http://www.seoras.com Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:26:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.seoras.com/2007/11/06/some-of-googles-hidden-functions/ http://www.seoras.com/2007/11/06/some-of-googles-hidden-functions/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:54:00 +0000 seoras http://www.seoras.com/2007/11/06/some-of-googles-hidden-functions/ Here are some other useful things you can do with Google that may not be immediately obvious.

• A Calculator: if you type a calculation in the search box, say (6*8)+5 and hit search Goggle will give you the answer.
• Exact Phrase: if you want to search an exact phrase then write it between quotes e.g. “css tutorials” or “css tutorials” for beginners.
• Conversion Tool: need to convert metres into feet then type 12 metre in ft or 12m in ft
• Currency: need to know the exchange rate for Australian dollars type 100 gbp in aud or currency of Australia in UK pounds
• Weather: type weather Edinburgh or weather Adelaide etc.
• Site Specific: e.g. type photography site:wordpress.com will search for photography only on WordPress.com.
• Document Types: to find only MS Word documents for example type photography filetype:doc
• World Time: to find the local time in say Adelaide type local time in Adelaide

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