Can you search out other yahoo users?

I'm building a finance web site and would provide a search function that allows users to type in a name or symbol and be taken directly to the associated page, rather than being presented with a long list of indexed search results.   The desired behavior...

I've used the search bar but users that match don't seem to come up. I tried the advanced search but saw no option to search by username. Questions from a year ago indicate that advanced search once included this option. Has it since been removed, and...

Is it possible to search for specific users on answers.yahoo? My dad is a member, & I'd like to search for his user name to see what question's he's asked.

People seem to be able to find my profile on yahoo but as hard as iv tried i cant seem to be able to find other people....search for new yahoo contacts!! really baffled!!

The 2 times I've asked questions simple search engines can't help me on, I've gotten either 0 responses or humor related answers. Too bad to. While being a worthy experiment, it seems yahoo answers is failing.

Can you search for a person's Yahoo! Answers profile?

i need to find someone who uses yahoo by their yahoo address

BUT....I have no idea how to find someone by location, interests, etc. The only search option on my profile page is the one in the middle of the page. Can someone help me??