50 Google Search Tricks to Make You a Power User

I know You use google daily. But Nothing wrong in taking a info dip to find out how many of the Google tricks you know.

Search “fun facts” or “i’m feeling curious” in google and feed your curiosity

Just search i’m feeling curious in google search Box and just keep clicking ask another question button  to unleash an endless spell of trivia from google.

See your Search history , Go to https://www.google.com/history/

Only you as a logged in user can see your search data. You can also view, download and Delete Your search data here.

See what People are searching across the world Live here

 Search timer in Google to set alarm or stopwatch

You can also just search Set Timer in Google to directly set the timer over there.

Search Food Vs Food for Comparative Nutritional Analysis

Check if a Website is safe or not before downloading something

http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=suspiciouswebsite.com


Just change suspiciouswebsite.com with the website you want to check with Google. This comes as a rescue if you desperately need to download a file from a website, but you do not know if it is safe or not.

Google Translate Can Be Your Free Proxy

Just Search Find My Phone In Google To Locate Your Phone Instantly

You can also ring your Phone. Very useful, if you missed the phone inside the house.

Have Fun with Google, search any of the following words in Google

• do a barrel roll
• tilt
• Google in 1998
• zerg rush
• Pacman
• blink html

Search This In Google For Direct Mp3 Links

intitle:index.of?mp3 Your song name here

Get search Results From a Particular website Only, Search Site:Website.com Keyword

This is particularly useful if you want the search result from a single website only.

Search for  Keywords within Quotes lets you search for that exact set of words in exact order

Search for keyword 2010..2015 search for results in range of 2010 to 2015

Just separate two set of years with two dots and the results will be in that range. You can also pre append another keyword with this year range to get search results for that keyword on this particular range.

Google around() lets you search for two set of keywords with definite keyword distance

Now, in the search result the first keyword and second keyword will be separated by maximum 3 keywords.

Search this on Google to discover an interesting shape

exp(-((x-4)^2+(y-4)^2)^2/1000) + exp(-((x +4)^2+(y+4)^2)^2/1000) + 0.1exp(-((x +4)^2+(y+4)^2)^2)+0.1exp(-((x -4)^2+(y-4)^2)^2

Let us summarize this to find what we want in Google

Search Flight Status On Google. Search Flight no. and company directly in Search Box

Convert Currency – Search $1234 in GBP or 1200 dirham to dinar and So On

Search City Forecast to get a weather forecast for that City

Search for Movies Showtime in Your City. Search movies followed by your city

Google is Your New Dictionary. Search Define Followed by the word

Know Origin of any Word. Type Etymology followed by the word

Calculate anything on Google. Just Google the equation directly

Alternatively you can search Calculator on Google to go straight to a calculator.

To track your shipment package just Enter the tracking number directly in the search bar

Search specific Dates in Google. You can also get notified about this

Just Know Your Computer IP. Type IP Address in Google

Search for a Specific File Type in Google. Search Keyword filetype:yourfiletype

This is very handy when you want to do a pdf search. You can use it for other file types also.

Find Pages Linking to a Particular website, Search link:theWebsite.com

Find alternative to a website or page. Type related:site.com

Dig More Into a website, Search info:website

Here you can get all the information links for a website at one place.

Search for Chemical compounds in Google to get 3D model

Just click on the 3d icon as shown by the arrow and you will get a 360 degrees rotating model for the chemical compound.

Use asterisk as wildcard search. It acts as fill in the blank alternative

Lets think of a situation in which you know few words here and there. Just use asterisk in case of that.This Google search tricks comes handy in a situation in which you just know few words here and there of a search string.

Going for a Wedding ! Plan it on http://www.google.com/weddings/

Search Time Place to get the Local Time

Explore Space through http://www.google.com/sky/

Search Flights in Google.com/flights

Be creative with Legos on BuildwithChrome

Convert Numbers to Words in Google

Find Release Date of Movies in Your Country

Gone out with friends, Calculate Tip on Google

Find News Related to a Particular Location in Google News . Search keyword location:place

Find Webpages whose title contain all the word in the search. Search allintitle: Your Keywords

Search allinurl: Your Keywords for pages with keywords in url

Planning To visit Somewhere. Search things to see in Place in Google

See Graphs on Google. Search Equations in Google

Find Products from a specific Price Range. Search Samsung Phone $100..$150

Just replace $100 and $150 with your price range and dell with the product you want to search.

