Yahoo Shortcuts are a great way to search the Web more efficiently. Here are just a few Yahoo shortcuts that you can use.
- !ebay shoes: Search eBay for shoes, instantly (perhaps this is NOT a good one for those of us who already have a bit of a shopping issue?).
- !mail websearch@yahoo.com: Instantly compose an email within Yahoo Mail to someone.
- !wsf: Searches "weather san francisco" on Yahoo.
- !my:Navigate to your My Yahoo page.
You can also create your own Yahoo Shortcut over at the
Yahoo Open Shortcuts page, a great way to personalize Yahoo. Here are a few more Yahoo Shortcuts that other people have created (from the
Yahoo Open Shortcuts page:
And Yahoo has even more shortcuts available, here at the main
Yahoo Shortcuts page:
- Area code: type in an area code or phone number and find out where it's coming from.
- Gas prices: type in "gas" and your zip code to find the lowest gas prices in your area.
- Maps: type in an address, get a map of the area.
- Traffic: type in a city and the keyword "traffic" to get traffic reports.
- Local listings: For example, "pittsburgh pa plumber" to find plumbers in the Pittsburgh area.
- Movie showtimes: Find showtimes with this shortcut, "showtimes 97110".
There are a LOT more shortcuts available to you with
Yahoo Shortcuts,and I encourage you to pick a few and see how they start saving you some search time.
