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gnum
Returns the number of results for a given Google search. Useful for comparing opinions, popularity... EXAMPLES gnum http:// : 5530000000 That's the number of page on the Google Index. gnum spain sun : 14500000 gnum scotland sun : 861000 Conclusion: There is more sun in spain than in scotland. If you type: Divide {gnum spain sun} {gnum scotland sun} You will get that there is 17.5 times more sun in spain than in scotland. Author: VkLJ
1614 uses - Created 2008-05-02 15:43:22 - Last used 2016-09-12 12:20:56 - Nominate - Description - runphp <? echo str_replace(",","","{scrape -tokens results of about <b> </b> -dirs 0 0 0 0 0 -url {url g %s} -debug 0}") ?>

gcdn
Google.ca Search. Localizes google search to sites within Canada.
1603 uses - Created 2007-02-12 21:51:09 - Last used 2024-06-27 09:19:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.ca/search?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&meta=cr=countryCA&q=%s

moma
Searching Google employee only search portal.
1600 uses - Created 2021-10-11 18:38:27 - Last used 2025-07-17 16:12:10 - Nominate - Description - https://moma.corp.google.com/search?q=%s

ports
Searches Freshports for a port. One argument. Example: ports vim
1597 uses - Created 2006-05-09 19:51:44 - Last used 2023-07-20 02:01:39 - Nominate - Description - http://www.freshports.org/search.php?query=%s

im
Stock Photography from Alamy Images
1595 uses - Created 2005-06-20 23:28:12 - Last used 2025-07-08 05:44:07 - Nominate - Description - http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography-search-results.asp?&qt=%s

gwe
Google Weather shortcut. Usage: "gwe [zip]" - Logan Koester <logan@logankoester.com>
1590 uses - Created 2007-07-04 10:54:05 - Last used 2025-06-30 08:21:35 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=weather%3A%s

hatebu
http://www.google.com/search?q=%s SYNOPSIS hatebu [keywords] EXAMPLE hatebu YubNub Performs a Hatena search using the given keywords.
1589 uses - Created 2009-05-16 15:34:31 - Last used 2023-03-22 14:41:39 - Nominate - Description - http://b.hatena.ne.jp/t/%s

wiks
Search on Wikipedia, displaying the results as a secure page (https://secure.wikimedia.org/en/wikipedia/...)
1588 uses - Created 2010-07-25 07:13:34 - Last used 2013-08-29 17:47:57 - Nominate - Description - https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=%s

iut
I Use This Search. Example: iut mail
1587 uses - Created 2007-08-06 23:44:36 - Last used 2018-08-27 11:26:27 - Nominate - Description - http://osx.iusethis.com/search?q=%s

wikid
"go" for Wikitionary (Wikimedia's dictionary), instead of "search". Search Wikitionary w/o having to see a results page (jump straight to the words page, if you enter a bad word, it will send you to the results page).
1585 uses - Created 2006-01-06 01:04:48 - Last used 2024-11-26 08:39:47 - Nominate - Description - http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go

jisho
Jisho. Searches the Japanese <-> English EDICT database over at jisho.org. This command translates from Jap to Eng. See jisho2 for Eng to Jap.
1580 uses - Created 2008-09-01 21:28:44 - Last used 2025-05-19 21:56:11 - Nominate - Description - http://jisho.org/words?eng=&dict=edict&jap=%s

fantasti
Search on fantasti.cc (NSFW).
1576 uses - Created 2012-08-12 16:24:36 - Last used 2017-05-02 14:05:58 - Nominate - Description - http://fantasti.cc/search/%s/videos/

gri
Google reverse image search, safemode off
1571 uses - Created 2014-01-07 05:28:34 - Last used 2024-12-18 15:41:36 - Nominate - Description - https://www.google.com/searchbyimage?safe=off&image_url=%s

k0
Search kanji.koohii.com, a site for learning the meanings of Japanese kanji. This is a shortened version of the 'koohii' command. It's good for more rigorous use. ---------- Old implementation: http://kanji.koohii.com/study/?search=%s
1568 uses - Created 2011-08-07 14:59:54 - Last used 2021-04-04 06:43:52 - Nominate - Description - http://kanji.koohii.com/study/kanji/%s

tumblr
Search Tumblr blogs (using Tumblr v5 native search)
1567 uses - Created 2009-03-30 17:09:45 - Last used 2025-02-18 08:32:06 - Nominate - Description - http://www.tumblr.com/search/%s

