Yahoo! UK & Ireland is a searchable, browsable hierarchical index of the Internet. In addition to providing all of the features of the original Yahoo! internet directory service, Yahoo! UK & Ireland highlights listings that are about or of particular interest to Web users in the UK, Ireland and the expatriate community.

Interested in the origins of the Yahoo! name? Here's where you can find out!. Yahoo! was started in the U.S. by David Filo and Jerry Yang, self-proclaimed Yahoos. Today, Yahoo! is a public company that is working with key partners to expand its product line in the U.S., Europe and around the world.

If you know exactly what you're looking for, try using Yahoo! UK & Ireland search. Specify a keyword or set of keywords, and Yahoo! UK & Ireland will search its entire database to find listings that match the keys you provide. You'll find a search form or search button at the top of every page.

• Setting Search Options
  Unless you specify otherwise, Yahoo! UK & Ireland will search categories, titles, and comments to find listings that contain all of your keywords. Also, Yahoo! will not pay attention to case (e.g., "Loch Ness Information Centre" is treated just like "loch ness information centre") and it will stop after it finds 100 matches.

  If you want to customise your search, you'll find several options on the Yahoo! UK & Ireland Search page:

  • search Yahoo! UK & Ireland's listings, Usenet newsgroups, or Email addresses;
  • specify whether you want matches to contain all of your keywords or at least one of your keywords;
  • specify whether your keywords should be considered as substrings or whole words;
  • control the number of matches displayed per page.
• Search Results
  Yahoo! UK & Ireland searches retrieve three different kinds of information:
  • Yahoo! UK & Ireland categories that match your keywords,
  • Web sites that match your keywords,
  • The Yahoo! UK & Ireland categories where those Web sites are listed.
  This way, you can choose to go directly to retrieved sites, or browse around relevant Yahoo! UK & Ireland categories for related information. Which leads us to the next topic...

If you don't have a particular internet site in mind, but want to "surf" the information autobahn to see what's out there, Yahoo! UK & Ireland is the place to start. From the top page, just click on a topic you want to browse and you're on your way!

• The Menubar

  To return to the home page from any other Yahoo! UK & Ireland page, just click on "Yahoo!" in the menubar at the top of the current page.

  Also, you can choose from the following menubar functions from any Yahoo! UK & Ireland page:

  • What's New : In here you'll get the latest information on what's been added to Yahoo! UK & Ireland plus access to our Picks of the week.
  • Cool Links: Here you'll find a selection of sites we consider to be worthy of the label 'cool'. It's a great place to start exploring the Web if you've no particular place in mind.
  • News: Get the latest news as it happens from our many news suppliers.
  • More Yahoos: This allows you to jump to a page which shows you the Yahoo! family, from Yahoo! Japan and Canada and also outlines some of the many services we offer.

• Navigating Yahoo! UK & Ireland
  Throughout Yahoo! UK & Ireland, categories are marked in bold text while Web sites are listed in plain text. To move down into the subject hierarchy, simply click on a category and the next level will be displayed. To move up in the hierarchy, click on the appropriate category in the page's heading: e.g., to move up one level from Business and Economy:Finance and Investment:Stocks, just click on "Markets and Investments." To move up two levels, click on "Business and Economy."