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Help and tips for using the Yahoo! Search engine. Further refine your search results. Perform specialty searches for weather, gasoline prices, definitions, area codes, and more.

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#1: Search the Web with Yahoo! Search
Use the Yahoo! search engine to explore the web.
 
#2: Find Cheap Gas Prices
Save money pumping gas into your car. Use Yahoo! Search to find cheap gas prices around your city or neighborhood.
 
#3: Define a Word
Use Yahoo! Search's built-in dictionary to define unrecognizable words.
 
#4: Show Only Recently Updated Documents
Force Yahoo! Search to only display newer documents updated within the last few months or year.
 
#5: Search for Text in a Web Page's Title
Use Yahoo! Search's title searching feature to try to find web documents more closely matching your subject of interest.
 
#6: Area Code Search
Where does a particular phone number point to? Find out with Yahoo! Search.
 
#7: Show More Results Per Page
Stop clicking "next page" so much when viewing Yahoo! Search results.
 
#8: Show All Results From a Website
Tell Yahoo! Search to only return search results from a particular website.
 
#9: Weather Reports
Ask Yahoo! Search for weather reports for cities across the globe.
 
#10: Ignore Words to Clarify Searches
Keep certain unwanted words or phrases from appearing in your Yahoo! Search results.
 
#11: Display Traffic Reports
View traffic maps of many major US metropolitan areas.
 
#12: Limit Results By Language
Only return Yahoo! Search results in languages you desire.
 
#13: See Who Links to a Particular Site
Get a good idea of a web site's popularity rating by seeing who links to it.
 
#14: Find Hotel Listings
Planning on traveling? Find hotel listings via Yahoo! Search.
 
#15: Add Yahoo! Search to My Webpage
If you run a website and/or blog, you can add a Yahoo! Search box directly on the page.
 
#16: Search UPC Codes
Get information on a UPC code via Yahoo! Search to see other products made by the same manufacturer.
 
#17: Sports Scores
Get the latest scores for your favorite sports team with Yahoo! Search.
 
#18: Only Search for PDF or DOC files
Force Yahoo! Search to only look for Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PDF files, or other document types.
 
#19: Save Time, Open Search Results in a New Window
Stop jumping back and forth between the Yahoo! Search results page and matching websites; open links in new windows.
 
#20: Find Zip Codes for a US City
Mailing a letter to the US and forgot the zip code for the city or address? Find it with Yahoo! Search.
 
#21: Use Yahoo! As a Calculator
Perform basic mathematical calculations from the Yahoo! Search box.
 
#22: Display Word Synonyms
Yahoo! Search can act as a thesaurus to help aid your writing.
 
#23: Navigate the Yahoo! Network
Quickly jump around the various websites that compose the Yahoo! Network.
 
#24: Display the Local Time
Show the current time in London, New York, Sydney, or wherever.
 
#25: Track a Shipped Package
Display the delivery status of packages shipped via FedEx, UPS, or the United States Postal Service (USPS).
 

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