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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