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megaupload
searches megaupload site in google.
729 uses - Created 2007-12-15 18:43:16 - Last used 2021-11-18 07:41:16 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=es&q=site%3Amegaupload.com+%s&btnG=Buscar&lr=

taobao
Search Taobao.com (Chinese auction site)
728 uses - Created 2005-11-24 13:47:56 - Last used 2025-06-23 08:45:41 - Nominate - Description - http://search1.taobao.com/browse/search_product.htm?title={iconv -to GB2312 -str %s}

linc
National University of Singapore Library INtegrated Catalogue (aka NUS LINC) Simple search only :) For advanced searches, head over to the LINC website. Just type what you want to find in LINC. Example: linc southeast asia
727 uses - Created 2007-10-05 19:20:26 - Last used 2012-05-24 09:16:11 - Nominate - Description - http://linc.nus.edu.sg/search/Y?SEARCH=%s

das
Search deviantArt for specified keyword.
725 uses - Created 2006-04-25 11:13:35 - Last used 2025-06-04 00:23:38 - Nominate - Description - http://search.deviantart.com/searchcraft/?cmd=1&offset=0&search=%s

mvn
MvnRepository: search for maven artifacts and plugins.
725 uses - Created 2007-04-03 07:30:51 - Last used 2022-02-28 01:33:47 - Nominate - Description - http://mvnrepository.com/search.html?query=%s

g.fi
Search with google.fi
723 uses - Created 2007-07-25 10:51:59 - Last used 2008-09-03 16:38:26 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.fi/search?q=%s

lowes
NAME lowes - Searches Lowe's Home Improvement website. SYNOPSIS lowes [KEYWORD] EXAMPLES lowes shovel lowes glove Just searches Lowe's Home Improvement website. No parameters. NOTES I would also like a Home Depot search, but can't decipher their search, even when changing forms to GET. I would also prefer this to take you to the Lowe's home page if no parameter is given, but I'm not sure how to do that either. AUTHOR Glench ( http://glench.com )
722 uses - Created 2006-08-06 02:52:10 - Last used 2025-03-22 10:08:23 - Nominate - Description - http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productList&N=0&Ntk=i_products&Ntt=%s

Sony
A search of the "Sony Entertainment Network" site (Playstation Games & Video Content)
721 uses - Created 2005-06-10 02:56:28 - Last used 2025-06-02 07:04:16 - Nominate - Description - https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/#!/en-us/search/q=%s

mean
Searches the meaning and related words of a given word (e.g. definition, synonyms, antonyms, hypernyms, hyponyms, etc). Example: mean smile (This would show the definition of "smile", and a bunch of related words -- for example, kinds of smiles, things that a smile is a kind of, etc).
721 uses - Created 2005-06-20 20:12:10 - Last used 2023-11-05 14:21:17 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dillfrog.com/tools/rhymer/definition.asp?match_type=define&word=%s

nfx
Netflix search
721 uses - Created 2006-07-02 03:06:48 - Last used 2024-09-26 03:13:29 - Nominate - Description - http://www.netflix.com/Search?v1=%s

torrents
Find torrents from all the best torrent sites.
719 uses - Created 2007-04-24 13:51:58 - Last used 2024-02-10 08:49:26 - Nominate - Description - http://www.torrent-search.ws/multi.php?q=%s

flsun
Site search for SunSentinel.com
719 uses - Created 2010-08-17 22:32:29 - Last used 2012-12-03 18:34:37 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&domains=sun-sentinel.com&sitesearch=sun-sentinel.com

arc (Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS arc [keywords] EXAMPLE arc accessworkspacefactory Searches ArcGIS Developer Online for the given keywords. ArcGIS Developer Online is an online help system for ArcObjects for ArcGIS. ArcGIS is a well-known Geographic Information System (software for viewing maps).
718 uses - Created 2005-06-07 18:37:21 - Last used 2025-03-30 02:23:47 - Description - http://edn.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=search.results&c_2_b=on&sa=2&q=%s

eco
SYNOPSIS eco [keywords] EXAMPLE eco private equity Search The Economist magazine. If no keywords provided, goes to current print edition. AUTHOR elzr.com
718 uses - Created 2007-08-09 23:12:43 - Last used 2025-04-11 12:20:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.economist.com/{ifEmpty -value %s -then printedition/ -else search/search.cfm?rv=2&qr=%s&area=1&x=0&y=0}

