So you think you're a Master Googler...

[wtmusic]

Did you know Google is also a calculator?

(For multiplication, use the operator "*")

You can find a phone number by typing "phonebook:" + the entity you're searching for?

You can find word definitions by typing "define:" + the word?

You can search for movie showtimes by typing "movie:" + the name of the movie?

Much more...

http://websearch.about.com/library/cheatsheet/ngooglecheatsheet.htm

[Sammy Pepys]

1. Yup, I knew all that. n/t

...

[soothsayer]

2. Phonebook totally did not work for me (have not tried the others)

[IntravenousDemilo]

18. It didn't work for me either. Can I trust the rest of the info then? n/m

[DS1]

3. Here's one I learned while figuring out how to prune

old data from a database

8 weeks in seconds

boom - i've got the number I need to subtract from 'now' in unix timestamp mode

[_testify_]

10. works with distances too!

48 miles in feet, etc.


Cool.

[DS1]

12. and mass

[WalrusSlayer]

4. UPS Tracking numbers too...

Enter a UPS tracking number directly into Google (or even easier, the Google search box in Firefox), and you're one click away from tracking the package!

[wtmusic]

6. That's pretty cool nt

[meegbear]

5. Thanks!

I knew about the keyword search stuff at the beginning, but not the rest.

[madrchsod]

7. i used the calulater

figuring out how many dollars middle east oil is worth for a post this morning and i always use google to look up phone numbers. of course i`ll use google to look up wtmusic and see some of your posts here at du or any other sites you post on. what would the world do with out google?

[YDogg]

15. The question is ...

... "what would the bush administration do with out google?"

[bobja]

8. You can also...

type in a phone number and 'Google Search' and you will see the person or business's name and address, if listed in the phone book

[CabalPowered]

9. Did you know you can google on your cell?

Dial *goog (insert keywords) and google will send back a txt with the most relevant info.

[Solon]

11. Here's a trick, sort of related to Google...

Go up to the Address bar in Firefox, and type in "Asshole" without the quotes. You'll be pleasantly surprised.

[tkmorris]

16. Now THAT'S a new one to me

Very nice. :evilgrin:

[Solon]

19. Yep, discovered it by accident while "mistyping" into the google search...

bar one day, selected the address bar by accident. Seems to basically have the same effect as hitting the "I'm feeling lucky" button on Google.

[Gregorian]

13. And using the = sign is also valuable.

When you want units conversions. Like Saybold Universal Seconds to something that we Americans understand, like "weight". Those are viscosity terms.

Or when trying to convert our now archaic foot/inch system to the meters that the rest of the world uses, that equals sign is pretty valuable.

[Hoping4Change]

24. Thanks that is great to know. nt

[William769]

14. ...

[Vinnie From Indy]

17. Type in "I'm hungry"

and a pizza will be at your door within minutes

[LiberalPartisan]

20. A few others which I find handy are

• Confine your search to a specific site
  • George Bush site:democraticunderground.com
  
  
• Search within a url
  • inurl:alternative energy
  
  
• Search in a title
  • intitle:Christian Reconstructionism
  
  
• Omit articles which contain a certain value
  • C# NOT JAVA
  
  
• If you have a search you perfrom often use MSN Search and get the search as an RSS feed:
  • http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=intitle%3aChristian+Reconstructionism&format=rss&FORM=RSRE
  
  
  
  

[pointblank]

21. So if I type in BJ

........?

oh, never mind.

[patcox2]

22. Cool

nt

[displacedtexan]

23. When I'm too lazy to type foreign characters, I google...

... "Plus ca change in French" and Google spits out:
Plus ça change.

[Blue_Tires]

25. ttt one time