
Yahoo has recently launched a new feature called Yahoo Search Direct that aims to find answers for simple questions.
"Search Direct is the first fundamental shift in search in more than a decade. For the first time, driving users to a results page filled with an overwhelming number of links is not the end game.
Yahoo Search Direct doesn't show new information, but it highlights the top results and the instant answers, while displaying them as you type a query. It's a simplified version of Google Instant that only focuses on the navigational queries and the queries that request simple facts.
Yahoo Search Direct doesn't show new information, but it highlights the top results and the instant answers, while displaying them as you type a query. It's a simplified version of Google Instant that only focuses on the navigational queries and the queries that request simple facts.
When you type "w", Yahoo shows only two suggestions that seem to be manually added: "Yahoo! Weather" and "Yahoo! Widgets".

Type "m" and Yahoo shows 8 suggestions that are related to Yahoo.

You can try the beta version of Yahoo Search Direct at search.yahoo.com, but it will soon be available at yahoo.com.