Google search tricks
Sat, 27/12/2008 - 03:11 — stefano-
Calculator
Enter the math in the search box. Example: 5+2*2. You can also check the full list of available operators. -
Unit conversion
Enter the conversion and the destination unit, separated by IN. Example: 1mile in km, 4 years in months, 10 usd in eur. -
Weather forecast
Type "weather" followed by the city and state, U.S. zip code, or city and country. Example: weather new york, weather 10001. -
Movie showtimes
Type "movies" followed by the city and state, U.S. zip code, or city and country. Example: movies new york, movies 10001. -
Movie reviews
Type "movie" followed by the title. Example: movie spiderman. -
Sport teams
Type the league followed by the team name. Example: nba la lakers. -
Local business
Type the business category followed by the city and state, U.S. zip code, or city and country. Example: hotel new york, restaurant new york. -
Airline travel info
Type the name of the airline and the flight number. Example az 2040. -
Current local time
Type "time" followed by the name of the city. Example time hong kong. -
Find music, movies and ebooks
Google allows you to search for music, movies and ebooks among the files available in the Apache directory listings. Type the search string, followed by "-inurl" to remove the unwanted page types, then "intitle" t oselect appropriate page titles, and then the file types. Example: nirvana -inurl:(htm|html|asp|php) intitle:(”index of”|”last modified”|”parent of”) mp3, "olympic games" -inurl:(htm|html|asp|php) intitle:(”index of”|”last modified”|”parent of”) (mpg|avi|wmv), "harry potter" -inurl:(htm|html|asp|php) intitle:(”index of”|”last modified”|”parent of”) (”ebook”|”ebooks”|”book”|”books”) (pdf|chm|doc|txt|zip|rar) -
Face recognition
Con Google Images Search allows you to filter results by specific content type, fo example faces. Just choose "Faces" in the content type selectbox. Example: rose.
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