How to search and download pics via Yahoo Image Searchengine

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KoalaBear
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How to search and download pics via Yahoo Image Searchengine

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Let's begin:

First, please download the latest version of PicaLoader from http://www.vowsoft.com/download.htm (the version is 1.47 but the file date is feb-2005)
1.If you wanna download adult content, please do step 1 first, because Yahoo will filter out adult content by default, otherwise, you can skip to step 2:
Open images.search.yahoo.com with IE, search something, check the search result page, if it show you "SafeSearch is On", click it and turn it off. check Figure-1 for detail.
2.Run PicaLoader, create a new project, for example, yahoo-images.plp, and change it options as follow (Figure-2):
Start URL: http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=
Picture filter profile: All Pictures
Follow links: All levels and disable Support J/VB/JavaScript
Page location & Picture location: Anywhere
Page URL Include Filters: /l=II/;/R=next/;view\?frame=top
Page URL Exclude Filters:emailresult;login\.yahoo;safesearch;/search/preferences;/kr=
Picture URL Exclude Filters: yimg\.com;yahoo\.com
3.Now you can create tasks for your interesting keyword, for example, "funny":
Create a new task, add funny at the end of the Start URL. check Figure-3 for detail.
( If your keyword include space character, instead if with %20, e.g funny%20pics )

for detail.
4.Create task(s) for other keyword(s).
5.Push Start button.

If you won't create the project file manually, just download the attached project file (my picture folder is c:/my images, you can change it by select main menu->project->properties->picture folder).
Attachments
yahoo-images.plp
The project file
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Result
Result
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