Five Things You Didn't Know Google Could Do

Google is widely known as the Internet's best search engine. Everybody with access to the internet uses Google at some point to scour the depths of the web for a particular web page, or a certain piece of information.

However, Google has several built in functions that help you to make your searches more successful, and to enable you to spend less time searching! The following is a list of 5 functions, all accessible from the main Google search box, which will help you find that snippet of information you are looking f

[decapitator]

In all honesty, I really didn't know none of that..interesting read.

[Bleucrunch]

I knew at least two but the others I would have never guessed. LOL!

[Farsendor1]

yeah i didn't know a lot of that either. good article.

[Kholinar]

Yep, the filetype plus site search is a great way to find mp3's.

Not that I'd ever search for those...

[Kakkoii]

Don't forget the secret HAXOR google page :P

http://www.google.com/intl/...

Elmer Fudd:
http://www.google.com/intl/...

Easter Bunny Game Page:
http://www.google.com/Easte...

Pig Latin:
http://www.google.com/intl/...

Klingon.. LOL
http://www.google.com/intl/...

Bork Bork Bork!
http://www.google.com/intl/...

Google's technology is run by Pigeon's.
http://www.google.com/techn...

Google's GULP! It makes you smarter :)
http://www.google.com/googl...

[Dark_Vendetta]

one thing that most people don't know is that you can actually use google to hack other boards. Inputing a code in the search makes it possible to get the password of a board admin (not actually that easy, you have to do another few things). I don't know if this still works or if it was already fixed, but I saw this on a video and after that demonstarted by my friend

[Charlie2688]

LOL
here have some +bubbles :D

[techie]

for

[Dark_Overlord]

search for things other than porn

[Dark_Overlord]

Some people really don't have a sense of humour

[bourner]

well i thought you was funny :)

[Dark_Overlord]

at least some people do

[TurdStationPee]

U mean Google does more than search porn?!?!?!

[Suki03]

nice, now I don't have to go to dictionary.com lol

[Bubble Buddy]

Why google is better than Yahoo and Msn as a search engine...

[JoelR]

Microsoft Live Search

does not have the calculator or the definitions functionality but

But it does allow you to search inside one website

"site: Returns web pages that belong to the specified site. To focus on two or more domains, use a logical OR to group the domains. You can use site: to search for web domains, top level domains, and directories that are not more than two levels deep. For example, to see web pages about heart disease from the BBC or CNN websites, type "heart disease" (site:bbc.co.uk OR site:cnn.com).
You can also search for web pages that contain a specific search word on a site. For example, to find web pages about the PC version of Halo on the Microsoft website, type site:www.microsoft.com/games/p c halo."

it does allow you to specify a file type

"filetype: Returns only web pages created in the file type that you specify. Live Search recognizes many extensions including .html, .txt, .pdf, .doc, .xls, and .ppt. For example, to find reports created in PDF format, type your subject, followed by filetype:pdf."

and like all search engines you can remove unwanted websites from the search

"Live Search recognizes the following symbols:

+ : Finds pages that contain ALL the terms preceded by the + symbol, and allows inclusion of terms that are usually ignored.
" : Finds the exact words as quoted.
() : Finds or excludes pages that contain a group of words.
AND or & : Finds pages that contain ALL the terms or phrases.
NOT or -: Excludes pages that contain a term or phrase.
OR or | : Finds pages that contain either of the terms or phrases. "

Yahoo Search is much the same

http://search.yahoo.com/web...

[Kakkoii]

Yeah, But Google has the best BOT's.

There BOT's scour the internet a lot faster and visit websites more regularly. Keeping a lot more up to date on new websites and updates on existing websites.

[JoelR]

Even that is questionable... Live bots and Altavista bots visit as often as google bots do on most websites.
each of the services has slightly different results which means each is important to check.

[Kakkoii]

According to my website stats, Google's bot's visit 3 times more then other bots.

(And my site get's 1000's of people visiting each day, so it's not some dead site lol.)

[kspraydad]

Just use g2p.org to make it easy.

[Kholinar]

Easy, maybe.... though looking at their website coding, I'd be skeptical of their ability to search reliably.

[Rourker]

I knew all of this, except the file type one, thats pretty cool though.

[GCO Gamer]

this just proves that the big g is the beast of the internet.

[mayberry]

I use metasearch engines i.e. "dogpile.com"
only to actually search for web pages and such!
dogpile has regularly won awards as the best!

[Serioz]

These are well known. I hoped for some supersecret something, heh. :)

[Infernus]

It's not Antidisestablishmentarism; it's Antidisestablishmentarialism.

wow try saying that 10 times fast when you're drunk, then again... try saying that 10 times fast when you're sober.

[Kakkoii]

Actually, I think he was trying to use the word..

Antidisestablishmentarianism

That's the correct spelling.

But.. "pneumonoultramicroscopic silicovolcanoconiosis"

Is still the king of em all D:<

(edit: Wow, N4G doesn't allow you to type words that long.. It auto split's it.)

[nix]

especially the math one.

i like dogpile.com because it gives me list of "categories" to choose from. suppose i search for "bourne identity", it will further catergorise them to:

"Robert Ludlum Novels
Bourne Supremacy
Book Bourne Identity
Bourne Ultimatum
Bourne Identity Sequel
Bourne Identity Soundtrac...
Matt Damon
Franka Potente" etc.

[KeenanTheSavage]

Well, I'm pretty sure we all have to accept the fact that Google will be the only website one of these days. Anyway, interesting find! Thanks :D

[Gandhi69]

Oh whateva google suxz everyone knows this is YAHOO's YEAR!

With Microsoft surely to acquire them any time now YAHOO will be the dominate search engine for years to come?

All of you Google fan boys will bow down to yahoo within the next couple years I can guarantee it!!

All of us YAHOO soldier's know that we use the best search engine there is. Just look at these exclusives..

Yahoo Fantasy Sports
Yahoo Games
Yahoo Mail

these have scored the highest on metacritic and with Microsoft soon to take over things will only get better.. I'm talking 360 level graphics embedded in your flash player only from YAHOO!!

Google FTL, Yahoo FTW!!!!!!!!!!!