From Wendy Boswell,
Your Guide to Web Search.
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There are many special Yahoo search properties that are not part of its searchable subject index and search engine listings. Here are a few, including Yahoo Music, Yahoo News, Yahoo Games, etc.

Yahoo Search

• Yahoo News: Worldwide news, breaking news, odd news, even obituaries are included in the Yahoo news site. I especially enjoy the slideshows.
• Yahoo Maps: Get maps, driving directions, and real-time traffic reports with Yahoo maps.
• Yahoo Weather: Find out what the weather's like not only in your neck of the woods, but all over the world with Yahoo Weather. Includes full coverage of major storms, satellite images, snow finders, and a national flu report when season-appropriate.
• Yahoo Movies: View previews, clips, get showtimes, and see what's coming up over at Yahoo Movies. You can also view a huge alphabetical list of movies that have been out for a while, and most have trailers and clips as well.
• Yahoo Fantasy Sports. How cool is this! Yahoo Fantasy football, auto racing, baseball.. you name it, you can play it.
• Yahoo Real Estate: Find homes for sale all over the United States with Yahoo Real Estate. Includes various calculators, school reports, and commercial real estate resources.
• Yahoo Yellow Pages: Search for anything that you need a phone number or address for with Yahoo Yellow Pages. Nicely categorized into searchable subjects.
• Yahoo Mail: I've used Yahoo Mail for many years without any hitches.
• Yahoo Music: Yahoo Music offers streaming Internet radio, music videos, artist interviews, and much more.
• Yahoo Games: tons of games over at Yahoo Games, for kids of all ages.
• Yahoo Messenger:Yahoo's Instant Messenger service includes free PC to PC calls.
• Yahoo Chat: "thousands of people, hundreds of chat rooms, nothing to download!"
• Yahoo Finance: Yahoo Finance is one of the best financial sites out there on the Web.
• Yahoo Shopping: find and compare prices for all sorts of items with Yahoo Shopping.
• Yahoo Kids - Yahooligans: Yahoo for Kids, lots of homework helps, games, and articles just for the kid set.
• Yahoo Groups: One of the oldest community sites on the Web, with a group for pretty much any interest.
• Yahoo People Search: A simple interface allows you to find people quickly with Yahoo People Search.
• Yahoo TV: All TV, all the time. Get previews, news, and information about your TV favorites with Yahoo TV.
• Yahoo Geocities: Free website hosting from Yahoo Geocities.
• Yahoo 360:Yahoo 360 is a social bookmarking and social networking service.
• Yahoo Jobs: find jobs all over the Web with Yahoo Jobs.
• Yahoo Autos: find used cars, new cars, Kelly Blue Book information, and more with Yahoo Autos.
• Yahoo Greetings: a whole bunch of mostly free ecards here.
• Yahoo Photos: share and order photos online with Yahoo Photos.
• Yahoo Briefcase: share and upload files to the Web.
• Yahoo Mobile: get ringtones, graphics, and games for your mobile phone.
• Yahoo Small Business: build a site, grab a domain name, or host a store with Yahoo Small Business.
• Yahoo Publisher Network: integrate Yahoo services into your Web site with Yahoo Publisher Network.
• Yahoo Calendar:synchronize your life with Yahoo Calendar.
• Yahoo Widgets: get all sorts of fun widgets for your desktop.
• Yahoo Travel: get airfare quotes, destination information, and more.
• Yahoo Podcasts: find podcasts with Yahoo's great podcast search engine.
• Yahoo Astrology: find your daily horoscope with Yahoo Astrology.
• Yahoo Personals: find a date with Yahoo Personals.
• Yahoo Gallery: discover and share applications that use Yahoo technologies.
• FIFA World Cup - Yahoo: the official site of the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
• Yahoo Health: grab lots of great medical information here.
• Yahoo Company Information: a look at the corporate side of Yahoo.
• Yahoo Education: school information, testing, and more.
• Yahoo Pets: find a pet or get information about your pet.
• Yahoo's WAP Page: interesting look at how Yahoo would look on your mobile phone.
• Yahoo Answers: ask a question, and hopefully get a good answer with Yahoo Answers.
• Yahoo Netrospective - Ten Years on the Web: ten years, 100 moments on the Web.
• Yahoo Go: "a new suite of products and services for your PC, mobile phone and even your TV."
• International Yahoo: Yahoo all over the world.
• Yahoo Research: "Yahoo! Research performs fundamental research in domains of interest to Yahoo!, to create groundbreaking technology that will improve the online experience of our users."

Yahoo New Additions

If you really want to keep up with Yahoo, than you'll probably want to know when they decide to add new stuff. In that case, head on over to What's New from Yahoo's directory. You can see what's been added today, as well as archives from the last week.