The Most-Used Commands

Tip: For a list of particularly interesting Yubnub commands, check out Yubnub Golden Eggs. Also see the Most-Used Commands.

Tip: You can search the descriptions by typing "ls [word or phrase]". For example, to search for all commands about music, type "ls music".

buffy

79 uses - Created 2005-06-20 03:12:49 - Last used 2021-06-06 20:42:06 - Nominate - Description - http://www.buffy.nu/

vortex
The singularity Vortex ... evolve and multiply...Surrender and captivate.
79 uses - Created 2006-01-12 03:36:19 - Last used 2023-09-01 06:12:19 - Nominate - Description - http://yozef.multiply.com/

kotik
Kotikokki.net - Reseptit - Hae ruokaohjeita
79 uses - Created 2008-11-28 12:06:10 - Last used 2012-10-01 02:33:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.kotikokki.net/reseptit/haku/?recipe_search=1&quicksearch=%s[post]

sito
Sitonomy lookup. Sitonomy reveals the anatomy of a website, including affiliate marketing, ad networks, ads management, blogging platforms, widgets, feeds, external libraries, stats tools, server software, and programming languages. To reveal the anatomy of a website, just type in the URL. Example: sito mashable.com
79 uses - Created 2008-12-16 20:33:26 - Last used 2025-11-14 08:25:44 - Nominate - Description - http://sitonomy.com/?url=%s

httppost
Do a HTTP post on any given URL. AFAIK, the only way to do post is with the [post] keyword in the CREATE command, which I find inconvenient if I want to test commands quickly from my yubnub search bar Example: The following logs you in your songza.com account automatically : httppost http://songza.com/a/login?luser=userid&lpass=yourpass&luser=userid Thanks to the provider of get2post.php!
79 uses - Created 2008-12-31 18:14:20 - Last used 2022-03-07 06:59:42 - Nominate - Description - http://efridge.net/yubnub/get2post.php?yndesturl=%s[no url encoding]

guru

79 uses - Created 2009-02-07 13:12:54 - Last used 2020-04-16 10:37:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.windguru.cz/es/index.php?sc=48766

sugarlogin

79 uses - Created 2009-05-18 13:37:34 - Last used 2010-06-12 21:08:20 - Nominate - Description - https://www.sugarsync.com/login

gsi
Performs a Google Similar Images search. Similar Images allows you to search for images using pictures rather than words. Example: gsi paris
79 uses - Created 2009-06-12 05:02:09 - Last used 2020-02-02 11:47:15 - Nominate - Description - http://similar-images.googlelabs.com/images?q=%s

mangatr
Search for manga series at MangaTraders
79 uses - Created 2008-01-22 20:51:39 - Last used 2009-02-25 21:02:54 - Nominate - Description - http://www.mangatraders.com/search/?term=%s&Submit=Submit&searchSeries=1

mycontacts

79 uses - Created 2008-05-07 17:25:32 - Last used 2015-02-10 19:19:54 - Nominate - Description - https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=dc43010923&view=lg&msg=119c4133634793f9

sxw
to open the world's popular sex website
79 uses - Created 2006-12-17 05:52:53 - Last used 2025-10-09 02:12:21 - Nominate - Description - http://www.worldsex.com

wsk
Use the wikipedia-related search engine WikiSeek. This searches Wikipedia and sites linked to from Wikipedia.
79 uses - Created 2007-01-16 09:48:32 - Last used 2010-02-05 21:06:08 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wikiseek.com/results.php?q=%s

googlepedia
Google on the left, Wikipedia on the right. Example: googlepedia porsche
79 uses - Created 2007-02-05 06:19:59 - Last used 2013-04-28 09:57:44 - Nominate - Description - split {url g %s} {url wp %s}

sesam
Sesam.no search for Norwegian web sites. Norway
79 uses - Created 2007-12-14 18:55:48 - Last used 2015-01-28 06:48:31 - Nominate - Description - http://sesam.no/search/?q=%s

sln
SpringerLink keyword search (www.springerlink.com)
79 uses - Created 2008-01-13 22:34:24 - Last used 2017-08-15 07:20:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.springerlink.com/content/?k=%s

isisu
http://portal.isis.org/fba/UserDashboard.aspx
79 uses - Created 2009-08-18 13:46:01 - Last used 2011-09-27 10:44:56 - Nominate - Description - http://portal.isis.org/fba/UserDashboard.aspx

ghk

79 uses - Created 2010-04-17 15:11:35 - Last used 2020-07-02 10:32:17 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com.hk/search?q=%s

mx3
goes straight to motorcross3 on teagames.com
79 uses - Created 2007-05-16 13:47:32 - Last used 2010-05-14 00:38:40 - Nominate - Description - http://www.teagames.com/games/tgmotocross3/play.php

kbo
Korea Baseball Organization Offical Site
79 uses - Created 2007-07-08 04:34:29 - Last used 2007-10-17 06:39:14 - Nominate - Description - http://www.koreabaseball.com/

brainm
Brain boost mobile version. Example: brainm What is the capital of Canada?
79 uses - Created 2007-07-23 18:54:26 - Last used 2011-02-09 01:39:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.brainboost.com/mobile/search.asp?Q=%s

