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Use custom keywords from the convenience of any Yahoo! Search box to
Type an ! (exclamation point) followed by the name of the shortcut in the Yahoo! Search box.
!shortcut_name
Examples:
!my to navigate to "http://uk.my.yahoo.com"
!wsf to search "weather san francisco" on Yahoo!
For shortcuts that search favourite sites or start an Internet application, you can also type optional term(s) after the shortcut name.
!shortcut_name term(s)
Examples:
!ebay lamps to search for "lamps" on eBay
!mail bill@yahoo.com to send email to "bill@yahoo.com"
These popular shortcuts are available for immediate use:
| Navigation | |
| !clist | http://www.craigslist.org/ |
| !my | http://uk.my.yahoo.com/ |
| !mysp | http://www.myspace.com/ |
| Search | |
| !amazon | http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search?mode=blended&keyword=%s |
| !audio | http://uk.audio.search.yahoo.com/search/audio?p=%s |
| !ebay | http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?satitle=%s |
| !flickr | http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/%s/ |
| !image | http://uk.images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=%s |
| !mw | http://myweb.yahoo.com/myresults/ourresults?p=%s |
| !news | http://uk.news.search.yahoo.com/news/search?p=%s |
| !php | http://www.php.net/%s |
| !shop | http://uk.search.shopping.yahoo.com/search |
| !video | http://uk.video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?p=%s |
| !wiki | http://en.wikipedia.org?search=%s |
| Application | |
| !note | http://uk.notepad.yahoo.com/?v=161&DESC=%s |
| http://compose.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?login=1&To=%s | |
To create a navigational shortcut, use the keyword: !set with your shortcut name and destination URL.
!setshortcut_name URL
Example:
To create a shortcut named "ff" to go to Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Football,
Type: !set ff http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f2
To create a common search shortcut, use the keyword: !set with your shortcut name and the query.
!setshortcut_name query
Example:
To create a shortcut named "watx" to search Yahoo! for "weather austin texas",
Type: !set watx weather austin texas
To create a shortcut that searches a favorite site or starts an Internet application, use the keyword: !set with your shortcut name and the destination URL. Within the URL, substitute the query term(s) with the "%s" placeholder.
!setshortcut_name URL_%s
Example:
To create a shortcut named "yf" to search stock quotes on Yahoo! Finance,
Type: !set yf http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=%s
If you prefer a form to create a personal shortcut, please use the Create Open Shortcuts page.
Example:You can use the following keywords to view and edit shortcuts:
| !list | Lists all your personal shortcuts and defaults |
| !unset | Removes shortcut_name from your list of shortcuts. For example, "!unset watx" would delete the shortcut defined above. |
| !help | Displays Open Shortcuts Help page |
Yes, use shortcut: instead of ! (exclamation point) to trigger Open Shortcuts.
Examples:
shortcut:my to navigate to "http://uk.my.yahoo.com"
shortcut:ebay lamps to search for "lamps" on eBay
shortcut:mail bill@yahoo.com to send email to "bill@yahoo.com"
shortcut:set ff http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f2 to create a shortcut to Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Football
shortcut:list to lists all your personal shortcuts and defaults
Yes, default shortcuts names can be overwritten.
For example, if you would like the my shortcut name to go to another Internet or Intranet site, you can set it to do so. Your personal shortcut will be used instead of the default shortcut.
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