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January 26 2008
Ten Tricks to Using Google You Probably Don't Know

Google, Internet, computerYou may have mastered some of the basic tricks of Google, but most people use only about 3 percent of this search engine’s available power.

Dozens of Google search guides detail the common tips, but lifehacker.org has skipped the obvious and highlighted obscure but very useful Google Web search tricks. Some of these are really amazing, and remind me why Google has been my favorite search engine for nearly a decade!

10. Get Local Time: Type in What time is it followed by any city to get the current time.

9. Track Flight Status: Enter the airline and flight number to find out the departure time and estimated arrival for any flight.

8. Convert Currency, Metrics, Bytes and More: Google has a built-in converter calculator. You can enter quarter cup in teaspoons, seconds in a year, 5 US dollars in Euros and countless others.

7. Search for Pages That are “Better Than,” “Similar to,” or “Reminds me of”: Enter “better than keyword” or “similar to keyword” to find Web pages you never knew existed.

6. Use Google as a Free Proxy: Enter cache:website.com to view a Web page that’s been blocked from the computer you’re using.

5. Remove Affiliate Links From Product Searches: To avoid seeing search results from certain sites, enter –site:website.com.

4. Find Related Items: Enter ~ before any search term to find related items as well.

3. Find Music and Comic Books: Enter -inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:"index of" +"last modified" +"parent directory" +description +size +(wma|mp3) "Band or comic book name" to find music files and comic books.

2. See Images of People, Objects, Etc.: Type in a search term, and click on images to see photos of the results.

1. Search for Faces: If you’re looking for a photo of a person named Rose, and don’t want to see photos of the flower, add &imgtype=face to the end of your image search. It will show you only images of faces.

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niuba5
[ Joined on 01/08 ] [ Posted on January 26, 2008 ]
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I'm confused, when did we change the subject from Google tricks to vegetarianism?

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ozseppo
[ Joined on 06/07 ]  [ Posted on January 27, 2008]
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  Mercola

Wait 'til they go all Ron Paul on you, and accuse you of being un American!

  
  
Buckeye50
[ Joined on 08/07 ] [ Posted on January 26, 2008 ]
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Hmmmmm......I'm just trying to figure out what all this vegetarian/meat-eating rap has to do with finding the best search engines?  Isn't there a forum for that discussion?  I mean, I'm for Whirled Peas and all that...but...

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samurai
[ Joined on 04/07 ] [ Posted on January 5, 2008 ]
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Better search engine-  www.dogpile.com
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PapaBear
[ Joined on 04/07 ]  [ Posted on January 10, 2008]
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  Mercola
Might I also suggest www.scroogle.org ? It's an ad-free Google search proxy which prevents the searcher's data being stored by Google.

That way your personal search habits and other personal info is not stored on a Google database.
Mercola
  
Ryan A
[ Joined on 12/07 ]  [ Posted on January 25, 2008]
       
   
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  Mercola

and don't type scroogle.com or you'll end up exactly where you would think you would based on the name...doh!

Mercola
  
Christian Ryan D.O.
[ Joined on 08/06 ]  [ Posted on January 26, 2008]
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  Mercola

I agree I use Dog pile its better for answere as it uses multiple search engines

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Philip Martin
[ Joined on 01/08 ]  [ Posted on January 26, 2008]
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  Mercola

Use GOODSEARCH.COM and Yahoo! will donate a penny for every search you do to the charity of your choice.

  
  
akurtock
[ Joined on 06/06 ] [ Posted on January 27, 2008 ]
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What a bunch of babbling slop.  Spend some time with the animals I mean years and really watch how they react to one another .  Don't tell me dogs don't plan then I have a canine genius on hand.  We had pigs, cows, chickens, cats, dogs even a goat and they are all amazing creatures. They all had their personalities and they definitely had their position in their particular herds. They even had going for them their favorite partner or one they despised.  They felt pain when birthing came they moaned and cried and some would look to you for help.  They knew death and fled from the bull hauler as soon as he showed up. It was a heart ache to see them shipped for slaughter or to slaughter our own to feed ourselves.  If you are vegetarian and feel well then its absolutely the diet for you, if you need meat and need to keep fit its just the ticket for you.  What's all the stupid hurtful comments to one another?? Everyone has to do by what they know and what they need and so quit judging.  State your experience with the subject and without sneering at the other fellow. Don't think the other guy is trying to cut you down unless it obvious or mark it up as being clumsy in stating his oppinion.