djd
Searches the latest development version of the Django docs, using their new sphinx-based doc system.
1566 uses - Created 2008-09-02 19:48:13 - Last used 2021-10-25 15:06:39 - Nominate - Description - http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/search/?cx=009763561546736975936%3Ae88ek0eurf4&cof=FORID%3A11&ie=UTF-8&hl=&q=%s&sa=Search&as_q=more%3Adev_docs#1012

two (Golden Egg)
View the results of two YubNub commands on the same page Example: two -1 g -2 y -3 porsche 911 This will show you a Google search for porsche 911 and a Yahoo search for porsche 911. Example: two -1 gim -2 yim -3 porsche 911 This will show you a Google Image Search for porsche 911 and a Yahoo Image Search for porsche 911.
1563 uses - Created 2005-11-06 09:20:04 - Last used 2025-06-24 12:42:08 - Description - splith {url[no url encoding] ${1} ${3}} {url[no url encoding] ${2} ${3}}

cineol
Command to search movies in the "CinEOL" webpage.
1560 uses - Created 2009-06-08 15:29:48 - Last used 2013-03-16 12:25:29 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cineol.net/search.php?search=%s&select=0&button=Buscar

cpers
looking for Person inside the IS.Cube2
1549 uses - Created 2008-06-30 10:23:03 - Last used 2012-03-26 11:51:44 - Nominate - Description - https://cube2.is-asp.com/Contact/peoplefinder.html?action=search&nav1=Contact&country=Germany&name=%s

ggde

1547 uses - Created 2008-07-24 13:14:49 - Last used 2025-05-06 05:17:24 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.de/search?hl=de&q=%s&meta=

bbg
Search using the Black Box site to retrieve Google results without having Google track your every move.
1541 uses - Created 2006-11-09 17:56:56 - Last used 2024-04-09 13:26:10 - Nominate - Description - http://www.blackboxsearch.com/cgi-bin/searchGoogle.cgi?q=%s

sema-old
NAME sema - Search searchmash.com SYNOPSIS sema [KEYWORDS] EXAMPLES sema chicago (returns chicago links and photos) seam (takes you to the main searchmash.com page.) Search using searchmash.com, Google's new experimental search site. AUTHOR b.a.
1541 uses - Created 2006-10-02 21:22:23 - Last used 2010-05-23 18:05:00 - Nominate - Description - http://www.searchmash.com/search/%s

gb
Starts a google search within the blogs at g-blog.net
1537 uses - Created 2005-06-17 21:53:08 - Last used 2025-04-17 15:11:33 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.de/search?q=site%3Ag-blog.net+%s&btnG=Google-Suche&meta=

japanese
translates any japanese word to english, Example: japanese arigato =thankyou
1532 uses - Created 2005-06-16 10:53:38 - Last used 2025-06-15 23:06:09 - Nominate - Description - http://rut.org/cgi-bin/j-e/dosearch?sDict=on&H=PS&L=J&T=%s&WC=none&fg=r&S=26

vv
Searches http://www.newsvine.com example "vv iraq" shows all wire news, user submitted news, and user written content for the term iraq Note: at the time of this article, newsvine is still in beta, so for now, you must be logged in.
1531 uses - Created 2006-03-04 02:48:10 - Last used 2023-05-24 20:37:30 - Nominate - Description - http://www.newsvine.com/%s

mnova
search mininova.org for torrents and sort the result by date
1530 uses - Created 2006-10-13 21:33:56 - Last used 2017-08-21 11:17:08 - Nominate - Description - http://www.mininova.org/search/%s/added

gpdf
use google search pdf file
1527 uses - Created 2005-06-26 09:59:57 - Last used 2024-01-26 17:26:31 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=filetype%3Apdf+%s&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

TMDB
Links to the Canadian Trade-marks Database.
1523 uses - Created 2007-05-22 19:53:36 - Last used 2025-05-15 12:33:45 - Nominate - Description - http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/app/cipo/trademarks/search/tmSearch.do?language=fre

ggpd
Searches the gigapedia ebook index (only, no Google Books). ex.: ggpd smith
1521 uses - Created 2008-12-20 15:38:43 - Last used 2010-11-21 06:53:54 - Nominate - Description - http://gigapedia.com/search?q=smith

wafm
Search in Waffles.fm
1515 uses - Created 2007-12-30 03:44:21 - Last used 2016-10-15 09:42:33 - Nominate - Description - http://waffles.fm/browse.php?q=%s

