YouTube has been touted by its employees as the 2nd largest search engine.

With that, it makes sense that the site would place its search feature a little more in the spotlight. YouTube has tweaked its masthead to eliminate some clutter and do some housecleaning, as Product Manager Shiva Rajaraman puts it. Weve streamlined and simplified the design to focus on the primary experience of YouTube watching a video, says Rajaraman. The left side is dedicated to exploration finding videos to watch through search and browse.