Internet giant Yahoo announced plans on October 11 to include "blogs" on all its news searches, giving a major boost to the personal journals that aim to compete with traditional journalism.
The company said that starting immediately, computer users who conduct a search on Yahoo News "will receive mainstream news stories along with blogs," according to a statement.
Yahoo's move will incorporate the content from its service called Flickr that includes blogs and other personal content such as photos that users post for sharing, as well as blogs, which Yahoo calls "grassroots journalism."
"By incorporating grassroots journalism from all around the globe into news search results, consumers can now enjoy opinions, analysis and commentary, via blogs, and related photos from the Flickr community that provide a visual context to breaking news as reported by everyday people," the company said.