trla

79 uses - Created 2007-08-21 22:26:55 - Last used 2015-03-30 20:01:12 - Nominate - Description - http://cauta.trilulilu.ro/audio/%s

h1
NAME h1 - display some text in big (HTML H1) type SYNOPSIS h1[STRING] EXAMPLE h1 Hello World! h1 Kinda like Quicksilver's Large Type AUTHOR elzr.com
79 uses - Created 2008-07-28 06:17:44 - Last used 2026-01-17 14:40:05 - Nominate - Description - echo <h1>%s</h1>

aip
If you know the journal, volume number, and page number of a paper published in any AIP journal, you can go directly there using this command. Examples: aip jap 98 041301 (Journal of Applied Physics (jap) vol. 98 p. 041301) aip apl 91 162505 (Applied Physics Letters (apl) vol. 91 p. 162505) This is useful because often, you'll want to check a reference at the end of a paper. You don't need to search google scholar for author name, or paper title, and then scan the results. You have the volume a…
79 uses - Created 2008-10-03 16:51:10 - Last used 2025-08-29 06:01:06 - Nominate - Description - http://{% 1 %s}.aip.org/{% 1 %s}/top.jsp?vol={% 2 %s}&pg={% 3 %s}[no url encoding]

prwyl
Format any webpage for printing. Print webpages without whitespace, ads, graphics or other clutter. Make printed web pages more readable by removing distractions. Fix broken pages that don't print correctly. Save money on paper and ink and help SAVE THE ENVIROINMENT.
78 uses - Created 2008-09-19 13:34:24 - Last used 2018-06-28 23:44:57 - Nominate - Description - http://www.printwhatyoulike.com/print?url=%s

tutorial
This tutorial explains how to optimize a website to get the best ranks in search engines.
78 uses - Created 2007-03-06 06:01:57 - Last used 2023-06-22 10:46:54 - Nominate - Description - http://www.huntbegins.com/seo-tutorial.html

flfav
NAME flfav - Random page of a Flickr user's favorites SYNOPSIS flfav [FLICKR USERNAME] EXAMPLES flfav sage Input a Flickr.com username (the one that is in a user's Flickr URL, http://flickr.com/photos/[USERNAME] ) and this command will return a random page from that user's favorite Flickr photos. AUTHOR Brian Armknecht b.a.
78 uses - Created 2007-03-20 14:49:24 - Last used 2011-04-25 22:53:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.flickr.com/photos/%s/favorites/page{rand -max {scrape -tokens class=%22Next%22 %22> < -dirs 0 1 0 -url http://www.flickr.com/photos/%s/favorites/}}/

mahjong
The ancient tile game Mahjong. ---------- Old implementation: http://blubbie.com/games/collection/04/mahjong.php
78 uses - Created 2009-04-19 20:57:22 - Last used 2026-04-01 07:34:27 - Nominate - Description - https://www.free-play-mahjong.com/

veraex
Vera Multi-search engine from MIT. Exact sarch. Example veraex science.
78 uses - Created 2009-05-17 01:48:53 - Last used 2015-12-08 11:49:10 - Nominate - Description - http://owens.mit.edu/sfx_local/az/mit_all?param_sid_save=db6b2511cd536dd8773bac7095e60ce4&param_lang_save=eng&param_letter_group_save=&param_perform_save=searchTitle&param_letter_group_script_save=&param_chinese_checkbox_save=0&param_services2filter_save=getAbstract&param_services2filter_save=getFullTxt&param_current_view_save=detail&param_pattern_save=j+biomed+biotech&param_jumpToPage_save=&param_type_save=textSearch&param_textSearchType_save=contains&param_type_value=textSearch&param_jumpToPage_value=&param_pattern_value=%s&param_textSearchType_value=exactMatch&x=36&y=11

!ls
Lists Yahoo! Open Shortcuts. Only default shortcuts are listed when not logged-in. SYNTAX !ls OFFICIAL SHORTCUTS !create, !help, !list, !set, !unset gomelet AT gmail DOT com
78 uses - Created 2009-05-22 14:06:08 - Last used 2022-12-25 03:33:09 - Nominate - Description - http://search.yahoo.com/osc/list?ei=UTF-8&p=!list

twenga
Comparer les prix sur le net de la plupart des produits
78 uses - Created 2008-05-12 07:07:57 - Last used 2012-08-03 15:09:40 - Nominate - Description - http://www.twenga.fr/search.php?q=%s

ysow
Yahoo! Sports World Soccer
78 uses - Created 2007-05-10 05:44:17 - Last used 2011-10-22 04:02:53 - Nominate - Description - http://sports.yahoo.com/sow

vvoo
vivisimo
78 uses - Created 2007-05-22 11:48:38 - Last used 2007-10-05 08:06:26 - Nominate - Description - http://www.vivisimo.com

xul
Look up a page in Mozilla's XUL Reference Example: xul browser xul menubar etc http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XUL_Reference
78 uses - Created 2007-06-23 10:45:36 - Last used 2022-06-18 14:45:27 - Nominate - Description - http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XUL:%s

