GOOGLE and its unknown functions (part 2)

 

The gateway to an endless-seeming array of answers and information, YES OF COURSE ITS GOOGLE SEARCH. Well in today’s, it’s more than just simple queries. If you know all of its hidden powers, Search can be a Swiss Army knife that’s always within reach, even when you aren’t actively thinking about its presence.

Browse through these 16 advanced functions—and get ready to see Search in a whole new light.

 

TOOLS – “ARMY KNIFE” (PART-2)

 

 

1. Who among us hasn’t come across a sprawling number and stared at it blankly while trying to figure out how to say it aloud? Search for any number followed by “=english”—”53493439531=english,” for example—and Google will spell out your number for you in plain-English words.

 

2. Generate a list of upcoming local events by searching for “events near me” even from your mobile device. Once the infobox is in front of you. You can jump ahead to other days or tap any event to get additional info. If you’re looking for something specific, you can also search for terms like “concerts near me,” “food festivals near me,” or “conferences near me.” A list of your search will appear in front of you.

 

3. Google has a whole host of ways it can help you figure out the time in any location. Aside from being able to search for “time” followed by the name of a place to see the current time in that area, you can quickly perform time zone conversions by typing in something like “time 2:00 p.m. India”—which would show you what time it’ll be in your location when it’s 2:00 p.m. in India.

 

4. Get a fast glance at the weather for any city on any day by typing “weather” followed by the city name—and then the day you’re interested in if it’s anything other than today.

 

 

SEARCH SMARTS

1. Trying to reach a site that’s temporarily down or permanently offline? Type “cache:” followed by the site’s address directly into Google. That’ll take you to a recently saved version of the site hosted on Google’s servers.

 

2. You can search any site through Google to find whatever you need: Simply type in the term you want to be followed by “site:” and the URL—”site:fastcompany.com.” For example—and you’ll get a list of results that are practically guaranteed to be better than whatever the site’s own internal search function would give you. Don’t be so shocked! There are more for you to be.

 

3. If you’re looking for information from a specific time period, type in the term you want and then click or tap the “Tools” menu at the top of the Google results page. Then you can limit your search results to a particular time—if, say, you wanted to see stories about’ Orange earnings from January 2018’.

 

 

4. Google’s image search function has a similarly useful option: After searching for an image, tap “Tools” at the top of the results. You’ll be able to filter your image search to show only results of a particular size or color—or only images that contain a face or were created during a specific period.

Here is the “Tool” option

Filter your image search to find exactly the type of result you need.

 

5. Save yourself a bunch of clicks or taps and tell Google to show more search results per page. Without forcing you to press that pesky “Next” or “More” button. Just hop over to this preferences page and move the slider under “Results per page” as high as you’d like, then be sure to hit the blue “Save” button at the bottom of the screen. Google warns that the higher the number, the slower your searches may be—but realistically, as long as you’re on a reasonably speedy internet connection, you aren’t likely to notice much difference.

 

6. On that same preferences page, you can instruct Google to open every search result as a new tab by default. If you find yourself opening links in new tabs more often than not, that can be a very welcome change.

 

GETTING PERSONAL

 

1. Got a tracking number from the U.S. Postal Service, UPS, or FedEx? Paste the number directly into Google Search. It’ll give you a direct link to the latest update on your package’s delivery.

 

2. Google Search can dig up info from your data. So long as you use services such as Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Photos. Try searching for “my trips,” “my flights,” “my appointments,” “my reservations,” “my purchases,” “my bills,” or “my photos.” With some of those, you can get even more specific: “my AT&T bills from 2018,” “my photos from France,” “my photos from February 2016,” and so on. As long as you have matching data in a compatible Google service, you’ll get results right then and there.

Quickly find photos featuring a particular time, place, subject, or event by searching directly in Google Search.

 

3. You can browse or search through your own past Google searches and even rediscover the results you clicked while signing into your account by visiting google.com. Click the “Search” tab at the top to narrow the results down only to Search (as opposed to also seeing your activity from other Google products).

 

4. Want to erase the past—or maybe just part of it? Hang onto this link. It makes it easy to wipe away your entire Google Search history.  Should the urge ever arise? Or to erase your last hour’s worth of searches for a more limited reset.

 

 

JUST FOR FUN

1. The next time you need to calm down and focus, type “breathing exercise” into any Google box. You’ll get a one-minute guided breathing exercise to help recenter your brain.

 

2. If you need a serious break from productivity, let Google entertain you with a hidden Search game:

• Search for “Atari Breakout.”  Then click on the “Images” tab. At the top of the screen to test your old-school skills.
• Then for “Zerg Rush” and fight off the falling O’s before they erase the page.
• After that for “Google Pacman” and chomp away at those pretty yellow pellets.
• Last for “Solitaire,” “Minesweeper,” “Tic Tac Toe,” or “Snake” for some good old-fashioned fun.

 

3. Last but not least, take a trip back in time by searching for “Google in 1998.” That’ll let you look through one of Google’s earliest site designs, from the time of the company’s launch—and make you appreciate just how far things have come.

 

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