10 Cool Google Search Tricks
In the past I had already covered some Google search operators that I use frequently. Most of them are related to finding specific pages or files, though.
Browsing through the web this week I came across another interesting post covering 10 cool Google search tricks. Here is what they included on the list:
- How to search different file formats (keyword filetype:doc)
- How to search educational resources (keyword site:.edu)
- Finding the meaning of words and abbreviations (define:keyword)
- Finding the time of any location (time new york)
- Finding the weather of any location (california weather)
- Tracking commentary of live events (cricket)
- Using Google as a calculator (9 * 10)
- Converting currencies (1 USD in EUR)
- Tracking stocks (stocks:MSFT)
- Finding faces (add imgtype=face to the URL)
Some of these tricks I was familiar with, others I was not. Most are pretty interesting anyway, and they illustrator the breadth of scope that Google is achieving lately.
Daniel Scocco on February 16, 2008
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There is so much I don’t know about Google search. Thank you for the tips. I also read a good article on Vagabondish that lists 12 google shortcuts for travelers.
Nice trick. I would like to share my post regarding the same topic that I made about 6 mos ago.
http://techathand.net/2007/06/.....made-easy/
Thanks for sharing these. Crazy how much stuff you can do with a search engine these days. They might literally become the hub of our information based society.
I never knew about the commentary and time ones.
Hey that 6th one is very interesting- Tracking commentary of live events…….
Thanks for sharing that with us.
Great post. Of course the other good search tool with google is the Backlink checker, by adding link: followed by the domain name.
For example link:www.swiftmediauk.co.uk will then give you results of all the websites which link to your website.
A very useful tool for us SEO people.
Hi Daniel,
It was a pleasant surprise for me when I saw a trackback from your blog to my article. I am regular reader of your tips and I am really happy that you liked my post. If you liked these tricks then you might definitely not want to miss out my other articles on search tricks:
1. http://techtracer.com/2008/02/.....th-google/
2. http://techtracer.com/2007/12/.....brilliant/
I think searching by phrase should be included in the list.
I always use the definition and the calculator. Thanks for sharing.
I have not known the stock and currency conversion before.
Thanks for these tricks.
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Thanks for the search tricks. There is also some tricks such as:
1. Looking for Map (example: Map: Los Angeles)
2. Operator like “-”, “+” (example: photo + free)
Thanks for this. I needed this resource. It’s hard to keep track of all the little tricks that you can use to optimize your searching on Google.
jeje, i hope you don’t need to do “9 * 10″ in google
Loads of great stuff here. Time to go back to work. Nice job !
There are loads of those. Like many others, im aware of some, use a few and have never heard of most.
try this..
weather cityname
like for Bangalore city where i stay..
weather Bangalore
This is very useful! I never knew Google was capable of doing these things, except for the search and dictionary. Thanks for sharing!
Now that is handy - especially number 3, as I’m often having to verify a word before using it when writing.
In lieu of that, would always keep Word up in the background to using its dictionary feature.
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Now that is handy - especially number 3, as I’m often having to verify a word before using it when writing.
In lieu of that, would always keep Word up in the background to using its dictionary feature.
Now that is handy - especially number 3, as I’m often having to verify a word before using it when writing.
In lieu of that, would always keep Word up in the background to using its dictionary feature.
Now that is handy - especially number 3, as I’m often having to verify a word before using it when writing.
In lieu of that, would always keep Word up in the background to using its dictionary feature.
Already started playing with the location time function! If more than one place has the same name, you will see a list of all known locations/times.
Thanks, Daniel
This is my first blog. As I was looking for something to write about I came across this page. Thanks for the information. I will definetly use it. Thanks. Penny
Here are 9 google search tricks in a 2 minute video.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/.....to_google/
Nice ones thanks…
Check out some more over here
http://www.bizzntech.com/2008/.....rch-tricks
Its always nice to know new ways to get to#1 on Google.