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aladou asked in Yahoo ProductsYahoo Answers · 1 decade ago

What is the syntax for detailed searches in Yahoo Answers (including sorting by date, for example)?

For example, how do I specify when doing an advanced search that I want to see only open question which contain a certian keyword, and sort them most recent to oldest? And can I limit the search to those questions with <2 answers?

Thanks

Update:

I was able to sort by date for several months, but then switched computers and lost the bookmark that had that syntax. It is done by changing or adding codes in the url:

http://answers.yahoo.com/ search/search_result;_ylt= Ahyv3bhJ8aiYsRw3NSfHwQgnzKIX; _ylv=3?ps=1&p=excel &pn=&scope=subject &mc=396545660&mc= &fltr=_en&tab=3&asktime= &save_search=1 &st=1

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Update 2:

Found some good information for this on the Answers Suggestion Board:

http://suggestions.yahoo.com/detail/?prop=answers&...

You will need to scroll down 2-3 pages.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Unfortunately, yahoo's search engine can not sort questions by the most recent/oldest or by the number of answers.

    oh, I'm sorry. I did not know about that. Sorry, I can't help you

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