df (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS df TERM EXAMPLE --sort=name --include-spam All the definitions for a term found by Google (define:term)
1511 uses - Created 2005-06-08 03:39:44 - Last used 2025-01-30 03:20:48 - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A%s

yandex
Makes a query to the Yandex Search Engine (popular russian service).
1511 uses - Created 2005-06-08 09:33:22 - Last used 2025-06-18 13:10:12 - Nominate - Description - http://yandex.ru/yandsearch?&text=%s

song
Uses LetsSingIt.com's search engine to find a song.
1509 uses - Created 2005-06-20 19:42:12 - Last used 2025-02-27 04:44:11 - Nominate - Description - http://www.letssingit.com/cgi-exe/am.cgi?a=search&p=1&s=%s&l=song

answer (Golden Egg)
Answers.com search definitions, synonyms and much more.
1507 uses - Created 2005-06-06 20:27:06 - Last used 2024-08-05 12:39:33 - Description - http://www.answers.com/%s

groove
grooveshark search. groove shark is a legal music streaming site that allows you to listen to any song you like for free. to search a song/artist/album just type the band ex. groove pink floyd
1507 uses - Created 2010-01-23 20:51:03 - Last used 2023-01-09 10:37:15 - Nominate - Description - http://listen.grooveshark.com//#/search/songs/?query=%s

gstock
Search Google Finance for stock information.
1505 uses - Created 2006-06-13 10:19:52 - Last used 2014-10-28 09:13:37 - Nominate - Description - http://finance.google.com/finance?q=%s

gbook
Performs a search on google books
1505 uses - Created 2008-05-27 11:00:49 - Last used 2025-01-24 10:02:27 - Nominate - Description - gbo %s

opensubtitles
Search for movie subtitles at opensubtitles.org
1500 uses - Created 2007-01-13 22:47:15 - Last used 2023-10-22 04:47:40 - Nominate - Description - http://www.opensubtitles.org/en/search2/sublanguageid-eng/moviename-%s

googlede

1499 uses - Created 2008-07-24 13:14:08 - Last used 2021-10-17 12:29:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.de/search?hl=de&q=%s&meta=

hpv
Performs a search in heise/preisvergleich using the given keywords (German). A very good possibility to find a friendly terms online-shop.
1497 uses - Created 2007-01-03 22:58:28 - Last used 2023-07-04 16:17:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.heise.de/preisvergleich/?fs=%s&x=0&y=0&in=

addon
Mozilla Add-ons
1497 uses - Created 2007-07-06 17:58:23 - Last used 2024-03-11 12:32:38 - Nominate - Description - https://addons.mozilla.org/search?q=%s

imdbde
Searches the german translation of the imdb.
1493 uses - Created 2005-10-17 14:22:01 - Last used 2024-10-20 13:23:01 - Nominate - Description - http://german.imdb.com/find?q=%s;s=all

rbc
This will play your favourite song or artist
1490 uses - Created 2006-04-29 20:30:42 - Last used 2025-07-20 13:19:37 - Nominate - Description - http://www.radioblogclub.com/search/0/%s[use _ for spaces]

whack
Wikihack
1490 uses - Created 2007-04-10 18:24:51 - Last used 2022-05-29 07:53:12 - Nominate - Description - http://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&fulltext=Search

bmap
Bing Map Search. To map out a single location, just type the address. Example: bmap 123 Maple Dr. Detroit, MI
1490 uses - Created 2009-06-04 21:04:29 - Last used 2021-10-20 23:24:09 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?q=%s

,
Look up items on blingo.
1488 uses - Created 2006-02-05 22:57:04 - Last used 2025-07-15 17:52:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.blingo.com/search?q=%s

btmon
Search Bittorrent Monster, a bittorrent trackers index. Just type the command followed by the keyword you want to search for: Example: btmon linux
1487 uses - Created 2006-09-04 17:50:46 - Last used 2020-10-09 08:04:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.btmon.com/torrent/%s

thomas
Looks up a piece of United States legislation by bill number.
1481 uses - Created 2005-07-19 22:24:09 - Last used 2025-06-06 13:11:07 - Nominate - Description - http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/query?dummmy=s.114&docidc109=%s&queryc109=&Search=Search&c109=radiobutton[post]

eto
Online Etymology Search. Displays word etymologies. Example: eto liver
1472 uses - Created 2005-08-10 15:09:27 - Last used 2021-09-20 08:27:37 - Nominate - Description - http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=%s

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