Google Search Tricks

Google Search Trick #2

Friday, September 12th, 2008

Tomorrow is the annual rivalry game between the Iowa State Cyclones and University of Iowa Hawkeyes. As I wait for my new Beat Iowa shirt to get shipped to sunny Arizona I was reminded of another cool Google trick. This one is simple but pretty useful. Take and standard package tracking number such as: 1Z9W576A039####### [...]

Easily find local time – Google Trick #1

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Google is an extremely useful tool to find information, but are you using Google to the fullest ability? There are tons of extremely useful searches to make Google even more versatile. Ever have to make calls across time zones or need to quickly convert your time to a different time zone? Instead of trying to [...]

Removing Google’s Duplicate Results Filter

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Just a little tip to remove Google’s filter of duplicate results from a search query. Really useful to see if your not ranking because your content is duplicated. When searching for a term, such as – Eli Rohlf , the SERP’s URL will be http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&suggon=0&q=eli+rohlf&btnG=Search Simply add &filter=0 to the end of the URL so [...]