Lifehacker Top 10 Obscure Google Search Tricks
Lifehacker Top 10 Obscure Google Search Tricks
Lifehacker Top 10 Obscure Google Search Tricks
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Examples:
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What, your company blocks that hip new web site just
because it drops the F bomb occasionally? Use
Google's cache to take a peek even when the
originating site's being blocked, with
cache:example.com.
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COMMENTS
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Lifehacker Top 10: Top 10 Obscure Google Search Tricks 7/5/08 6:06 AM
actually, for the time one: you can just type "time
hong kong", and it will give the same result.
...or music
-inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:"index of" +size
+(mp3|aac) "replace me with artis or name of song"
30 CAD to USD
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movie times:
"Atonement 10003" (no quotes) will show you all the
times Atonement is playing in movie theaters near
the 10003 zip code.
definitions:
"define:ubiquity" gives you web-originated
definitions of words (most from princeton wornet)
@Sabrinafaire
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Thx
@pokerskatershark:
"File"
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@Webran61: @pokerskatershark:
Very useful!
Great way to get album art and song lists for your
digital library.
time UTC
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My favorites:
--Music search--
music:your_parameters
--Phonebook search--
phonebook:your_parameters
--Calculator / Conversion--
"2 kilo in pounds" or "3 USD in Euros" or even
"square root of 16."
[firefox.phpmagazine.net]
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dvdrip site:rapidshare.com
dvdrip site:archive.org
dvdrip site:2xupload.com
same things for other sharing uploading websites
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my question is
to find cashed for non cached pages ??
@Deemonie:
That's supposed to be:
@Deemonie:
Damn. Just go here Google Image Search Trick.
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[mybasementblog.blogspot.com]
airports
30. Find the elevation/height above sea level
31. Map the 7 Wonders of the World
32. Find a golf course anywhere in the world
33. Click anywhere and get travel info
34. Simulate a flood to show damage effects
35. Fly a plane
[mybasementblog.blogspot.com]
The more people that use it, the more the fake-
search-aggregators will figure it out and start using
it too. "Compare reviews of better than lifehacker
here!" "Top Brand Better Than Sony"...
i've read the post, but not all of the comments yet. i
love, love, love the time search. whenever i have a
meeting with anyone outside of my time zone, i have
to look it up, this will make it much easier. i also
love the sneaky mp3 file search. i read that
somewhere else a long time ago, but i think their's
was more difficult. i'll be up all night scoping out
everyones mp3s now.
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Star Wars
For example:
Try this
height
For example:
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like:
九寨溝
google is cool
Check out the Google Tip of the Day gadget for even
more tips of this nature (and for other Google
products besides search): [googleblog.blogspot.com]
. Flight tracking, time of day, and others have
already appeared there in the past.
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@Y2Jacky:
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For the MP3 search check out this page. This kid has
written an excellent script that has many variations
of search options for MP3, MP4, exe, this has found
some good files.
1. go to www.google.com
2. click on "maps"
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[www.google.co.uk]
define: ___________
[www.gilsmethod.com]
@Nxqd3051990:
Doesn't for me either :(
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