Hotlist Info and Help

Yahoo Information and Help

For a quick tour of Yahoo, check out a recent demo we gave at a Web Workshop.

Quick Questions?

If you have questions about Yahoo, check and see if it's answered in the Frequently Asked Questions list!

For anyone who cares, here is what yahoo really means. <--! Removed by Correct v2.0 by Kutsal Berberoglu --> and Jerry Yang, self-proclaimed yahoos. We primarily target the hotlist towards HTML documents, however we do include other URLs when they are useful. Current capabilities of Yahoo include:

Menubar:

Move Up in the hierarchy: You can do so using the menu bar on top/bottom of the page, or click on the text of the heading.
Go to the Top level of hierarchy: You can do so by clicking "Top" on the manu bars at top and bottom of page. heading.
Search: You can now search Yahoo by setting buttons using forms. The search can be restricted to titles, URLs, and comments, as well as case (in)sensitivity and perl/string expressions. The search results are returned along with their locations in the hotlist hierarchy.
Add: You can add to the hierarchical hotlist at any point of the hierarchy by clicking on Add on the menu bar. We will validate the URL that is suggested, and incorporate the suggestion into the hotlist.
Mail: You can comment to Yahoo authors through this form interface. If you do not have forms, please send us email at yahoo@akebono.stanford.edu.

Features

What's New: You can see what we added in the last five days, along with what part of the hierarchy they reside. We also supply interface to find out what we added as far back as May, 1994.
What's Popular: We list the top 50 most popular categories and files from the last week, along with number of times they are accessed.
What's Cool: On this page, we try to present the entries that we think are cool.
Statistics: We list in graph form the entries growth, daily access, and weekly access graphs. Note that for the access graphs, the number of accesses indicate the number of files transfered, including gifs.
Random Link: a script provided by Ed Kubatis which picks a random link from the Yahoo database - give it a click and see where it takes you!

Legend:

We are starting a new rating system... Sites with images are ones we think have good presentation/content for their respective topic area. Usually, you should check these sites first. For example, see the Stocks page.
A indicates that the entry was added within the last three days. If it appears next to a directory, then it means that entries in directory hierarchy has been modified in the last three days.

Acknowledgements

Yahoo users and their comments have made it into what it is today. The people who've contributed are too many to mention, but here are a few that deserve special acknowledgement:

Ed Kubatis (ejk@uiuc.edu) wrote and is providing the Random Yahoo Link script.
Ellen Spertus made valuable suggestions in the "Economy:Organizations:" section.

To everyone that has sent in additions, comments, compliments, criticisms - you have our heartfelt thanks.

If you have any problems and/or suggestions, feel free to email the Yahoo authors.