Snaquebite
01-12-2008, 13:54
I decided to do a little Google tutorial for those that might be interested.
1. Want to convert a measurement? Type “half a cup in ounces” in the search field and enter.
2. Want a local movie time? Type in the name of the movie followed by the zip code i.e. Band of Brothers 28314
3. You can also Google tracking numbers for UPS, FedEx, and USPS just by entering the number (e.g. 1Z14662R0340419XXX). This avoids going through the log in and hassle of the individual shipping company site.
4. What time is it in Bangkok right now? Simply type - Time Hong Kong.
5. Flight Tracker: Enter the airline and flight number into the Google search box and get back the arrival and departure times right inside Google's search results.
6. Compare items with "better than" and find similar items with "reminds me of" eg (better than Sony)
7. Related terms and documents: Adding a tilde (~) to a search term will return related terms. For example, Googling ~nutrition returns results with the words nutrition, food, and health in them.
8. Similar to #6: you can search for "_____ sucks" to see whether the product you are interested in gets poor reviews in online communities. Run the same query for similar products and you get an idea what people are thinking (eg. "ie sucks" vs. "firefox sucks")
Another trick I use often is adding site:edu to search university and college sites. Good for finding reliable information and in depth analysis on the subject of interest (eg Sharia Law site:edu)
9. Weather: just type in weather and the zip code.
10. Definitions: Tyep - Define “your term”
11. Temperatures: 70 c to f
12. Books/Pamphlets etc: To get (almost) any ebook free just type the ebooks name/url and filetype :pdf
13. Calculator: instead of going for your calculator, just enter your multiplication, division, subtraction or addition and the search result will give you the solution
14. Recipes: Search "recipe pasta" and get results from... the Recipe Search page! It gives you pulldowns for Cuisine (American, Chinese, Thai, etc), Course (side dish, entree, etc) and various keywords. The detail page gives you even more control.
15. Addresses: You can google addresses which will give show you the location on google maps at the first result. But it has to be a full address for example google
16 Augusta Street Willetton WA 61553
16. For movies ,books, music and others use this
"replace me with book name" site:rapidshare.com
"replace me with song name" site:rapidshare.com
"replace me with whatever name" site:rapidshare.com
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19. Some cool things with Google Maps:
http://mybasementblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/50-things-to-do-with-google-maps.html
20. Websearch Cheat sheet: http://lifehacker.com/software/uploaded/2005-10-18/Lifehacker-Search-Helper-Cheat-Sheet.pdf
21. More: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/features.html
22. Another Cheat sheet: http://www.google.com/help/cheatsheet.html
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1. Want to convert a measurement? Type “half a cup in ounces” in the search field and enter.
2. Want a local movie time? Type in the name of the movie followed by the zip code i.e. Band of Brothers 28314
3. You can also Google tracking numbers for UPS, FedEx, and USPS just by entering the number (e.g. 1Z14662R0340419XXX). This avoids going through the log in and hassle of the individual shipping company site.
4. What time is it in Bangkok right now? Simply type - Time Hong Kong.
5. Flight Tracker: Enter the airline and flight number into the Google search box and get back the arrival and departure times right inside Google's search results.
6. Compare items with "better than" and find similar items with "reminds me of" eg (better than Sony)
7. Related terms and documents: Adding a tilde (~) to a search term will return related terms. For example, Googling ~nutrition returns results with the words nutrition, food, and health in them.
8. Similar to #6: you can search for "_____ sucks" to see whether the product you are interested in gets poor reviews in online communities. Run the same query for similar products and you get an idea what people are thinking (eg. "ie sucks" vs. "firefox sucks")
Another trick I use often is adding site:edu to search university and college sites. Good for finding reliable information and in depth analysis on the subject of interest (eg Sharia Law site:edu)
9. Weather: just type in weather and the zip code.
10. Definitions: Tyep - Define “your term”
11. Temperatures: 70 c to f
12. Books/Pamphlets etc: To get (almost) any ebook free just type the ebooks name/url and filetype :pdf
13. Calculator: instead of going for your calculator, just enter your multiplication, division, subtraction or addition and the search result will give you the solution
14. Recipes: Search "recipe pasta" and get results from... the Recipe Search page! It gives you pulldowns for Cuisine (American, Chinese, Thai, etc), Course (side dish, entree, etc) and various keywords. The detail page gives you even more control.
15. Addresses: You can google addresses which will give show you the location on google maps at the first result. But it has to be a full address for example google
16 Augusta Street Willetton WA 61553
16. For movies ,books, music and others use this
"replace me with book name" site:rapidshare.com
"replace me with song name" site:rapidshare.com
"replace me with whatever name" site:rapidshare.com
17. Edited out
18. Edited out
19. Some cool things with Google Maps:
http://mybasementblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/50-things-to-do-with-google-maps.html
20. Websearch Cheat sheet: http://lifehacker.com/software/uploaded/2005-10-18/Lifehacker-Search-Helper-Cheat-Sheet.pdf
21. More: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/features.html
22. Another Cheat sheet: http://www.google.com/help/cheatsheet.html
More to follow