Yahoo & Google Search Tricks

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In both search engines, typing in a stock symbol gets you the company name,
latest price and a price chart, right at the top of the results page.

Typing in a U.S. street address in Google gets you a link to a map of the
location. Yahoo goes one step better -- it actually shows the map on the
results page.

Entering a U.S. land-line phone number in Google or Yahoo gives you the name
and address of the person to whom it belongs.

Current weather conditions for U.S. cities can be displayed in Yahoo by
typing the city name followed by the word "weather." In Google, you type the
word "weather" first, followed by the city name.

In Yahoo, if you type in the name of a sports team and the word "scores,"
you will get the current score of a game in which the team is involved.

In Google, you can type in certain fact-based questions, like "population of
Boston" or "birthplace of Tom Brady" and you get the answer, not just a link
to the answer.

If you type simple math problems, like 5x8.1999, into the search boxes of
either search engine, the sites act like calculators, spitting back the
result.

Both sites will also perform conversions of weights and measures, and
currency conversions, right in the search box. In Google, you just type in
questions like "37 centimeters in inches" or "7,000 yen in us dollars." In
Yahoo, you begin such questions with the word "convert," as in "convert
7,000 yen to dollars."

Both sites will let you type in certain kinds of numbers, like
package-tracking numbers, to get immediate information. A vehicle ID number
will get you links to basic information about the car and an offer to buy
more detailed reports on the vehicle.

If you want to dig further into these hidden features, Google has a guide
at: www.google.com/features.html. Yahoo has a similar guide at:
tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/.

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