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Yahoo! launches a new set of killer features to its existing search page.

Some of the major features added to the search page are Yahoo! Search Assist & related topics; both these appear in a slider below the search box as you type your search query. Search results containing any multimedia content can be viewed (images, videos) in the same page(inline).Mind you its not just Yahoo! Videos that play inline but Metacafe and Youtube videos also join the party.
Google search also has an inline palyer, but the videos palyed are restricted to Youtube. Here’s a snapshot of the Y! search suggest & the inline video player option.

Check out inline video player

Images get more respect in the search Yahoo! Search results page. Thumbnails of images from flickr are included in the search results page. Search for “Goa photos” for a preview of this feature.

Moving away from the “Yahoo! search page” lets have a look at the Yahoo! home page. The Yahoo! home page has a sleek version of the search suggest (assist) feature. After typing a couple of words one can use the keyboard (arrow keys) to select the suggested search queries. Here’s a snapshot of the Yahoo! home page search.

Apart from all these features I must say the look and feel of the search page has undergone a drastic makeover. Go checkout the new search page here.

From the official source: Our mission is to get you from “to do” to “done.”

Tags: yahoo, search, searchassist, searchsuggest, searchresults, youtube, metacafe

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