10 Google Search You Might Not Know About

MS SAMEER (CMA*CA*CMDM*ast FUND MANAGER*LEGAL ADVISOR)   (14938 Points)

05 November 2010  
  1. Google Movies Search

    Google movies search is accessible over web, mobiles, iPhones just go to google.com/movies, it will automatically trace your location and show latest/ upcoming movies listing in theaters new you and can even play trailers, show ratings and categories, movie posters, upcoming showtimes, and a concise list of the nearest theaters and their distances from you.
  2. Google Files Search

    Google search commands gives a very useful way to search specific files such as MS Word, PDFs, RTF or even ZIP files, all you have to do is add <space>filetype:<file extension> after the search, for ex. – ‘filetype:.doc’ for word documents and ‘filetype:pdf’ for acrobat PDF files (see pic above).
  3. Google Music Search

    Google music search is a good option for music lovers that allow you to search latest songs, albums or artist and play them at same time. However, due to legal constraints the Music search is restricted to users in US only.
  4. Google Dictionary
  5. Google Fast-Flip

    As in google’s own words – “Google Fast Flip is a web application that lets users discover and share news articles. It combines qualities of print and the Web, with the ability to “flip” through pages online as quickly as flipping through a magazine. It also enables users to follow friends and topics, discover new content and create their own custom magazines around searches”. One can also read the leading online dailies and websites over their mobiles through     fast-flip mobile.
  6. Google Stocks Quotes Search
  7. Google Squared -

    Google Squared returns search results in a spreadsheet format. It structures the unstructured data on web pages. So a search for ‘Indian Prime ministers’ will returns results with names, photo, descripttion, date of birth, party etc., in columns and rows. Interestingly to create one of squared results it takes an incredible amount of compute power to throw results in structured form from all over the web, residing as unstructured form.
  8. Google Live Updates - Real time search
  9. Google Accessible Search
  10. Google Patent Search