without launching a separate media player.

Power your email searches

Search for email including the contents of attachments, regardless of file type.
Use the Outlook tool bar to conduct searches while you are doing email.
View, reply, forward and print emails after you’ve found them.

Customize and control your desktop search experience

Save your favorite searches for one-click reuse.
Search the Web using Yahoo! Search from the same interface.
Ensure your privacy by not indexing your Web browser history.
Set indexing options by file type, email client, and contacts.

YDS has become one of the most feature rich desktop search tools on the market and the free price makes it the one to beat. YDS can be incorporated into an overall enterprise desktop search strategy for your organization. It can be found at: Yahoo Desktop Search

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