Top 10 Google Tricks

Below is a list of our top ten Google tricks many people who use Google don’t know about.

Definitions

Pull up the definition of the word by typing define followed by the word you want the definition for. For example, typing: define bravura would display the definition of that word.

Local search

Visit Google Local enter the area you want to search and the keyword of the place you want to find. For example, typing: restaurant at the above link would display local restaurants.

Phone number lookup

Enter a full phone number with area code to display the name and address associated with that phone number.

Find weather and movies

Type “weather” or “movies” followed by a zip code or city and state to display current weather conditions or movie theaters in your area. For example, typing weather 84101 gives you the current weather conditions for Salt Lake City, UT and the next four days. Typing movies 84101 would give you a link for show times for movies in that area.

Track airline flight and packages

Enter the airline and flight number to display the status of an airline flight and it’s arrival time. For example, type: delta 123 to display this flight information if available.

Google can also give a direct link to package tracking information if you enter a UPS, FedEx or USPS tracking number.

Translate

Translate text, a full web page, or search by using the Google Language Tools.

Pages linked to you

See what other web pages are linking to your website or blog by typing link: followed by your URL. For example, typing link:http://raju2047.blogspot.com displays all pages linking to Computer Hope.

Find PDF results only

Add fileType: to your search to display results that only match a certain file type. For example, if you wanted to display PDF results only type: “dell xps” fileType:pdf – this is a great way to find online manuals.

Calculator

Use the Google Search engine as a calculator by typing a math problem in the search. For example, typing: 100 + 200 would display results as 300.

Stocks

Quickly get to a stock quote price, chart, and related links by typing the stock symbol in Google. For example, typing: msft will display the stock information for Microsoft.

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TRY THESE GOOGLE EASTER EGGS

Google Now brings awesome search functionality to our android devices . Apart from the usual information cards, there are many Easter egg surprises that make Google search even more fun.  The recent  holiday surprise from Android was the “let’s go caroling” search which would bring up a list of Christmas carol karaokes. In case you don’t know about other Google search easter eggs,  here is a list of some weird Google search voice commands :

Open “Google Now” aka “Google search” and say the following

• “Do a barrel roll”
• “Askew” or”Tilt”
• “What is the answer to life, the universe and everything?”
• “What’s the loneliest number?”
• “Make me a sandwich!”
• “Sudo, Make me a sandwich”
• “When am I?”
• “Who’s on first”
• “What is your favorite color?”
• “Who are you?”
• “What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?”
• “What is the nature of the universe?”
• “What is the answer to life, the universe and everything?”
• “How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood”
• What is (celebrity’s name)’s bacon number?”
• “Beam me up, Scotty!”
• “Let’s go caroling”

After each of these commands, you should get some witty answer or a fun karaoke -A little something to keep us android fans smiling.

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