Shows you how to use, expand, personalize, and tweak Yahoo! in different ways. This work teaches you to: fine-tune search queries with keyword shortcuts and advanced syntax; manage and customize Yahoo! Mail, using it as your universal email client to access all your other accounts; explore your social networks with Yahoo! 360; and more.

, and integrate Yahoo! Groups, Messenger, contextual search (Y!Q), or other Yahoo! features. Whether you want to become a power searcher, news monger, super shopper, or innovative web developer, "Yahoo! Hacks" provides the tools to take you further than you ever thought possible.

Credits

Preface

Chapter 1. Search


1. Fine-Tune Yahoo! Web Search Queries


2. Save Time with Search Shortcuts


3. Create a Yahoo! ID


4. Set Persistent Yahoo! Search Preferences


5. Assemble Advanced Search Queries


6. Translate Any Page with Yahoo!


7. Personalize, Track, and Share the Web


8. Prefetch Yahoo! Search Results


9. Compare Yahoo! and Google Search Results


10. Find Content You Can Reuse Legally


11. Find Video from Across the Web


12. Streamline Browsing with the Yahoo! Toolbar


13. Customize the Firefox Quick Search Box


14. Spot Trends with Yahoo! Buzz


15. Find Hot Technologies at the Buzz Game


16. Tame Long Yahoo! URLs


17. Opt Out of Advertiser Cookies


18. Track News About Yahoo!


19. Spider the Yahoo! Catalog


20. Browse the Yahoo! Directory


21. Track Additions to Yahoo!


22. Yahoo! Directory Mindshare in Google

Chapter 2. Services


23. Track Your Investments


24. Build Your Own Stock Update Email


25. Download Financial Data Using Excel Web Queries


26. Convert Currencies with One Click


27. Do the Math with Yahoo! Calculators


28. Add a Yahoo! Bookmark with One Click


29. Import Existing Bookmarks into Yahoo! Bookmarks


30. Open Yahoo! Bookmarks in a Sidebar


31. Publish Your Yahoo! Bookmarks


32. Track the Media's Attention Span over Time


33. Monitor the News with RSS


34. Personalize My Yahoo!


35. Track Your Favorite Sites with RSS


36. Add a Feed to My Yahoo! with a Right-Click


37. Build Your Own News Crawler


38. Replace Your Phone Book with Yahoo!


39. Monitor Your Commute


40. Get the Facts at Yahoo! Reference


41. Find and Rate Movies


42. Subscribe to Movie Showtimes


43. View Movie Lists on Your Cell Phone


44. Plan Your TV Viewing


45. Create a TV Watch List


46. Develop and Share a Trip Itinerary


47. Shop Intelligently


48. Visualize Your Music Collection


49. Take Yahoo! on the Go


50. Stay Connected with Yahoo! Alerts
Chapter 3. Communicating


51. Navigate Yahoo! Mail


52. Manage Yahoo! Mail


53. Create Yahoo! Mail Macros


54. Read All Your Email in One Place


55. Read Yahoo! Mail in Your Preferred Email Client


56. Manage and Share Your Schedule


57. Add Contacts to Your Yahoo! Address Book


58. Map Yahoo! Address Book Contacts


59. Discuss, Share, and Collaborate with Others


60. Archive Yahoo! Groups Messages with yahoo2mbox


61. Explore Your Social Networks


62. Import an Existing Blogroll to Yahoo! 360


63. Add an API to Your Yahoo! 360 Blog


64. Create a Yahoo! Avatar


65. Add a Content Tab to Yahoo! Messenger


66. Send Instant Messages Beyond Yahoo!


67. Store, Sort, and Share Your Photos
Chapter 4. Web Services


68. Program Yahoo! with Perl


69. Program Yahoo! with PHP 5


70. Program Yahoo! with Python


71. Program Yahoo! with VBScript


72. Program Yahoo! with ColdFusion


73. Program Yahoo! with XSLT


74. Program Yahoo! with Java


75. Program Yahoo! with Ruby


76. Program Yahoo! with REBOL
Chapter 5. Applications


77. Visualize Yahoo! Web Search Results


78. Find Links to Any Web Site


79. Import Yahoo! Local Listings into Your Address Book


80. Create a Yahoo! Local MIDlet


81. Import Yahoo! Local Listings into Excel


82. Spell Words with Yahoo! Images


83. Randomize Your Windows Desktop Background


84. Randomize Your Mac Desktop Background


85. Mash Up Images from Around the Web


86. Illustrate Any Web Site


87. Add Links to a Block of Text Automatically


88. Visualize News Topics as Tags


89. Get Related Terms Instantly with Ajax


90. Compare the Popularity of Related Search Terms


91. Plot Multiple Points on Your Own Map

Chapter 6. Webmastering


92. Get Your Site Listed at Yahoo!


93. Hide Part of Your Web Site from Yahoo!


94. Search Your Web Site with Yahoo!


95. Add Presence to Your Web Site


96. Syndicate Rich Media


97. Add Contextual Search to Your Blog


98. Post Photos to Your Blog


99. Feed Your Latest Photos to Your Web Site


100. Display Messages from a Yahoo! Group on Your Web Site

Index