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Categories have main pages at URLs like http://voices.yahoo.com/books/?cat=38  
Categories have main pages at URLs like http://voices.yahoo.com/books/?cat=38  


Category IDs can be suffixed to the URLs above (e.g. http://voices.yahoo.com/content_date_MM_DD_YYYY_6.html) to list only articles published on that date in that category.
Category IDs can be suffixed to content_date URLs (e.g. http://voices.yahoo.com/content_date_MM_DD_YYYY_6.html) to list only articles published on that date in that category.


Most articles are single-page basic text-and-graphics (e.g. http://voices.yahoo.com/yahoo-fires-all-contributors-12721520.html?cat=3) while others have video (e.g. http://voices.yahoo.com/video/how-better-housekeeper-12537238.html?cat=6) - the ?cat= prefix does not appear to be necessary to access the page, but is added by the site if not present.
Most articles are single-page basic text-and-graphics (e.g. http://voices.yahoo.com/yahoo-fires-all-contributors-12721520.html?cat=3) while others have video (e.g. http://voices.yahoo.com/video/how-better-housekeeper-12537238.html?cat=6) - the ?cat= category suffix does not appear to be necessary to access the page, but is added by the site if not present.

Revision as of 15:47, 28 July 2014

Yahoo Voices
Assorted articles and videos, 2005-2014
Assorted articles and videos, 2005-2014
URL http://voices.yahoo.com
Status Closing
Archiving status In progress...
Archiving type Unknown
IRC channel #shutup (on hackint)

Yahoo Voices is closing down.

What we have so far

Basic map

All articles can be found sorted by date of publication via the URL scheme http://voices.yahoo.com/content_date_MM_DD_YYYY.html - valid dates from FEBRUARY 2005 to present day. (Invalid dates are accepted - e.g. 31st February is treated as March 3rd)

Most/all articles are categorised in [only] one of the following categories:

2 : Entertainment
3 : Business & Finance
5 : Health & Wellness
6 : Home Improvement
7 : Lifestyle
14 : Sports
15 : Technology
16 : Travel
27 : Automotive
38 : Books
47 : Creative Writing
62 : News

-- NB: list not complete --

Categories have main pages at URLs like http://voices.yahoo.com/books/?cat=38

Category IDs can be suffixed to content_date URLs (e.g. http://voices.yahoo.com/content_date_MM_DD_YYYY_6.html) to list only articles published on that date in that category.

Most articles are single-page basic text-and-graphics (e.g. http://voices.yahoo.com/yahoo-fires-all-contributors-12721520.html?cat=3) while others have video (e.g. http://voices.yahoo.com/video/how-better-housekeeper-12537238.html?cat=6) - the ?cat= category suffix does not appear to be necessary to access the page, but is added by the site if not present.