Alpha - New Search Engine from Yahoo

Beta version of new search engine Alpha ( http://au.alpha.yahoo.com/) features widgets (or “info sources”) like Yahoo web search, Flickr photos, Yahoo Answers, Yahoo News, YouTube, Wikipedia, and Sponsored Results. A “Customise this page” link on the results page allows users to determine which info sources are displayed along with results. You can remove them or drag-and-drop them to rearrange them on the page. You can also choose to make your layout of Alpha public or private. Here how it looks like. Cool!

It seems that Google also has set themselves up a sandbox at searchmash.com where they can test out new UI and search ideas.