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Yahoo! hacks / Paul Bausch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bausch, Paul.
- Series:
- Hacks series
- Hacks series Yahoo! hacks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Yahoo! Inc.
- Yahoo! (Computer file).
- Internet searching.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (491 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Subtitle on cover: tips & tools for living on the web frontier
- Place of Publication:
- Sebastopol, California ; Farnham : O'Reilly, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Yahoo! took the world by storm in the 1990s as a one-of-a-kind, searchable list of interesting web sites. But ten years later, it has expanded into a department store overflowing with useful and innovative tools and services-from email, blogging, social networking, and instant messaging, to news, financial markets, shopping, movie and TV listings, and much more. Today's Yahoo! keeps you connected with every aspect of your life and every corner of the Web. Yahoo! Hacks shows you how to use, expand, personalize, and tweak Yahoo! in ways you never dreamed possible. You'll lea
- Contents:
- Contents; Credits; About the Author; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Preface; Why Yahoo! Hacks?; How to Use This Book; How to Run the Hacks; Command-Line Scripts; CGI Scripts; Learning to Code; How This Book Is Organized; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; Safari Enabled; How to Contact Us; Got a Hack?; Search; Fine-Tune Yahoo! Web Search Queries; Search Basics; Search Meta Words; Save Time with Search Shortcuts; Yahoo! Search Shortcuts; Yahoo! Properties Shortcuts; Create a Yahoo! ID; Signing Up; Signing In; Signing Out; Removing Your Account
- Set Persistent Yahoo! Search PreferencesNew Window; Number of Results; Adult Content Filtering; Language; Assemble Advanced Search Queries; Anatomy of an Advanced Search URL; Translate Any Page with Yahoo!; Yahoo! Language Tools; A Translation Bookmarklet; The code; Running the hack; Personalize, Track, and Share the Web; Using My Web; Sharing My Web; Programming My Web; The code; Running the hack; Prefetch Yahoo! Search Results; The Code; Running the Hack; Hacking the Hack; Compare Yahoo! and Google Search Results; Twingine; Yahoo! Versus Google Diagram; Find Content You Can Reuse Legally
- Understanding CC LicensesFinding CC-Licensed Content; Find Video from Across the Web; Simple Video Searching; Advanced Video Searching; Streamline Browsing with the Yahoo! Toolbar; Installation; Features; Get notification of new email; Manage bookmarks; Add content to My Yahoo!.; Block pop-up windows; Enable quick searches; Privacy; Customize the Firefox Quick Search Box; The Code; Running the Hack; Spot Trends with Yahoo! Buzz; Determining Current Leaders and Movers; Going Back in Time; Find Hot Technologies at the Buzz Game; Spotting Trends; Buzz Game API; Graphing Markets; The code
- Running the hackTame Long Yahoo! URLs; Trimming Yahoo! URLs; URL-Trimming Services; Opt Out of Advertiser Cookies; Cookies at Yahoo!; Opting Out; Browser Settings; Track News About Yahoo!; Yahoo! Sources; Outside News Sources; Yahoo! Employee Weblogs; Grassroots Sources; Spider the Yahoo! Catalog; The Code; Running the Hack; Hacking the Hack; See Also; Browse the Yahoo! Directory; Searching Versus Browsing; Adding a Site; Track Additions to Yahoo!; The Code; Running the Hack; Hacking the Hack; Yahoo! Directory Mindshare in Google; The Code; Running the Hack; Hacking the Hack; Services
- Track Your InvestmentsGet Quotes and News; Build a Portfolio; Build Your Own Stock Update Email; The Code; Running the Hack; Download Financial Data Using Excel Web Queries; Creating an Excel Web Query; Making a Web Query Work for Any Ticker Symbol; Hacking the Hack; Convert Currencies with One Click; The Code; Running the Hack; Do the Math with Yahoo! Calculators; Anatomy of a Yahoo! Calculator; Saving and Investing; Banking; Mutual funds; Bonds; Home, Auto, and Education; Mortgage; Auto; School financing; Death and Taxes; Life insurance; Taxes; Calculators Beyond Yahoo!
- Add a Yahoo! Bookmark with One Click
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780596154356
- 0596154356
- OCLC:
- 64549832
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