Advanced search operators
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Hi mozzers,
Anyone know how to do a yahoo search to return results that meet have a specific URL
For example, say I wanted to search for the keyword finance and I only wanted it to return results with the word "business" anywhere in the URL.
I have done in the past, but I just cant remember how to do it!
Thanks
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thanks everyone, very helpful indeed!
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Hi Wissam--Lucky for us, inurl is still a valid operator. See this example in action for "SEO"
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if i am not mistaken, intitle exist in Bing and yahoo but not anymore inurl:
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Hi Peter,
I think the operator you need is "inurl:" The operator "intitle:" will search for the keyword in the title tags.
Here is a full list of search operators for Google and Yahoo.
Happy advanced searching
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