All of the major search engines now come equipped with a search assist function that gives you a list of possible search as you type in a query. For example, if I’m on Yahoo! and I want to do a search for the super-popular game, Angry Birds, the second I type in “Angry” a slew of  search strings starts listing under the search box.

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Well, what if I don’t want any help? What if I think I’m perfectly capable of finding something on my own – like the “good ol’ days”?

Well, to turn off Search Assist in Yahoo!, simply click the little down arrow under the search box…

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…and click the “off” button.

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Voila! No more Search Assist! You can turn it back on by following these same steps and clicking “on” again.

~Andrew