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The Five Things That Yahoo! Search Can Do But Not Google | India Inc | Digital Inspiration - 0 views

  • 4. Search your favorite websites from Yahoo! itself. For instance, type !wiki google in Yahoo! search box to search Google in Wikipedia.com. Other popular shortcuts are !ebay, !amazon, and !flickr. You can also execute these from the Firefox search box without changing the default search engine.
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Yahoo! Maps Web Services - Simple API - 0 views

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    This describes how you can use Yahoo! Maps to pinpoint locations and include information regarding each. This can be used to build custom maps for cemetery locations or ancestors' homes.
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Google: Get Around Academic Paper Restrictions - 0 views

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    The Google Operating System blog points out that Google's integration of Scholar results means that students and researchers have to settle for "subscription required" firewalls when trying to pull up a paper. Hit the "All (x) versions" link, and you'll often find a readable copy on Google's servers. Read More: Find and Download Higher Resolution Videos on YouTube, Covert Office 2007 .DOCX Files in Gmail, Google, Google Backs Out of Yahoo Ad Deal, Google Groups Now Searches All Web Forums 6:00 AM on Tue Nov 11 2008 By Kevin Purdy 1,997 views 6 Discussions Classic view | Expand all Collapse all Start a new discussion Show: Oldest first | Newest first | Most popular o 6:57 AM Image of gpzbc gpzbc 6:57 AM This is good to know. Thanks! gpzbc This is good to know. Thanks! o o 6:58 AM 1 reply Image of eilu eilu 6:58 AM One of my most-used techniques when I wrote my thesis. These "subscription required" sites are annoying and counterproductive. Journals are supposed to disseminate data, instead they restrict access and deny it to those who need it most (students). eilu One of my most-used techniques when I wrote my thesis.... 1 reply by realityhole + Image of realityhole realityhole 7:58 AM @eilu: I think the reason for it is to try and stop (or at least hinder) plagiarism, but of course google are going to want subscriptions anyway realityhole @ eilu : I think the reason for it is to try and stop... o o 6:59 AM 2 replies Image of michaelmc michaelmc 6:59 AM Scholar is also available from certain (many?) universities such that, if you access the site through the sch
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Map+ :: Firefox Add-ons - 0 views

  • View a Yahoo! map of a selected address without having to open a new window or tab. Currently, Map+ only supports addresses within the United States (sorry).
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