Monday, March 13, 2006

What's your favorite Google search trick?

GoogleHere are just a few:

  • I love that you can type "track xxxx" with xxxx a UPS / fedex / DHL / USPS tracking number, and get the info right away. And the dictionary definitions are great, plus it does math! Awesome. I love teh Google.
  •  Go to local.google.com and doing something like: pizza near 123 Some Street, MyCity
  •  Typing a movie title with your city or zipcode gets you showetimes, and reviews.
  •  I use it as a dictionary all the time.   google search define:word
  • If I were teaching a class, I wouldn't overlook the simple, magical quotation marks. You'd be surprised how many people don't know about them.
  •  The ? wildcard is quite impressive. For example: 1 cup =? ounces
  • Google two cities, get airfare links.
  • Find lyrics to a song:   "Bittersweet Symphony" lyrics
  • link:[url of a website you are interested in] tells you what other sites are linking to it.
  • Googlism - what google knows about you.
  • googlefight - fight between two google searches - Death and taxes! God and Satan! Newsfilter and Funfilter
  • blag (purple|monkey|dishwasher) is the equivalent of searching for: blag and one of either purple, monkey or dishwasher

Many many more here.

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