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miles shaler
[ Joined on 03/07 ] [ Posted on January 26, 2008 ]
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It is strange that people have to find a justification for what they choose to do. I am a vegetarian through choice. I don't look any older for it nor have any other negative aspects. I just choose to be able to live without taking the life of another animal. I don't do it through feeling sorry for the animal or think of it as being cruel, I just do not want to put the flesh of another being into my body........It is self deceit to think that animals don't know or feel pain or are aware of their existence by memory or fear, clap your hands and watch them scatter, see how they remember where their food is, watch them eat different foods to counter any negative way they feel. Not like sulky humans who go of to the medical man for tablets and potions. Animal are ore advanced than man but in a more intelligent way. They don't destry the environment they live in unless they are kept in an area not large enough to accommodate them by their carers, the humans.

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ranman
[ Joined on 03/07 ]  [ Posted on January 26, 2008]
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too many that got too spoiled.  eat the cooked filthy flesh?  then before you dare eat that flesh, slay that animal yourself; dare to look into its eyes. is it that people have become so very stupid, or is it that they are that stubborn.  if you cannot beat simple addiction, then please, do not waste others time.  even the time shall come, where the lion will lay with the lamb...

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Sarira
[ Joined on 01/08 ]  [ Posted on January 27, 2008]
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In my experience, animals and birds absolutely feel pain and suffering and can think and feel emotions. We have 4 adopted zebra finches who got really close to us  and I retract my own statement that I made when we brought them home. They of course learnt to fly freely within our apt. by watching the birds outside and are very careful not to fly out the door. They have learnt to communicate with us via sign language after getting frustrated with our inability to learn their language. They don't speak English and we don't speak finch. Hence it is likely they are gossiping that humans are stupid and don't feel pain and many such infuriating claims. I am glad I don't understand. I used to eat meat rarely and have not been eating since my husband doesn't. I don't crave for meat. I even get disgusted when I see flesh these days. Vegetarian food can be complete and lots of pulses (beans) are packed with protein. Iron is plentiful in sesame and molasses, etc. There are parts of the world where people lived their entire lives on vegetarian diet for 1000s of years. I can't find any literature on whether Jains or Buddhists (strict vegans) suffered from deficiencies or were depressed souls with low energies. BTW, noni trees grow wildly in India and it is only rare to find them now because people there don't know it sells for about $20 a bottle in US. I understand many people love meat and in nature there is a food chain. But man is probably the only animal that can torture and scheme maliciously. And no animal's greed can surpass that of humans.

  
  
sobber
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kathie

I have been vegetarian for 5 years and I got so chronically ill I almost died and i am still not well ;most vegetarians guru die of cancer; it is healthy to eat lots of organic vegetables but it is not all ; i experienced this my self;my dad is a vegetarian blood type O and he has got belly about a foot wide he is angry aggressive all the time and he wasnt like that on meat; he eats a lot of bread fruits and soy; he is like 60 and he looks 70 something

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Burkey
[ Joined on 11/07 ]  [ Posted on January 28, 2008]
       
   
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  Mercola

It has been my own personal experience that I need some form of protein to exist as a vegan. I use Whey Protein.

Mercola
  
Maryfb13
[ Joined on 12/07 ]  [ Posted on January 28, 2008]
       
   
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  Mercola

There is a differance between being a vegetarian and just not eating meat.

Being a vegetarian.. you also have to supplement what you would get from meat like.... protein.

I have a friend that did not eat meat and she did get sick because she ate nothing but junk and some veggies and fruits. Not getting what her body needed made her sick.

Mercola
  
Sean Uisce
[ Joined on 11/06 ]  [ Posted on February 4, 2008]
       
   
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Dariusz,

get your Dad off the soy - it ain't good news from many points of view.  Search mercola and wider afield and you'll learn why. If that stress was taken off his system his humour and well-being would most likely improve considerably.

By the way, are you of Magyar descent?  That sz combination in your name... nagyon  Maygar.

Sean.

Mercola
  
lzylightning
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