Yahoo "myweb beta"

Yahoo launched few days back what seems to be its answer to google's Search history (and more) - the myweb beta.

It has several cool options that aren't available on google's Search History. Google's Search history is just what it means, just a log with a calendar and search interface for that log. Yahoo stands out with a slightly different approach, with features like
* Email a friend - where one can mail the saved search pages to friends.
* IM saved pages or selected pages from the search history to friends (google can't do this ;) )
* Folders - where one can store the saved search.

The history can be cleared at one go on yahoo. 'Saved search' here mean saving them from the 'History'. One can even Import bookmarks to the list from My Yahoo! bookmarks.

There's a small feature called "How I found it" which shows what keyword you used to get to that result. There's also a feature to let you "block" URLs, but I couldn't figure how out how I could block one. The default saved pages are apparently some sponsored links. Mine had most Indian sites like rediff, indiafm and filmfare which I deleted.

The search interface for "myweb beta", is also very nice. It sports the latest news stories and mailbox information (when logged in).
Besides everything I mentioned here, probably the most nice feature on yahoo is the synced sign in. Just one login is enough to browse through all personalised services on yahoo.

But, having said that, yahoo 'my web' seems to be pretty much of a overdose to me, a frequent user of google. Its been cleverly designed to keep the users sticked to yahoo search engine and keep them coming back ;)