By Jerry Welch Thu, July 3, 2008, 12:01 am PDT

There's a time and place for everything, including monkeying around at work. Recently Yahoo! Search introduced SearchMonkey, which allows users to develop bits of code that change the way information is displayed in search results. You can create your own tweaks, or visit the SearchMonkey Gallery for applications developed by Yahoo! and others. We're proud to present the SearchMonkey Directory application, which allows you to pull Directory information into search results. Whenever you search, the application checks to see what's in the Directory, and adds links back to sites' Directory categories. These categories provide a quick and easy way to find related sites, as well as adding a bit more information to your search results. Here are some examples you can check out -- once you've added the application: John Wayne, the Titanic, cane toads, and climate change. And speaking of monkeys, let us introduce our new category for Greasemonkey, a Firefox extension that allows you to add program scripts that can increase a page's functionality -- or even change the way it looks. Be sure to check out the beginner guides before taking a swing on this vine. In other news this week, a couple big announcements for video game junkies: Civilization Revolution will be the latest installment in Sid Meier's empire, and Blizzard announced that the long-awaited Diablo III is in development (we highly recommend watching the gameplay trailer -- the graphics are amazing). Also in our Entertainment category, we were thrilled and chilled to see that Friday the 13th (Part 12!) is slated to be released in 2009. Can the lucky 13th installment be far behind? That's it for this week, but be sure to check out the suggested categories below to see more of our monkey business. Suggested Sites... Yahoo! Directory: Firefox Extensions - build a better browser. Yahoo! Directory: Friday the 13th Series - boo! Yahoo! Directory: Civilization Series - create your own empire... Yahoo! Directory: Diablo Series - ...or get chased by demons. Yahoo! Directory: Mozilla - not to be confused with Godzilla or gorillas.

Directory categories: The Dark Knight - Viral Sites, 2008 Midwest Floods, California Wildfires, Beijing Olympics News, Clay Felker (1925 - 2008)

Archived under: 4th of July, Batman, Computers, Horror, Movies, Video Games, Yahoo!, Yahoo! Directory

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