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actualhuman
2010-07-31 12:58:00 PM
And unless you've been living under a rock the only ones you haven't heard of are searching for a range of numbers ('LowerLimit..UpperLimit') and the search related terms operator ('~')
 
Generation_D [TotalFark]
2010-07-31 02:32:01 PM
neato, people at huffpo are learning how to use teh googles.

maybe now they'll quit asking us for help.
 
dletter [TotalFark]
2010-07-31 02:34:33 PM
actualhuman: And unless you've been living under a rock the only ones you haven't heard of are searching for a range of numbers ('LowerLimit..UpperLimit') and the search related terms operator ('~')

That is funny, I was about to say "Most of these have been around for years, but I did learn about the number ranges and tilde operator, so, guess I did learn something".

So, are those two pretty new, or just well hidden?
 
DrMcNinja
2010-07-31 02:57:34 PM
Yeah, but you still can't ask google if it's gay, so off to askjeeves.com I go.
 
Spanky_McFarksalot
2010-07-31 03:06:09 PM
some are ok, but they forgot the telephone number one.
 
shift_DAWG [TotalFark]
2010-07-31 03:06:50 PM
Cool, but I have a feeling that far more and cooler Google hacks will come up in this thread.

/knew all but three
//ah, really? that's what the "I'm feeling lucky" button is for?
 
Kar98
2010-07-31 03:23:47 PM
Seriously? I mean, seriously? Damn, that slideshow makes Ric Romero look informed and on the bleeding edge of technology.
 
meddleRPI
2010-07-31 03:26:42 PM
Hi subby, welcome to the internet. You're about 15 years late to the party, but the keg's in the kitchen.
 
Fish in a Barrel
2010-07-31 03:32:17 PM
You know, some of these I actually didn't know. However, Google has so many little tools built right in that none of them surprised me. In fact, when doing a simple query, I often fully expect that that Google will provide me the answer directly. And it usually does.
 
berniex [TotalFark]
2010-07-31 03:40:04 PM
Best tip: Safe Search OFF
 
BobCumbers
2010-07-31 03:42:34 PM
http://www.wolframalpha.com/
 
castufari
2010-07-31 03:43:00 PM
I like the one with -bp...that shows Louisiana. FAIL.
 
red5ish
2010-07-31 03:44:01 PM
There's are a reason many reasons Google is the number one search engine.
 
Retractable Weeners
2010-07-31 03:46:10 PM
Is typing in 2204355 and clicking "I'm Feeling Lucky" on there?
 
The Voice of Doom
2010-07-31 03:57:10 PM
1: Check The Weather [original slide here]

2: Listen To Music [original slide here]

3: Make Calculations [original slide here]

4: Convert Units [original slide here]

5: Look Up Definitions [original slide here]

6: Search A Specific Site [original slide here]

7: Get Driving, Public Transit, Walking, Or Biking Directions [original slide here]

8: Find The Time [original slide here]

9: Search Area Codes [original slide here]

10: Travel Directly To First Search Result [original slide here]

11: Convert Currencies [original slide here]

12: Look Up Sports Stats [original slide here]

13: Eliminate Unwanted Results [original slide here]

14: Search Numerical Ranges [original slide here]

15: Search For Document Type [original slide here]

16: Check Stocks [original slide here]

17: View Caches [original slide here]

18: View Maps [original slide here]

19: Search Related Terms [original slide here]

20: Google Maps Traffic Forecast! [original slide here]
 
Skyfrog
2010-07-31 04:13:52 PM
21: Bing
 
ebonada
2010-07-31 04:15:22 PM
http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference.html

Single page with more operators referenced.
 
Rev.Veggie.Spam
2010-07-31 04:15:58 PM
shift_DAWG: Cool, but I have a feeling that far more and cooler Google hacks will come up in this thread.

/knew all but three
//ah, really? that's what the "I'm feeling lucky" button is for?

I concur.

Surprised that that the google earth flight simulator hasn't gotten a mention yet.
http://earth.google.com/intl/en/userguide/v4/flightsim/index.html (new window)

Not exactly new but neither is some of the other stuff...
 
Rev.Veggie.Spam
2010-07-31 04:17:30 PM
 
BackAssward [TotalFark]
2010-07-31 04:25:56 PM
Rev.Veggie.Spam: Oh and for the geeky:

Command Line Interface...

http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2010/06/introducing-google-command-line-t o ol.html (new window)


FTA Note - Note that until you enter flight simulator mode, the following commands do not work.

Holy crap, no shiat. So many stupid people out there.
 
BackAssward [TotalFark]
2010-07-31 04:27:56 PM
*Crap, that should have been a quote about the flight simulator.
 
Masso
2010-07-31 04:29:30 PM
They forgot about turning filter off and search image for "Uncensored Japanese Lesbians"
 
lordargent
2010-07-31 04:37:44 PM
Not only did I know about all of these. I know that they forgot one of the most useful ones.

inurl:

lets you search for pages by strings contained in their URLs

And here is a far better list of google operators.

http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html
 
Cletus the Fetus
2010-07-31 04:40:45 PM
I use Google for FedEx/UPS tracking as well.
 
Anavrinman [TotalFark]
2010-07-31 04:41:17 PM
thx for the warning subby.
 
daveb0rg
2010-07-31 04:41:38 PM
Didn't life hacker already do this?
 
FastJeff
2010-07-31 04:42:41 PM
Did we really need to see pictures of those?


One thing they finally added was a way to get less shopping sites. You try to look up some spec on hardware and you get a million links to places that sell the item or "review" the item which is just another link to a site with no reviews or show you a list of prices for the item or tell you which stores sell the item or tell you where you can order the item... nothing actually useful in any way.
 
