Search Skills
Google.com
It's probably no surprise, but Google.com is the #1 search engine in the world, and it's also the #1 website in the world. How many times a day do you use Google? I use it at least 10 times a day, easily. Google is more than a search engine, it's an all-purpose tool.
Yahoo.com
Yahoo.com is the #9 ranked website in the world and the third most popular search engine (after Google and Bing). For a long time, Yahoo.co.jp was the most popular search engine in Japan, but now it's #2. Google.co.jp., is now the #1 website in Japan.
DuckDuckGo.com
DuckDucGo is a search engine that emphasizes privacy and best search results. Unlike Google and Bing, it does not try to personalize your search results, but shows the same results to every user.
For information searches:
Wikipedia.org
Simple Wikipedia - for information in easy (English) language
WolframAlpha.com
Ask.com
About.com
A few Google skills:
It's probably no surprise, but Google.com is the #1 search engine in the world, and it's also the #1 website in the world. How many times a day do you use Google? I use it at least 10 times a day, easily. Google is more than a search engine, it's an all-purpose tool.
Yahoo.com
Yahoo.com is the #9 ranked website in the world and the third most popular search engine (after Google and Bing). For a long time, Yahoo.co.jp was the most popular search engine in Japan, but now it's #2. Google.co.jp., is now the #1 website in Japan.
DuckDuckGo.com
DuckDucGo is a search engine that emphasizes privacy and best search results. Unlike Google and Bing, it does not try to personalize your search results, but shows the same results to every user.
For information searches:
Wikipedia.org
Simple Wikipedia - for information in easy (English) language
WolframAlpha.com
Ask.com
About.com
A few Google skills:
- To search for a dictionary definition (with the example word, conspiracy), type define: conspiracy
- To translate a word into Japanese, type translate conspiracy to Japanese
- To exclude some results, type - in front of the terms you don"t want (with no space); for example, The Godfather -movie
- If you are looking for an exact sentence, put quotation marks around it. For example, try the following sentence, first without quotation marks, then with:
In addition to listening to streaming radio, I sometimes read Japanese articles to improve my Japanese. - To calculate, type * for multiply (5*5=), / for divide (25/5=), + for add (5+5=), and - for subtract (10-5=).
- To convert pounds to kilograms, type 10 pounds in kg or 10 lbs in kg.
- To convert dollars to yen, type 100 US dollars in yen.
- To find an image (photo or graphic), type the object you're searching for plus images; poodle images
- Instead of a photo, you can search for graphics by typing poodle free clipart.
- If you have an image, you can search where it came from or you can search for similar images by clicking on Google Images, then clicking on the camera icon, then dragging your image to the search box.
- If you want to know the current time somewhere in the world, type current time honolulu (capital letters don't matter).
- If you want to know the weather somewhere in the world, type weather honolulu.
- If you want to know the flight status of an airplane, type ana 777.
- If you want to know which flights are available for travel from city to city, type flights from tokyo to san francisco.
- If you want to see a physical place in the world, type its exact address, then click on Street View.
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