untangling_the_web

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[title:amazon] finds all pages that include the word amazon
in their title
[title:amazon "rain farest"] finds all pages that include the word amazon in
their title and mention the phrase "rain forest" anywhere in the document (title
or text or anywhere in the document)
~ link: restricts results to pages containing links to a specific urI. Yahoo has the
unfortunate requirement to enter the full urI including the http://to use the
link command, which adversely affects its usefulness. May be used with ar
without additional keywords.
No Advanced Web Search Option
Examples of how to use the link: command:
[link:http://jpl.nasa.gov] finds all pages containing links to any page at
jpl.nsa.gov
[Iink:http://jpl.nasa.gov asteroid] finds all pages containing links to any page
on the jpl.nasa.gov site and the keyword asteroid anywhere on the page.
~ Iinkdomain: the Yahoo link command finds every other page that links to a
specific webpage, but linkdomain finds every page that links to an entire
domain. Simply put, the linkdomain command should not be used with the full
address while the link command requires the full address to work properly.
May be used with or without additional keywords.
No Advanced Web Search Option
Examples of how to use the linkdomain: command vs. the link: command:
[Iinkdomain:amazon.com]
use to find links to an entire domain
[Iink:http://www.amazon.com] or [link:http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/ysearch]
use to find links to a specific webpage
Here is an interesting twist on link searching, that is, finding sites that link to a
specific address. This search, which works with Yahoo and to a lesser extent
Live Search, finds pages that link to a specific domain or domains but not to
another specific domain or domains. An example would help. Let's say I start
by finding the sites that link to the Iranian Ministry of Defense. Here is the
query I would use:
[Iinkdomain:mod.ir]
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