untangling_the_web

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~ [originurlextension:pdf "white paper"] finds pages indexed by Yahoo that are
in PDF format and contain the phrase ["white paper"] anywhere in the text,
title, or urI. .
To search by specific type of file, use the syntax originurlextension: plus one of
these or any file extension, such as cgi, log, zip, etc. Because this workaround
is not a true filetype search, you can search on any file extension.
o htm or html-standard web page
o pdf -Adobe Acrobat
o xls-MS Excel
o ppt-MS PowerPoint
o doc-MS Word
o txt-text
o xml, rdf, rss-RSS or XML feeds 52
Search roller. Searchroller uses a JavaScript to let you create a neat little search
query bookrnarklet'" for your future use. The bookmarklet comprises a set of
domains you like to search on routinely but don't want to type in each time. For
example, perhaps you'd like to search simultaneously on a whole group of news
sites. Tara Calishain's script lets you input the uris for the news' sites once, then
save them to your Favorites or Bookmarks. Each time you click on the bookmarklet,
a screen will appear asking you to enter a query term or terms, then the bookmarklet
will automatically go to Yahoo and run that query against all the urls you have
previously selected. It's a great timesaver when you consider this is a typical
Searchroller bookmarklet query, although it could be much longer:
[iraq (site:cnn.com OR site:msnbc.com OR site:usatoday.com] OR
[site:nytimes.com OR site:washingtonpost.com OR site:bbc.co.uk )]
Search roller
http://www.researchbuzz.org/2aa4/1a/new yahoo
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Artificial Proximity Search. Since Yahoo's APls are so new and as yet not fully
exploited, clever folks like Tara Calishain have come up with ways to force Yahoo to
perform new types of searches. The proximity search lets you input one search term
and look for it from 1 to 5 "spaces" (really, words) from a second search term. For
example, I can search for henry within two words of thoreau and find many instances
52 In order to read RSS or XML feeds, you need a reader or aggregator to parse this type of data.
53 A bookmarklet is a tiny JavaScript application contained in a bookmark that can be saved and used
the same way you use normal bookmarks. Bookmarklets do not require users to download and install
software. For more on bookmarklets, visit .
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