Gonz
2010-07-31 04:48:21 PM
-inurl:htm -inurl:html intitle:"index of" "Last modified" mp3

I'd never use that one myself, but I've heard good things. Also

-inurl:htm -inurl:html intitle:"index of" "Last modified" jpg

Could be an interesting search as well.
 
OutsmartBullet
2010-07-31 05:00:39 PM
I don't need Google to tell me what the traffic is going to be like at any given moment.

For that, I turn to the word "SHIATTY" what I got written on my wall.
 
DrMcNinja
2010-07-31 05:02:47 PM
lordargent: Not only did I know about all of these. I know that they forgot one of the most useful ones.

inurl:

lets you search for pages by strings contained in their URLs

And here is a far better list of google operators.

http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html

Holy crap, that's an awesome list
 
namatad [TotalFark]
2010-07-31 05:10:13 PM
The Voice of Doom:

3: Make Calculations [original slide here]
4: Convert Units [original slide here]
11: Convert Currencies [original slide here]


I kind of look at these 3 as the same "kind" of thing.
they are all calculations.
currency is a type of unit conversion ...

not that I am complaining
 
gimmeafuckinname
2010-07-31 05:11:42 PM
lordargent: Not only did I know about all of these. I know that they forgot one of the most useful ones.

inurl:

lets you search for pages by strings contained in their URLs

And here is a far better list of google operators.

http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html

That's way cool since I've been pondering writing a shell script to let me search from the command line. Being lazy pays off for me again YES!!!.
 
jgi
2010-07-31 05:43:52 PM
They forgot to Google "recursion."
 
YoSoyElJosh
2010-07-31 05:45:48 PM
For more Google fun, do a search for "recursion" or "anagram."

Anyone know any others?
 
YoSoyElJosh
2010-07-31 05:48:55 PM
Damn you, jgi
 
itazurakko [TotalFark]
2010-07-31 05:49:00 PM
namatad: I kind of look at these 3 as the same "kind" of thing.
they are all calculations.
currency is a type of unit conversion ...

Yeah. I found those on my own just typing in things like "3 meters feet" or the like, hoping to use those as keywords to find some dedicated conversion page, but Google just gave me the answer.

Same with the weather, I'd be going on vacation and type in "Toronto weather" or something hoping to just find a page on it, but Google would directly answer.

My own niche "hack" (not that it even amounts to one, really) is, if I'm searching for something in Japanese but the word or topic is far more popular in Chinese, usually I can kill all the Chinese results by just adding は (a Japanese-only grammar bit) to the search string. It's faster than going through the "show me pages in [language] only" dialog thing.
 
itazurakko [TotalFark]
2010-07-31 05:53:02 PM
jgi: They forgot to Google "recursion."

Heh. Took me a moment, that doesn't work on the Japanese site.

I have to say though generally I'm quite impressed with the real "did you mean...?" suggestions I get in both Japanese and English, if I google for something I dimly recall as the right word usually Google prompts me for what turns out to be the "oh yeah duh, of course I did" real thing.
 
Doric
2010-07-31 06:41:18 PM
hmmmmm..

i.huffpost.com
/hot because it's stupid
 
lordargent
2010-07-31 07:18:15 PM
gimmeafarkinname: That's way cool since I've been pondering writing a shell script to let me search from the command line.

I'm fairly certain there's a perl module to do google searches.

I believe I used it once a few years back when I was writing perl based AIM bots.
 
itazurakko [TotalFark]
2010-07-31 07:22:26 PM
Doric: hmmmmm..

Well, that's a paid advertisement.

It looks like they don't honor the -clause in the ads, that's interesting. Still, at least those are limited and just right at the top.
 
Doric
2010-07-31 07:24:06 PM
itazurakko: Well, that's a paid advertisement.

It's also really sloppy journalism.
 
mcmnky
2010-07-31 07:41:45 PM
FastJeff: One thing they finally added was a way to get less shopping sites. You try to look up some spec on hardware and you get a million links to places that sell the item or "review" the item which is just another link to a site with no reviews or show you a list of prices for the item or tell you which stores sell the item or tell you where you can order the item... nothing actually useful in any way.

Really? How do you do that?

I did a google search on "search google exclude shopping sites" and the top result was a link to google support saying you can't do that.
 
FrankieBlackjack
2010-07-31 08:44:34 PM
I tried using the "Free" GOOG-411 service this week, and it's now asking me to sign up for a monthly fee of ~10 bucks. I am disappoint.
 
lerry
2010-07-31 09:59:32 PM
one I discovered today

you can translate text by typing translate: "your text here" to *language*

example

translate: "Once upon a time" to french
 
lerry
2010-07-31 10:01:10 PM
lerry: translate: "Once upon a time" to french

I guess you don't need the colon and quotes, just type it like this.

translate once upon a time to french
 
ArcadianRefugee
2010-07-31 10:03:55 PM
actualhuman: And unless you've been living under a rock the only ones you haven't heard of are searching for a range of numbers ('LowerLimit..UpperLimit') and the search related terms operator ('~')

Yeah, those were the only ones new to me.

~ is pretty cool, though.
 
Gen.Lysergic Von Shroomingham
2010-07-31 10:05:18 PM
 
Gen.Lysergic Von Shroomingham
2010-07-31 10:13:56 PM
Got lost there for days sifting through unsecured webcams/vidcam feeds. See "Various online devices"
 
Smiths
2010-07-31 10:44:01 PM
i don't know why they didn't do the "search for something and put 'index of' in your keywords"

didn't even know the intitle: thing, since if you're finding a page that is an "index of", that's just going to be up there on its results page regardless.

"nds rom index of"

"subby's mom naked index of"
 
Commander Salamander
2010-07-31 11:29:37 PM
I thought everyone used Cuil now?
 
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