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Search specific sites in Google

knguyen — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:59:20 +0000

By restricting your query with site: followed by the domain, you can limit Google’s search. For example, to search Puget Sound’s site for Tech Tips, you’d type site:ups.edu tech tips. In many cases, Google is more efficient than a site’s own internal search.

Google Image Search can recognize faces

knguyen — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:52:11 +0000

If you’re searching for Paris Hilton but keep getting photos of the Hilton Hotel in Paris, try restricting Google Image Search to faces. At the end of any search query, type &imgtype=face. You can also restrict the search to news content by adding &imgtype=news too.

You can use Google as a phonebook

knguyen — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:20:20 +0000

You can find publicly listed numbers in Google. In your search, just start with phonebook:, followed by the person’s name and where they live (for example, phonebook: John Doe, Tacoma, WA). It sure beats flipping through 20 lbs. of white pages.

You can check a flight’s status in Google

knguyen — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:52:49 +0000

Ever gone to the airport to pick up a friend, only to discover their flight has been three hours delayed? Unless you feel like spending some quality time in the Sea-Tac cell phone waiting lot, just google the name of the airline and flight number (ex. Delta 1205) to get quick information on its E.T.A. before you leave. The information is pulled from FlightStats.com if you want more detail.