Yahoo! Search, One of the best since it’s launch in 1995-96.
Yahoo! Search started initially as a pure directory based engine where best links were reviewed and added to respective categories. Slowly it developed as the Number one web portal in the world and continues to be so.
Yahoo! Search has variety of searches available for all kinds of users, Web, Images, Video, News, Shopping, Directory, Local(US and Cannada) and Job Search. Web Search: Supports basic word, multi word, phrase, boolean, meta and some smart shortcuts which are very useful for users.
Examples:search.yahoo.com or https://yahoo.com
1) Word search : bike
2) Multi word search : dev anand (actually any multi word serch has a implicit AND between each word, this is get user what he/she expects)
3) Phrase search : ’’how stuff works’’
4) Boolean search : You AND Me
5) Meta Search : To know all sites which show live cricket scores use this meta search intitle:live cricket
6) Shortcut Search : Try few of these
To go to Yahoo mail : mail!
To get temperature in bangalore : weather in bangalore
To convert dollars to rupees : convert 100 dollars to rupees
Simple math : 1000+100 To get a list of all shortcuts visit : https://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/
In the search results page you also get ’’Also try’’ just below the search box which displays popular search terms for the term you just searched. Also shown are any news articles related to term you search.
Overall one of the best Search Engines in the World.