Browsing Yahoo! Video Search by Source

Most people find videos on the web by typing keywords into a video search engine. As an editor for the Yahoo! Video Search home page, I often use the search engine in a slightly different way. When I’m looking for cool videos to feature, I usually don’t have a specific query in mind. Instead, I just watch loads of random videos and keep track of the good ones. I need the ability to browse the index without having to target a specific query.

So I utilize a trick that I’d like to share.

The search syntax is: site:domain.com

This lets me browse what’s in the Yahoo! Video Search index from a specific site — without limiting the search to a specific query.

For example, try: site:vsocial.com, site:break.com, site:grouper.com, site:putfile.com , and site:vimeo.com.

These searches will show you everything from each particular site that the Yahoo! Video Search engine has indexed. Keep in mind that the code won’t work for every site you may try, but our coverage is increasing all the time.

Christopher Akhavan
Yahoo! Video Search Editor

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Comment by J haley
2006-04-09 15:51:42

Thanks

 
Comment by Cellinis
2006-04-12 04:09:40

While video search is a great idea and your tip was quite helpful, you should really remove the “Play Video” link. At least let the person go to the site where you found the video. Otherwise it is plain and simple copyright violation.

 
Comment by Mike
2006-04-12 08:08:25

Wow, you index Google Video, too. ;)

 
Comment by john harvey
2006-04-19 12:06:30

i ve done something that has cut me off completely with yahoo games. thats about all i use my computer for. please tell me what i can do to get back into yahoo games.

 
Comment by david
2006-05-06 19:10:48

I’m looking for a yahoo cribbage game page from 1998-1999 I’m doing for a story. Any archived copy would be greatly appreciated

 
Comment by elkman02
2006-08-25 12:41:05

I can’t get back in yahoo games since my computer crashed I put mt screen name in and it will not let me in. Why is that I realy enjoy playing on yahoo. So please help me.
bff1930@aol.com Thank you

 
Comment by nancy martin
2006-09-22 00:31:17

why cant i get in yahoo to play spades ive been trying for 4 days wont let me play why

 
Comment by Dorothy Paul
2007-02-24 16:30:06

Does anyone know whats going on with literati games in Yahoo? Please post if you do.
Thanks

 
Comment by Ksyusha
2007-04-26 12:23:55

Thank for excellent explanation

 

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