Yahoo! Shortcuts are special features designed to help you find answers quickly. When you use Shortcut keywords as part of your Yahoo! Search, specialized information appears right on your search results page. You can use Yahoo! Shortcuts to quickly find news, weather, maps, and more specific information. You can even use the ! Shortcut to bypass the search results page entirely. Please click the following link to learn how to navigate with an !.
If you would like to save time with Yahoo! Shortcuts, try using some of the Shortcut keywords below. You can search using the provided examples, or experiment with your own Yahoo! Shortcuts search phrases.
Yahoo! Shortcuts Cheat Sheet
| Airport Information | For the latest airport conditions, maps, directions, local weather, and airport terminal maps, search on the airport name or airport code and the term airport. | |
| Aircraft Registration Information | To find detailed manufacturer, model, and owner information about aircraft registered in the U.S., search on the FAA Registration number, or "N-number" which can be found on the airplane tail. | |
| Area Codes | To find the area code for a city or to see which cities are within an area code, search on the area code or city name and area code. | |
| Calculator | Use Yahoo! Search to do basic mathematical calculations. You can add +, subtract -, multiply *, and divide /. | |
| Dictionary Definitions | To get the primary definition of any word in the American Heritage Dictionary, search on define and any English word. | |
| Encyclopedia Lookup | Get the Columbia Encyclopedia entry for a topic by searching on the topic and facts. | |
| Exchange Rates | To find the exchange rate for a unit of currency or to convert one currency to another, search on convert and the currency or currencies you would like to convert. | |
| Flight Comparison | For flight departure, arrival, and status information, search on the airline name or airline code and flight number. | |
| Gas Prices | To find the best price on gas in your area, search on gas and a location. | |
| Hotel Comparison | View the most popular hotels in any location, including the hotel's rating and lowest price per night, by searching on a location and the type of accommodations desired. | |
| Images | To see images of puppies, cars, celebrities and more. | |
| ISBN Numbers | To find the best price on any book, search on the International Standard Book Number. | |
| Local Search | Find business names, numbers, and addresses in any U.S. location by searching on the business category or business name and location. | |
| Maps | To map any U.S. location search on the street address, city, and state or the word map and a location. | |
| Movie Showtimes | Find out what's playing at theaters near you by searching on showtimes and a location. | |
| Movie Trailers | To preview movie trailers, type the movie title and the word trailers. | |
| News | To get current headlines, search on news and any topic. | |
| Package Tracking | Check the status of packages shipped via UPS, Federal Express, or the United States Postal Service. For UPS orders, enter the tracking code. For FedEx shipments, search on fedex plus the tracking number. For USPS tracking numbers, search on usps plus the tracking code | |
| Patents | For detailed information on any U.S. Patent, search on patent and any U.S. patent number. | |
| Sports Scores | To view real time scores and stats for recently played games, search on the name of your favorite baseball, basketball, hockey, or football team and scores. Add the sport name to your search to get the data for your favorite college football and basketball teams. | |
| Stock Quotes | For the latest price, intraday chart, and news headlines, search on quote and the ticker symbol for any company traded on the New York, American or NASDAQ stock exchanges. | |
| Synonym Finder | Find synonyms from Roget's Thesaurus by searching on synonym and any English word. | |
| Time Zones | To view the current time or to determine the time zone for any location search on time or time zone and the location. | |
| Traffic Reports | For current traffic conditions, search on the location and traffic. | |
| UPC Codes | To find manufacturer information for any product, search on the UPC bar code number. | |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) | To find useful information about a vehicle's history, search on its 17 character Vehicle Identification Number (VIN). | |
| Videos | To find whatever video you are looking for type your desired subject and the word videos. | |
| Weather | For current weather conditions, search on weather and a location. | |
| Weights, Measures, and Temperature Converter | To convert any number of metric or Imperial/English units in whole or decimal form, search on convert and the units you would like to convert. Use * to indicate degrees. See the Conversion Calculator Page for the list of all supported units. | |
| ZIP Codes | To find the area code for a city or see what cities are within a ZIP code, search on the city name and zip code. |
The bar codes are the patterns of black and white bars and numbers that are used to uniquely identify a product.