In a Different Country, Avoid Country specific Redirects on Google. Go to Google.com/ncr

Sometimes while visiting a country ( Country with a different language ), it becomes very frustrating when you open the google there and redirects you to a google homepage of that country. To make it neutral, just add ncr at the end followed by a slash and hit enter. Now when you will browse google, it will not forcefully redirect you to country specific Google.

In google exclude certain search term from Google with a Minus Sign

Google nGram shows you how many times a word is used in 50 Millions Books across History

Search Pacman in Google to Play it Directly on Google Page

Or Go to Google Images and Search Atari Breakout

Best VLC Tricks you should know Right Now

What started as an academic project is now the biggest Open Source media player in the world. But VLC out there is not just a media player. It has far more features you can ever imagine. You can convert media files format, can take snapshot,add watermark and record screen just from your vlc player. Here in this article i have tried to compile some of the most amazing things VLC can do.

Convert video file from one format to another

Go to Media > Convert / Save (Alternatively you can Press CTRL + R to go directly to the window). Browse from add button your media file. Click on convert / save.


Choose the desired codec to Convert to from the drop down. Choose the destination folder by browsing to the relevant location on your PC. Finally click on start button to initialize the process.

Record or Cut a part of video playing on VLC

Sometimes you need a clip out of a playing video on vlc.
For this just go to View > Advanced controls and check Advanced controls option.
A new options bar will pop up just above the playing control button of vlc in the bottom of the video.
Now, Click on the red record button to start recording the video and click it again to stop recording it.
Alternatively, you cal also press Shift + R to start recording and again Press Shift + R to stop recording the video.


Note that the videos will be saved by default in videos folder in windows. To change the saving location of the recorded videos -:
Go to Tools -> Preferences -> Input&codecs and Record directory or filename.

Record your screen with VLC

Go to Media > Capture Device and click on play.
Now click on record button to start recording your screen. Do not forget to minimize vlc window. Just do your activities on your PC and your screen will be recorded and saved to your default video folder.

Use VLC as a webcam recorder

Just go to media > Open capture device and Directshow as capture mode. Now after clicking play once the streaming start from your cam, just click on record button to start recording your webcam.

Note: Make sure that View>Advanced controls is checked to show recording button.

Rip a DVD with VLC Player

Go to Media > Convert / Save and choose Disk from the tabs. Check No disk menu and click on convert / save button to start the Process.

Enhance Your audio or Video Playing on VLC

Navigate to Tools > Effects and Filters ( Alternate Method: Press CTRL + E ). There are tons of options for you to play with your audio and video. Try it today.

Add Watermark to the video

You do not need a complex video editor to add a watermark to your video. Just open the video in the VCL player and go to Tools > Effects and Filters and then go to video effects and then overlay.
Now Browse to add your logo here. You can re position it by giving setting it in top and left in px.
Once the logo is added, start playing the video and also record it.
The saved recorded video will have your watermark on it.

Play Media without Unzipping it on VLC

You don’t need to extract media to play it on vlc. Just add your zipped folder on vlc and start playing to check if there is a need to unzip it or not.

Take a Snapshot of the Video with VLC, Just press Shift + S

This is the easiest and coolest feature of VLC player. While playing a video, if you want to take a screenshot, just press shift + s. The screenshot will be saved in the default Pictures folder in your PC.

Add Subtitle file to the playing video

I Know Everyone knows that, but since its a life saving feature, thought to add to the list here.

Play Directly from Youtube or any other Media source over internet

Press CTRl + V and enter the url to directly play video from media source.

Slowdown or Fast Forward the Video playing speed

Just Click  ]  on your PC and it will increase by 0.1x speed each time you press the key. To decrease and slow down the speed just press  [   on your keyboard.

Change Your Skin or get add-on to enhance VLC

Just like chrome, you can extend the features or change the skin of your vlc player. Add it, they are free and awesome.