SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Internet search titan Yahoo showed its new face to the world with the online debut of its revamped web site.

The new Yahoo page mixes news updates and entertainment with tools for searching, connecting, sharing and communicating online, the company said in a statement.

New features on the page included a Yahoo Pulse service designed to reveal trends in what is being sought, read, listened to, shared or viewed online by the estimated eight billion people who use the search engine monthly.

A "personal assistant" service was created to make it easier to manage Yahoo Mail. Enhancements to the search box include access to a "Yahoo Answers" service that taps into collective knowledge for replies to direct questions.

The Sunnyvale, California, company redesigned its popular web page to "put consumers at the center of the Web experience," Yahoo Chief Operating Officer Dan Rosensweig said in a statement.

More enhancements would be added in the coming months and the new Yahoo look should be seen worldwide by late summer, the company said.