Tips To Get More Power From Google

Tips on how you can get you answers easily from Google, from the meaning of words to the weather condition of your city.


Just type the right prefix and Google will give the information you are looking for.


For example, it is easier to get the meaning of word in Google by just typing >> define: “the word you want to find the meaning”


Google Dictionary


For example, to find the meaning of “worthwhile”, you just need type define: worthwhile


List of worthwhile meanings from Google.

• sufficiently valuable to justify the investment of time or interest; "a worthwhile book" - wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
• Good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on - en.wiktionary.org/wiki/worthwhile
• worthwhileness - value sufficient to repay time or effort spent - wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
• worthwhileness - The condition of being worthwhile - en.wiktionary.org/wiki/worthwhileness
• producing satisfactory or useful results – encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/productive.html

Find Time


If you want find the time of city / country. Then type >> 


time + the name of the city / country 
Or 
time: + the name of the city / country


For example, if you want to find the current time of New Delhi, just type >> 


time New Delhi 
Or 
time: New Delhi 


to find the current time.




Google Weather Forecast


To check the weather, type >> 


weather + the name of city/country. 


 To know Moscow weather, just type >> 


weather Moscow


Looks like it is going to rain from Sunday to Tuesday this week.

Google Finance


If you have shares in stock market, then to find the company's performance just type the ticker symbol of the company in Google.


For example, to find out how Google is doing, just type >> 


Goog


Why on earth people are selling Google's share ?


To find out the ticker symbol, please visit http://www.marketwatch.com/tools/quotes/lookup.asp . 


This is limited to selected stock markets only.

Measurement Units Conversion


Next, what else ? If you want convert measurement units, then type >> 


“quantity” + “from unit of measurement” + “in” “to unit of measurement”


For example, 10 acres equal to how many hectares, type


10 acres in hectares


Type of conversion you could do.


Inch to Cm >> 100 cm in inches
Celsiun to fahrenheit >> 100 celsius in fahrenheit
pound to kg >> 150 pound in kg
US cups to US fluid ounces >> 2 US cups = 16 US fluid ounces


And many mores........

Google Currency Converter


And if you want to convert Malaysian Ringgit to US Dollar. 


 Just type > 


amount + “From Currency Symbol” in “To Currency Symbol”


For example, type >> 


1 myr in usd


So, today rate is 1 Malaysian ringgit = 0.313381 U.S. Dollars . 


Looks like US dollar is getting weaker and weaker compared to Malaysian Ringgit for the past few weeks.

Find Similar Website


To find a similar type of website, then type >> 


“related:”+“web url”


, without any space between “related:” + “url”.


For example, to find a similar website for Expedia.com, then just type >> 


related:www.expedia.com


Some of the similar sites with Expedia.com. You can get good hotel and flight deals from the following sites as well.


http://www.orbitz.com/
http://www.travelocity.com/
http://www.hotwire.com/
http://www.priceline.com/

Showtimes


For moviegoers, the keyword is movie + location Or showtimes + location. 


 For example, for my Indian friends in New delhi, type >> 


movies New Delhi


You will see Showtimes for New Delhi, Delhi link, click the link to find the latest movies.