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Where'd advanced search go?
I'd like to search the Yahoo Products, Yahoo Answers subcategory for this -- but I can't find a way to search Answers that restricts the results to just a subcategory.
Did this get removed? Are you insane? Or am I just not seeing what's right in front of me?
I could swear that earlier one could use the big "Search Answers" box at the top, then a box for Advanced Search would appear in the Right hand column of the results page. But I'm not seeing that now.
@Alanis, thanks for the Canadian work-around.
Whether intentional or accidental, loss of Advanced Search is debilitating.
I guess we need more people to chime in here:
https://yahoo.uservoice.com/forums/211240-us-answe...
Or here:
2 Answers
- AnthonyLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
It seems to have been removed on the new format (intentional, unintentional, I don't know!), along with the ability to refine Q&A in the general search to "In Voting" or "Open".
Try using the old format, with the options here:
http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result
Make sure the Location is set to All English Questions, so you have all the same Q&A.
- Son of T3Lv 78 years ago
It is still there, just hard to find it. It is just a glitch in their layout, that the need to correct.
What you have to do is a regular search, say on "advanced search" and call it that. Then save that search, go to your saved searches, and use "advanced search" as your template. That is currently the only work around. You could also bookmark the page.
