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Google Tips and Tricks
Tip |
Examples |
Type the thing you wish to find out more about. |
Istanbul; butterflies; hot dogs |
Use quotation marks to search for an exact phrase. |
“Bermuda Triangle”; “to be or not to be” |
Enter equations to have Google calculate the answer. |
3+7-4+1; 5*7/3 |
Obtain conversions by typing the unit you wish to convert from and to. |
6 teaspoons to tablespoons, miles to kilometers |
Find out the time or weather in any location. |
time South Korea; weather Fort Worth, TX |
Type a sports team or stock ticker symbol for up-to-date information. |
Chicago Bulls; WMT |
Type a tracking number to locate your package or a flight number to check its status. |
1z4699b314; Delta 1080 |
Type define: [insert word] to get the meaning of a word. |
define: capricious |
Hit “I’m Feeling Lucky” when the desired page is likely to be the first search result. |
American Idol; Old Navy; Wikipedia |
Use Advanced Search to narrow down your results. |
Smoothie with strawberries and no dairy products; cruises that don’t allow children |
Use the links at the top of the page to search various other media. |
Maps, Images, News, etc. |
Find the time zone for a particular area (country, US state) by typing "time zone" followed by the location. |
"time zone India"; "time zone Oregon" |
Find out when the sun is expected to rise and set by typing "sunrise" or "sunset" followed by the location. |
"sunrise tokyo"; "sunset london" |
Type a company's stock symbol to get the current stock price as well as a chart of the stock's performance for the past trading day. |
amzn, tgt, appl |
Learn about demographics in a given area by typing the statistic you want and the location. The search results even show charts that allow you to see how this data has changed over time. |
"population of delaware", "unemployment rate france" |
For language translation, type the word you want translated plus the word “translate” and the language you want words translated into. |
"translate please help me vietnamese" |
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