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yExplore : Quickly Access Yahoo Site Explorer

yExplore is a Firefox, Netscape & Flock extension to quickly access Yahoo Site Explorer.

Works in Firefox 2 & 3

yExplore 2 has been released! Click for details.

The yExplore 1.6 update brings updates to match updates to Yahoo Site Explorer, better Flock support and added Netscape 9 support.

The yExplore 1.5 update included two options. yExplore the domain or a single page.

yExplore 1.5

I felt that one extension that I was missing in Firefox was one to let me quickly access Yahoo Site Explorer stats. So, I took it upon myself to do a little research and build my first Firefox extension.

yExplore is a pretty simple SEO tool. It adds two yExplore options when you right click. Select Domain and it’ll open Yahoo Site Explorer in a background tab with the domain of the site you were on already submitted. Select Page and it’ll find the indexed and backlinks stats for just that page.

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Give it a go and see what you think. It works on Mac or Windows in Firefox 1.0 – 3.0, Flock 0.4 – 1.0.x and Netscape 9.0.

Enjoy!. Ohh and don’t overlook my spiffy icon. 😉

Big thanks to roachfiend.com for a great beginner tutorial.


13 Responses

  1. Lee says:

    VERY COOL Thomas!

  2. >>> it’ll open Yahoo Site Explorer in a background tab with the URL of the sit you were

    I´d like to see yExplore really open Yahoo Site Explorer with the full URL I´m actually surfing on, not just the domain.
    Perhaps yExplore 1.5 will have an options menu to choose between this two settings??

  3. Thomas says:

    I’ve thought of that. It’s easy, the hard part is learning how to get the extension to have options. 🙂 It’ll get there though.

  4. Thomas says:

    yExplore 1.5 is on it’s way and will include choices for the domain or single page.

  5. Tim says:

    really sweet was just about to create my own, BIG time saver! thanks heaps

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