Friday, 7 January 2011

Top Six unknown Google tricks





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


1)    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.


2)    Phone number lookup


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


3)    Find weather and movies


Type "weather" or "movies" followed by city and state to display current weather conditions or movie theaters in your area. For example, typing weather hyderabad gives you the current weather conditions for hyderabad, India and the next four days. Typing movies hyderabad would give you a link for show times for movies in that area.


4)    Track airline flight

Enter the airline and flight number to display the status of an airline flight and it's arrival time. For example, type: Air India 101 to display this flight information if available.



5)    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: "your search content" filetype:pdf -- this is a great way to find online manuals.


6)    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.

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