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Global economic depression got you worried?  Never fear: Team Yotify is here!  We've got two new scouts that should help you weather the economic storm.  For all you job seekers (or those itching to be) we've got a very helpful new Jobs Scout.  And for those brave enough to enter the housing market, we've got a great new Real Estate Scout.  Thanks to many of you for these Scout suggestions – please keep the feedback coming!

So, when will housing prices hit a bottom?  We don't know either.  But we do know that having the best real estate information at your fingertips is a good start.  We're pleased to introduce the Yotify Real Estate Scout!  Powered by our friends at Trulia, the Yotify Real Estate Scout will help you stay on top of the latest real estate listings.  When you find that next dream abode – for a steal no doubt - don't forget to invite us over for the housewarming party!

Hey all you RSS fans, Yotify has just what you're looking for! Now you can easily track all your Scouts in your favorite RSS reader. It's simple: just login to your Yotify account, then click on your Public Profile. Your browser should auto-detect the RSS feed for your Yotify account. You can also click on the RSS logo in your profile area to grab the feed. Good times.

While we think Yotify.com is the best place to track your Scout updates, we know that many of you also use RSS readers. Not a problem, now you can add your Yotify Scouts to your favorite RSS reader. We'll be adding an easy way to grab your Yotify Scout RSS links on Yotify.com as soon as we can get a minute – but why wait? Just email us requesting your RSS feeds and we'll email you the links right back.

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We're making your Yotify email digests even simpler for you to get all the information you need at a glance! We've added images to eBay Scouts, Shopping.com Scouts and a bunch more.
Let us know what you think!

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If you've recently clicked the "View" button next to any Scout Report in your Yotify email digest, you'll have noticed a whole new look and some great new functionality embedded into the Scout Report viewer that opens up. Now you're just one click away from sharing Scout Reports with friends via email, or by posting them to your Twitter, Facebook, Friendfeed or MySpace accounts. And of course, how could we not include saving the Scout Report for future reference to your Delicious bookmarks!
Let us know what other sharing/posting features you'd like us to add.

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Deals Scout

Global economic meltdown got you depressed? Not sure how you're going to be able to afford those upcoming holiday gifts? Yotify has got the answer: our new "Deals" scout! Send out Yotify Deals Scouts to track the latest and greatest deals on all of your favorite electronics, clothing, games and so much more from hundreds of retailers across the web. Check it out in the Send Out A Scout section of the site.

All Blogs Scout

Following right on the heels of our recently released "All News" Scout, we're really excited to announce our latest feature – the ability to send out Scouts to track blog posts across multiple blogs at once. We call it our "All Blogs" Scout. Go check it out in the Send Out A Scout section of the site. And be sure to let us know what you think!

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New Scout Report Frequency Options
We released a number of new Scout Report frequency options today that give you more control over how and when your Scouts update you:

1.  Scout Report Weekly Email Digests:  We've added "weekly" to the existing "hourly" and "daily" Scout Report email digest options.  Just select the "weekly" option in the "Frequency" menu when setting your Scout or via the "Edit" option for any of your Scouts listed in My Scouts.

2. Scout Reports Only At Yotify.com:  Prefer to receive your Scout Reports only at Yotify.com? Going on vacation and not want to come back to an Inbox of unread emails? No problem.  Just select the "Yotify.com only" option from the "Frequency" menu when setting your Scout or via the "Edit" option for any of your Scouts listed in My Scouts.

3. Delivery Day & Time Control:  Prefer to receive your Scout Report weekly email digests on Saturdays at 10AM?  Your Scout Report daily digest at 8AM?  No problem, you're in control.  Simply select the delivery date and time options under the "Digest Preferences" section in the Account Settings tab.

New Scout Expiry Control
The new Scout expiry feature gives you even more control over your Scouts.  You can now pre-set how long you would like your scout to be active for.   Just select the one of the Scout expiration options in the "Scout Lifetime" menu when setting your Scout or via the "Edit" option for any of your Scouts listed in My Scouts.

New Scout: "All News"
We've heard from a lot of you that you wanted to be able to send out Scouts to track news across multiple news sources at once. Well, we are listening So go check out the new "All News" Scout in the Send Out A Scout section of the site. Let us know what you think!

New way to Share Scouts and Scout Reports with your friends
We've heard from a lot of you that you wanted to be able to share Scouts and Scout Reports directly from the Scout Report email digest as opposed to having to go back to Yotify.com.  Well, now you can!   Just click on the "Share" button next to any Scout or Scout Report in your email digest and away you go. Share more. Share often. After all, who doesn't like to share?

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View Yotify Video Tour in a new window

Yotify lets you track anything on the web: send out a Yotify Scout to track new apartment rental listings, a sale on a pair of shoes you’ve been looking to buy, concert tickets that have just gone on sale and so much more! Oh, and Yotify lets your friends help you track stuff too.

Finally, make the Internet work for you!

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Here are just a few of the things your Yotify Scout can track for you:

• new apartment rental listings in your city
• a sale on anything you’re shopping for
• concert tickets that have just been announced
• a hotel room discount for your next vacation
• yourself – see what is published on the Internet about you
• news stories from your favorite news sites
• blog posts from your favorite blogs
• an eBay auction

…and so much more!

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You can send out your first Yotify Scout in three easy steps:

1. Click on one of the Scouts in the “Send Out A Scout” section:

2. Tell your scout what you want to track:

3.  Click on Send Scout:

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