Have you ever used a search engine to find answers to your most important questions? Probably not, but you'll have to give it a try because Yahoo! added a new feature to its search engine that allows users to read answers provided by other members of the community.

How does it work? All you need to do is to type your question (for example: "What do you think about Softpedia?") and the search engine will return sites including a "Best Answer" phrase that allows you to read answers provided by other users.

Ya-Bing Chu, Product Manager for Yahoo! Search, posted a message on the blog to announce the new feature. "As you can see, the new section features an excerpt of the best answers to questions that are relevant to your search. The excerpt gives you a more detailed preview of the content from the Answers community before you click through. In this example for "best hybrid cars" you actually get a whole lot of information - one best answer cites the breadth of hybrids to choose from, another user mentions he's heard good things about the Prius, and another discusses the potentially lower maintenance of hybrids.

So if you're looking for personal experiences with tennis camps, finding places off the beaten path, or researching the best hybrid car, you'll now have an extra option on Yahoo! Search (scroll down the results to see them)."