Yahoo threatens Google with Mindset search

Yahoo has released a beta version of its Mindset Internet search tool in an attempt to steal a march on Google and regain market share by reducing the user curse of spam hits.

It appears as a slider icon above Yahoo search results and enables surfers to prioritise findings based on whether they originate from commercial or information-based sources such as academia or research.

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