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Here are simple tips on how to make your Google searching experience more advanced and prolific. Simple Math (23+ 54) - 47*5/8 - calculates result of the expression 32% of 76 - calculates  how many is 32 % of 76 3^4 or 3**4 - raise 3 to the power of 4   Unit conversion old units in new units - this is a template for how to do conversion 500 USD in Pounds - converts 500 US dollars into British pounds 260 lbs in kg - converts weight in pounds into weight in kilos 12 inch in cm - convert 12 inches into centimeters Travel info London Paris - searches journey info and bookings from London to Paris  (template: cityA cityB ) LHR CDG - searches flight bookings from Heathrow airport, London to Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris. To find airport codes type city airport code (e.g., Birmingham airport code; template: airport1 airport2). Entertainment info book Harry Potter - finds information related to Harry Potter book. Note: Colon after book is not required. (template: book Book Name) movie:  Forrest Gump - finds reviews, show-times and ratings for the movie “Forrest Gump” (template: movie: Movie Title) application: Call recorder· - finds information for the application. (template: application: Application Name) music: Pink Floyd - find reviews about the band and its albums. (template: music: Band Name) Restricted Search of specific info: Football site:news.bbc.co.uk -  finds info about Football only on BBC News website.  (template: Keyword site: www.site.com) link:www.twitter.com - finds all web pages that link to site in question (twitter). NOTE: Google does not show all links for a site, only a small part. To get more links to a site use link operator in Yahoo! (template: link: www.site.com) Form SA100 filetype:pdf (or ext:pdf) - searches for documents with a certain name (Form SA100) and of specific type (pdf). (template: Document Name filetype:extension; extension = pdf, doc, txt, jpg etc. ) Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes 1902..1920 - finds books & articles by Arthur Conan Doyle about Sherlock Holmes written between 1902 and 1920. (template: Author Subject year1..year2) Word Definitions: define word, what is word, what are words - finds pages which define a word or phrase. Definitions are not necessarily strict or of a dictionary type. (E.g., define procrastination or what is procrastination) define:word - finds more accurate definitions of a word on the Web from dictionary-like sources (online dictionaries, thesaurus, Wikipedia.  E.g., define:procrastination)
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