If you regularly search for different search engine you probably know what search operators you want to include on the search box to limit to find and exact match to your query. Google has a lot of it, but other search engine do have that operators also. If you own a site or probably a webmaster or maybe an SEO specialist you should be aware of those search operators if you dealing with site optimization. Those operators actually can give you information you need to know and can even give you less time searching for the particular keyword or phrase.

For now we focus on the some Yahoo search operators that are somehow mentioned on yahoo blog. Let us start with finding all site pages. So we type in the search blog site: [domain]. Example, site:www.allseocontest.com. So all indexed pages of will be shown that is being directed to site explorer now. If you are concerned about what sites in the net your own web site or page have link or linking back to your page, you may use link:[domain] operator. Example, link:www.allseocontest. You will find sites or websites that are linking to your page. There are other operators actually on Yahoo for your search needs and you probably know better than I am as a webmaster so we focus on some individal just searching something.

We want to know the definition of one term. In google you can use define: term and it will give you sites defining the term. Yahoo has a similar feature by using definition of term or define term. Example, define search. It will give you definition of the term search.Or maybe looking for document with file type, you can use keyword originurlextension:file type.Example: algorithm originurlextension:pdf, will search for site having an extension of .pdf with the word algorithm.

There are other yahoo search operator you can use that you can find it useful for your daily search needs. You can find some at ysearchblog with some excerpts below

1. Square Brackets, “inurl,” “originurlextension,” and Site Restriction
To get a more targeted search, try these tricks out:

* Words within square brackets — adding square brackets to your search makes the keyword match order dependent. So typing in ‘[Jack Black]‘ will return results such as ‘jack with black’ but not ‘black jack.’

* “inurl” — if you want to be sure that a specific term will appear in the site’s URL, use the “inurl:[query]” operator. For example: ‘inurl:iPod.’

* Site restriction — to restrict your search to pages within a specific domain, use the “site:[domain]” operator, followed by your query. For instance: ‘Site:Apple.com iPod.’

* “orginurlextension” — to search on specific file types, add ‘originurlextension:[file format]‘ after your search query. For example: ‘nanotechnology originurlextension:swf’ OR ‘nanotechnology originurlextension:pdf.’

2. Package Tracking
Did you know that you can track your packages right in Yahoo! Search? Here’s how:

* For UPS, type in your tracking number: ‘1z9999999999999999′
* For FedEx or the U.S. Postal Service, add the name before the tracking number. Hypothetically: ‘FedEx 999777333222′ or ‘USPS 03062400000176550683.’