Yahoo Rolls Out New Search, Mail Features

Yahoo has announced it is improving three of its most popular global products, including Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Messenger and is testing a new Yahoo Search results page.


The test of the search results page is available randomly to users worldwide. The new features include a results filtering option that offers new tools for refining search results, such as exploring related concepts and narrowing results by different types of content such as people, videos and discussion forums.


Other features include intelligent search results that offer a more relevant experience based on prior searches. It is powered by search session science that detects intent by looking at search behavior over time.

Some of the highlights of Yahoo Mail include:


Streamlined Design - A new Application Box that people can personalize to fit their needs combines Calendar, Notepad and third-party apps, providing a cleaner, more streamlined inbox and making it easier to manage e-mail folders.


Enhanced Photo Sharing - New multi-select and drag-and-drop functionality makes it dramatically easier to attach more photos to e-mail, view thumbnail previews and rotate pictures.


Improvements to Yahoo Messenger include:


Video Calls - New high-quality video calling enables full-screen, face-to-face chats at no cost, using the familiar and easy-to-use Yahoo! Messenger environment.


Updates Tab - A new tab helps people easily discover Updates from friends and family, including status updates, recent Flickr uploads, Yahoo! Buzz stories, Twitter updates and more.


New Yahoo! Insider - Now customizable by zip code, this re-designed welcome window provides Messenger users with easy access to localized news and weather, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Buzz and Yahoo! Search.