pprox
Search in pirateproxy.one
717 uses - Created 2016-07-21 02:54:16 - Last used 2025-04-10 08:39:40 - Nominate - Description - https://pirateproxy.one/search/%s[use %20 for spaces]

slickd
Searches slickdeals.net's old forms
716 uses - Created 2008-10-09 21:03:18 - Last used 2025-06-01 00:37:54 - Nominate - Description - http://wwwt.slickdeals.net/sdsearch.php?mode=forum&showposts=0&sdsearch_archive=0&search=%s

ppc
PocketPC / Windows Mobile custom Google search engine. Searches PPCGeeks (mostly CDMA phones) and XDA-Developers (mostly GSM phones), two main resources for everything PPC. Other sites are included. Examples: 'ppc dialer cab' 'ppc pim' 'ppc task oem' 'ppc backup'
716 uses - Created 2009-07-02 20:36:22 - Last used 2023-07-19 06:25:27 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/cse?cx=006939145295218897539%3A0qaxvwdmtik&ie=UTF-8&q=%s&sa=Search

yab
Search your Yahoo! Address Book. Usage: yab [name] b.a.
715 uses - Created 2005-07-14 15:59:30 - Last used 2015-05-14 19:43:26 - Nominate - Description - http://address.yahoo.com/yab/?v=SA&search=%s&SNow=Go

td
Search www.timeanddate.com
715 uses - Created 2006-04-04 22:27:23 - Last used 2025-01-02 15:38:35 - Nominate - Description - http://www.timeanddate.com/search/results.html?query=%s

firstyt
Gets to the first youtube video for a given result. Example: firstyt The Fray How to save a life : Go to the famous The Fray videoclip Issues: When the search has no results, a youtube error page appears.
715 uses - Created 2008-04-24 16:25:35 - Last used 2014-11-03 01:15:35 - Nominate - Description - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v={scrape -tokens /default.jpg ytimg.com/vi/ -dirs 0 1 -url {url yt %s} -debug 0}

gcatalogs
Google Catalog Search.
713 uses - Created 2005-09-10 09:51:58 - Last used 2013-05-22 20:17:54 - Nominate - Description - http://catalogs.google.com/catalogs?q=%s

elzr
SYNOPSIS elzr [keywords] EXAMPLE elzr design Perform a search within elzr.com, a blog, using the given keywords. AUTHOR elzr.com, using Allen Ormond's oh-so-cool "eop" command
713 uses - Created 2007-06-19 01:51:50 - Last used 2013-10-24 12:13:52 - Nominate - Description - http://elzr.com{eop /search/@%s@}

dfwiki
searches the dwarf fortress wiki
712 uses - Created 2008-09-22 01:38:43 - Last used 2022-04-21 13:18:17 - Nominate - Description - http://www.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Special:Search?search=%s

old-gpp
Search Gappon.com for rapidshare, megaupload, etc... files.
711 uses - Created 2009-11-01 10:48:05 - Last used 2015-01-27 19:25:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gappon.com/search/%s/2/9/9/9

portage
search gentoo another way
710 uses - Created 2005-07-26 15:51:39 - Last used 2024-09-25 06:32:13 - Nominate - Description - http://gentoo-portage.com/s?search=%s

listof
Searchs wikipedia using google "I feel lucky" and a string like "list of %s" This is useful for anything that has a list in wikipedia, from episodes of tv series to microprocessors.
710 uses - Created 2010-01-08 00:39:32 - Last used 2014-01-23 22:16:05 - Nominate - Description - http://google.com/search?q=site:wikipedia.org+list+of+%s&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky

tb
Techbargains web site, good place to find great deals on electronics without searching a lot of web sites.
709 uses - Created 2005-06-10 18:48:04 - Last used 2023-12-04 15:11:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.techbargains.com

msj
Searches the MacSerialJunkie Forums. You need to be logged in! ---------- Old implementation: http://macserialjunkie.com/forum/search.php?search_keywords=%s&search_terms=any&search_author=&search_forum=-1&search_time=0&search_fields=all&search_cat=-1&sort_by=0&sort_dir=DESC&show_results=topics&return_chars=200
709 uses - Created 2007-02-13 04:35:19 - Last used 2021-01-10 03:27:08 - Nominate - Description - http://macserialjunkie.com/forum/search.php?keywords=%s&terms=all&author=&sc=1&sf=all&sk=t&sd=d&sr=topics&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search

