Advanced Search Features in Google...

Google has a number of new features including Google Local, Google News - which searches for news items from newspapers and other publications around the globe, Froogle - which searches for the best prices on products, and the Dictionary - to get the spelling and / or definition of a word. In fact, if you may have misspelled a word in your search, Google's dictionary will remind you with a link that says "Did you really mean XYZ?" and clicking that link will correct your search. Google also provides an Images search facility that brings back results filled with actual images on web pages that match your search terms. One of the latest new facility is a mobile SMS search that allows you to send an SMS message to Google with your search terms for a restaurant and zip code, somebody's name and address, or whatever, and get back the results to your cellphone in seconds. You can even get driving directions.

Here's a listing of links to some of the Google advanced search features:

	• Cached Links		View a snapshot of each page as it looked when we indexed it.
	• Calculator		Use Google to evaluate mathematical expressions.
	• Definitions		Use Google to get glossary definitions gathered from various online sources.
	• File Types		Search for non-HTML file formats including PDF documents and others.
	• Froogle		To find a product for sale online, use Froogle - Google's product search service.
	• I'm Feeling Lucky		Bypass our results and go to the first web page returned for your query.
	• Local Search		Search for local businesses and services in the U.S. and Canada.
	• News Headlines		Enhances your search results with the latest related news stories.
	• PhoneBook		Look up U.S. street address and phone number information.
	• Search By Number		Use Google to access package tracking information, US patents, and a variety of online databases.
	• Similar Pages		Display pages that are related to a particular result.
	• Site Search		Restrict your search to a specific site.
	• Spell Checker		Offers alternative spelling for queries.
	• Stock Quotes		Use Google to get stock and mutual fund information.
	• Street Maps		Use Google to find U.S. street maps.
	• Travel Information		Check the status of an airline flight in the U.S. or view airport delays and weather conditions.
	• Web Translation		Provides English speakers access to a variety of non-English web pages.
	• Who Links To You?		Find all the pages that point to a specific URL.

Find definitions in Google...

If you wan to find definitions about something, just type "define:" and word in the search box.

for example if you want to know about harry. just type "define:harry"...
Hooray you've got the definitions...

Calculator in Google...

Most of the people know about this... But this is for the others!
Just type a calculation with appropriate symbols and just click search.

Guess what? You'll be able see the answer. Simple but really useful!

Search MP3 off Google...

Here is the easiest way to hack google and find some interesting stuff. The example below will help you find quick and easy some good music, artists, singer....

The only thing you have to do is to put this in Google search bar.

?intitle:index.of? mp3

and add the name of an artist,mp3,song... for example :

?intitle:index.of? mp3 50cent

This would search for 50Cent's mp3 songs...

Note: This can be done for any known extensions.. (mp3, avi, pdf...)

Have a happy searching!

Access restricted websites using Google...

This won't work for intelligent scripts based restrictions!

This is a little tutorial to show you how to use Google Translate to access blocked websites or restricted pages due to a proxy block (by your office, school, university, etc.)

We all know that Google is more than a search engine; we do use it as provider for email, mapping, news and many other services. But do you know, indirectly, Google is also a free proxy service.

Proxy is a device that stands between a PC and the internet, providing all the connections to the world wide web. What a proxy does is to receive all data from a requested site, so when you access web pages all data come from proxy.

What’s the purpose for Google as a proxy? We often use office/school/university connections, usually those services are set to provide more safety, blocking the access to undesidered web sites (the “black list”). What you can do now is use Google translator service (language tools) as a proxy to bypass the restrictions set for our connection!

You just need to type the following URL in the address bar:
http://www.google.com/translate?langpair=en|en&u=www.restricted.com

Note: www.restricted.com refers to the URL that you want to browse.

What you’ll get is the translation (English to English – that’s the content) of the page you want to see, your connection is directed to a Google.com page so this page won’t be blocked (would be blocked only with Google.com on the black list), no matter what’s the content.