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Well, lets put that straight now shall we? Here’s a short list of some of the more fun things you can do with Yahoo Search…
1. Use the Real Interface
Just so that we’re all on the same page, search.yahoo.com is the url you need.
2. Find ALL Your Links
Finding links to your blogs is easy enough [...]

Google’s phonebook can find US public business and residential numbers, and it can find them with less information than you need to look through the paper phonebook.Google’s phonebook is hiding within http://www.google.com. Occasionally, phone numbers will appear in the search results page, depending on the keywords you type into the search box.
Example:
phonebook: Disney CA
(Search for [...]

You may notice occasionally when you’re searching for a word, Google will offer a link to Web definitions of your word. This is part of Google’s hidden dictionary, a search of definitions on the Web.
Say you’d like to find out what a “clew” is. You could search for define clew, and most of [...]

Not only can you search the Web with Google, you can use it as a calculator. Google’s calculator is more than an ordinary number cruncher. It can calculate both basic and advanced math problems, and it can convert measurements as it calculates. You don’t even need to restrict yourself to numbers. Google can understand many [...]

Example
Search Webcams
Query
inurl:”viewerframe?mode=refresh”

Description
You can also add the name of the artist you are looking for - intitle:index.of + mp3 + queen
Example
Search for MP3’s
Query
intitle:index.of + mp3

Description
You can also add the name ro subject of the book you are looking for - intitle:index.of + pdf + ebook + cars
Example
Search for PDF eBooks
Query
intitle:index.of + pdf + ebook

Example
Search for Website Stats
Query
intitle:”usage statistics for” “generated by webalizer”

Description
Find the folders the websites don’t want indexing and don’t want you to see!
Example:
Search disallowed webpages - not indexed by google
Query
“robots.txt” “disallow:” filetype:txt