<s>
BuzzTracker	B-Application
is	O
a	O
news	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
and	O
blog	O
tracking	O
website	O
that	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
on	O
September	O
14	O
,	O
2007	O
and	O
merged	O
into	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
website	O
is	O
owned	O
by	O
Participate	O
Media	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
founded	O
and	O
based	O
in	O
Chicago	O
,	O
Illinois	O
before	O
moving	O
to	O
Sunnyvale	O
,	O
California	O
after	O
being	O
acquired	O
by	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
indexing	O
new	O
content	O
,	O
the	O
website	O
generates	O
news	O
pages	O
for	O
thousands	O
of	O
different	O
topics	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
integrates	O
information	O
from	O
Flickr	B-Algorithm
and	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
to	O
provide	O
related	O
pictures	O
and	O
videos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
BuzzTracker	B-Application
website	O
,	O
the	O
BuzzTracker	B-Application
software	O
is	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
white-label	O
software	O
on	O
other	O
websites	O
including	O
TVWeek.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
acquired	O
BuzzTracker	B-Application
,	O
the	O
founder	O
of	O
BuzzTracker	B-Application
,	O
Alan	O
Warms	O
,	O
joined	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
as	O
the	O
general	O
manager	O
and	O
vice	O
president	O
of	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
commented	O
on	O
BuzzTracker	B-Application
after	O
the	O
acquisition	O
,	O
saying	O
,	O
"	O
Alan	O
and	O
the	O
folks	O
at	O
BuzzTracker	B-Application
have	O
come	O
up	O
with	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
spotlight	O
the	O
hottest	O
information	O
and	O
give	O
users	O
a	O
tool	O
that	O
makes	O
the	O
information	O
easily	O
digestible.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
acquisition	O
,	O
Forbes	O
commented	O
on	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
'	O
s	O
rivalry	O
with	O
competing	O
companies	O
Google	B-Application
and	O
Digg	B-Application
,	O
saying	O
,	O
"	O
This	O
will	O
also	O
move	O
 [ Yahoo! ] 	O
</s>
<s>
into	O
Google	B-Application
News	O
and	O
Digg	B-Application
territory	O
,	O
while	O
Google	B-Application
is	O
trying	O
to	O
move	O
into	O
the	O
human-editorial	O
side	O
with	O
the	O
AP/AFP/PA	O
deal	O
announced	O
last	O
month.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
months	O
after	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
acquired	O
BuzzTracker	B-Application
,	O
the	O
website	O
has	O
still	O
yet	O
to	O
be	O
integrated	O
into	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
