Here are the top Yahoo Search Engine Shortcuts that will make your Yahoo search experience fast, fun, and ultimately efficient. You'll find that using these Yahoo Search Shortcuts will greatly cut down on your Yahoo search time, and you'll be pleasantly surprised at how much good stuff that Yahoo has to offer with just a few simple commands.
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| Yahoo Shortcut |
Finds Pages That Have... |
| nokia phone |
the words nokia and phone
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| sailing OR boating |
either the word sailing or the word boating
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| "love me tender" |
the exact phrase love me tender
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| printer -cartridge |
the word printer but NOT the word cartridge
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| Toy Story +2 |
movie title including the number 2 |
| synonym soda |
looks up the word soda and synonyms |
| define cornucopia |
definitions of the word cornucopia
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| how now * cow |
the words how now cow separated by one or more words |
| + |
addition; 978+456
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| - |
subtraction; 978-456
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| * |
multiplication; 978*456
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| / |
division; 978/456
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| ^ |
raise to a power; 4^18 (4 to the eighteenth power) |
| convert(conversion) |
convert 2 miles to inches |
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site:(search only one website) |
site:websearch.about.com "invisible web" |
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link:(find linked pages) |
link:www.lifehacker.com |
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originurlextension:(restrict search to specific filetype) |
zoology originurlextension:ppt |
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title: (search for keywords in page title) |
title:Nike |
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inurl:(restrict search to page URLs) |
inurl:chewbacca |
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site:.edu (specific domain search) |
site:.edu, site:.gov, site:.org, etc. |
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site:country code (restrict search to country) |
site:.br "rio de Janeiro" |
| map |
map Portland Oregon |
| weather |
weather 97110 |
| define |
define misanthrope |
| news |
news White House |
| ### (find area code) |
503 |
| gas (find gas prices |
gas 97132 |
| traffic (find traffic reports) |
chicago traffic |
| search local listings |
corvallis oregon plumber |
| zip codes |
zip code watertown new york |
| movie showtimes |
showtimes 45678 (zip) |
| sports scores |
astros scores |
| stock quotes |
quote ncesa |
| images |
cheese images |
| videos |
surf videos |
| airport info |
seatac airport |
| flight status |
Alaska Airlines 45 |
| aircraft registry |
(number of plane) 784r5 |
| book price |
type in ISBN number |
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facts(encyclopedia definitions) |
warthogs facts |
| package tracker |
For UPS, type tracking code.FedEx=fedex:tracking code.USPS=usps:tracking code. |
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patent: (find patent info) |
patent:4567894 |
| vehicle history |
type in VIN number |
| time zones |
time in paris |
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yellow page(need zip and topic) |
97110 pizza |
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[!] operator(instantly go to any Yahoo service |
mail! or fantasy football! or reference! |
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hotels(find hotels) |
Yakima hotels |
