Thursday, November 08, 2007

Yahoo! - Time Saving Search Tips

Papers are due and Thanksgiving is just around the corner. These easy Yahoo! searches can help you with both.

Search Tips for Papers and Projects


  • What does that word mean?
    Type "definition" after the word you want to define:
    'quixotic definition'
  • What's another way to say...?
    Type "synonym" after the word:
    'quixotic synonym'
  • I wish I could get rid of...
    Type a minus sign in front of the word you don't want.
    For example, 'Simpsons -movie' will retrieve results about The Simpsons t.v. show and other merchandise, but no results about The Simpsons movie.

Holiday Travel Shortcuts


  • Traffic
    Type 'traffic' in front of a city name to go to a map of traffic alerts:
    'traffic San Diego'
  • Flight Tracker
    Type the airline and flight number for a shortcut to the flight's status:
    'American 83' or 'Lufthansa 421'
  • Map
    Type 'map' in front of a city name to go directly to the map:
    'map San Diego'
    You can also search a zip code to get a map of that area:
    '91910'

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