Re: Yahoo & Google Search Tricks


Traveler wrote:
> Stolen Info from Another Group
> =====================================
>
> 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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i just copied that - thanks! . . . . swan . . . . .

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