Yahoo!7 is close to free version 1.0 of Yahoo! Alpha beta - a novel service that allows users to practise personalized search engine homepage using an intuitive drag-n-drop interface.
Unlike Google Custom Search engine which is closely tied to Google Web Search, Yahoo! Alpha shows search results from diverse Yahoo! or third-party services on the same page.
The services currently available are Yahoo! Web search, Wikipedia, Flickr, YouTube but y'all tin sack construct your ain search modules every bit long every bit they supply search results are available inwards the class of RSS feeds.
There's every bit good a particular module called "Sponsored Results" that displays text ads based on your search query. This gives a rigid hint that Yahoo! may endure planning to portion advertizing revenue amongst users simply similar Google's CSE.
Yahoo! Alpha is even together with hence inwards beta but looks really promising. You tin sack intend of Yahoo! Alpha every bit a start-page similar Netvibes or PageFlakes where every widget is related to search.
Yahoo! Alpha | Example Search Page [H/T J]
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