govid
Searches Google Video and limits results to just Google Video hosted videos
78 uses - Created 2007-07-02 21:18:45 - Last used 2011-07-06 21:40:42 - Nominate - Description - http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=site:video.google.com %s

gmobload
Use google mobile search to bypass a proxy server and load a specified url. Example: gmobload www.youtube.com
78 uses - Created 2007-09-15 06:42:27 - Last used 2024-01-14 11:34:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=%s

tecnew
Search technocrati in any language with any authorithy
78 uses - Created 2007-11-09 10:51:17 - Last used 2011-10-24 14:11:57 - Nominate - Description - http://technorati.com/search/%s?authority=n&language=n

tamil
srilanka
78 uses - Created 2007-11-23 10:42:46 - Last used 2022-05-28 00:44:56 - Nominate - Description - http://thetamil.net/

frwikt
Direct lookup in the Wiktionnaire (French Wiktionary).
78 uses - Created 2007-11-27 16:47:13 - Last used 2012-08-10 15:25:17 - Nominate - Description - http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/%s

spock
Searches Spock.com for a personal name, first name first. Same as the command peeps but I just couldn't remember it. Example: spock Jon Aquino
78 uses - Created 2008-01-03 03:26:50 - Last used 2015-02-27 10:40:53 - Nominate - Description - peeps %s

tad
Basic search for TimeAndDate.com A searched location returns dialling codes, daylight times, local weather and more. Example: tad London Worth a little digging on the site for other time-related usefulness
78 uses - Created 2008-01-21 15:37:40 - Last used 2022-10-31 07:28:55 - Nominate - Description - http://www.timeanddate.com/search/results.html?query=%s

readable
Runs the readability bookmarklet
78 uses - Created 2009-11-01 01:24:14 - Last used 2013-03-11 00:29:21 - Nominate - Description - http://javascript:(function(){readStyle='style-newspaper';readSize='size-large';readMargin='margin-medium';_readability_script=document.createElement('SCRIPT');_readability_script.type='text/javascript';_readability_script.src='http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/js/readability.js?x='+(Math.random());document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(_readability_script);_readability_css=document.createElement('LINK');_readability_css.rel='stylesheet';_readability_css.href='http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/css/readability.css';_readability_css.type='text/css';_readability_css.media='screen';document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(_readability_css);_readability_print_css=document.createElement('LINK');_readability_print_css.rel='stylesheet';_readability_print_css.href='http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/css/readability-print.css';_readability_print_css.media='print';_readability_print_css.type='text/css';document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(_readability_print_css);})();

mfyr
http://www.mediafire.com/
78 uses - Created 2010-02-22 18:45:41 - Last used 2011-08-12 19:56:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.mediafire.com/

ampdm
Search Amazon's Prime Digital Music. For example: ampdm oscar aleman <--- returns tracks from Oscar Aleman. b.a.
78 uses - Created 2014-10-02 03:52:21 - Last used 2016-01-25 11:21:16 - Nominate - Description - http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dprime-digital-music&field-keywords=%s

gra
Search in the database of GameRankings.com, one of the most important gaming review summaries.
78 uses - Created 2011-01-01 05:19:17 - Last used 2024-09-26 17:38:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gamerankings.com/browse.html?search=%s&numrev=3&site=

DB2
DB2 Information Center search To find the description of an error message or a reason code, just type the message ID or the code. Example: DB2 00C90101 To find information about SQL syntax enter the name of the SQL statement Example: DB2 ALTER TABLE To restrict the search to distinct versions and manuals include more information in your command. Example: DB2 9 codes 00C90101 or: DB2 10 SQL ALTER TABLE
78 uses - Created 2011-01-28 14:14:40 - Last used 2026-02-15 05:12:35 - Nominate - Description - http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/dzichelp/v2r2/index.jsp?tab=search&searchWord=DB2+%s

sse
Seznam Slovník English English to Czech dictionary Nový beta.slovnik.seznam.cz více info na http://seznam.sblog.cz/2011/05/20/217
78 uses - Created 2011-05-25 11:49:46 - Last used 2022-09-08 00:58:25 - Nominate - Description - http://beta.slovnik.seznam.cz/?q=%s&lang=en_cz

off
Odtu fizik Forumu , odtu fizik bolumu ogrencileri toplulugudur.
78 uses - Created 2006-01-10 01:50:20 - Last used 2022-02-01 22:02:43 - Nominate - Description - http:\\www.odtufizik.com

cpnet
CodeProject .NET Search
78 uses - Created 2006-01-19 09:51:02 - Last used 2010-11-10 15:12:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.codeproject.com/info/search.asp?cats=5&searchkw=%s&Submit1=Search

htmltitle
NAME htmltitle - scrapes the title from a web page SYNOPSIS htmltitle URL Mandatory arguments: URL The URL of a web page EXAMPLE 1. htmltitle http://www.yubnub.org 2. htmltitle www.wikipedia.org AUTHOR Sean O'Hagan
78 uses - Created 2005-07-22 06:55:16 - Last used 2009-08-02 12:36:40 - Nominate - Description - scrape -tokens <title+</title>+> -dirs 0 0 1 -url %s

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