ftube

708 uses - Created 2009-04-17 12:17:07 - Last used 2015-05-28 10:51:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.filestube.com/search.html?q=%s

goodreads
Search for a book on goodreads Search by title: goodreads Harry Potter or by author: goodreads Herman Melville
708 uses - Created 2014-11-21 08:06:58 - Last used 2025-07-14 15:53:59 - Nominate - Description - https://www.goodreads.com/search?query=%s

ytmnd
Search for new YTMND's on ytmnd.com EX: ytmnd cosby to search for bill cosby related ytmnd's ===== Original implementation: http://www.ytmnd.com/list.html?sort=rating&order=desc&period=&search=%s
707 uses - Created 2005-06-19 01:48:45 - Last used 2021-06-15 09:36:13 - Nominate - Description - http://ytmnd.com/search?q=%s

eem (Golden Egg)
Eemadges Search. Eemadges are vivid and original descriptions. To look for some words in the body and meta information of the eemadges. Example:eem William Gibson Example:eem Jorge Luis Borges tigers To look for a specific phrase in the body and meta information of the eemadges. Example:eem "the wolf shall swallow the sun" To look for eemadges in a specific language. Example:eem Spanish To find the most recently added eemadge. Example:eem -1 To find the 5 most recently added eemadges. Example:e…
707 uses - Created 2005-07-25 08:47:26 - Last used 2017-08-04 09:32:16 - Description - http://www.eemadges.com/search/%s

wkes
Spanish version of Wikipedia search
707 uses - Created 2006-08-27 18:03:19 - Last used 2018-04-27 14:06:51 - Nominate - Description - http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%s

popsci
Search PopSci.com
707 uses - Created 2009-02-18 16:38:10 - Last used 2016-03-07 10:56:29 - Nominate - Description - http://www.popsci.com/search/google?cx=001914279043464587231%3Aaaxz2fscymw&cof=FORID%3A11&query=%s&op=Search&form_token=a00b725527c16c28134de4f6fbb34af0&form_id=google_cse_results_searchbox_form#1010

rapg
search rapgenius.com for lyrics
706 uses - Created 2013-07-15 10:52:34 - Last used 2025-04-02 22:04:56 - Nominate - Description - http://rapgenius.com/search?q=%s

tecn
Technorati search (updated)
705 uses - Created 2005-07-02 08:28:53 - Last used 2015-04-14 12:29:34 - Nominate - Description - http://technorati.com/search/%s?sub=yubnub

wikinl
Search Wikipedia.nl
704 uses - Created 2007-08-30 16:58:46 - Last used 2024-02-25 07:06:04 - Nominate - Description - http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go

free

702 uses - Created 2005-06-10 07:58:54 - Last used 2025-04-12 15:22:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=free

dld
Search download.com for software. Usage: dld [software name or keyword]
702 uses - Created 2005-07-06 15:28:02 - Last used 2016-12-14 19:20:15 - Nominate - Description - http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?qt=%s&tg=dl-20

spuncd
Spun.com CD keyword search
702 uses - Created 2006-01-09 04:05:16 - Last used 2025-05-02 23:33:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.spun.com/search.jsp?page=1&type=music.keyword.buy&query=%s&image.x=0&image.y=0

wphe
Hebrew WikiPedia Search. Just type what you're looking for in hebrew after the command. Example: wphe שלום will lead you to wikipedia's definition of שלום (peace) in hebrew.
701 uses - Created 2005-12-30 22:59:56 - Last used 2016-07-24 17:38:00 - Nominate - Description - http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%s

meta
Meta-search of Information Technology news site search engines. Includes searches of Infoworld.com, networkcomputing.com, and more than 25 other IT publication sites. The command aggregates search results from all of the included publications, and orders them in reverse chronological order based on the date of publication. To find articles from those sites that contain a specific search term, for example "storagetek," just type the term. Example: meta storagetek
700 uses - Created 2005-08-13 15:07:26 - Last used 2025-07-10 11:26:21 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gigastor.net/news.php?findNews=&no_filtering=&isLoaded=1&findNews=&searchWords=%s

haikue
Hatena Haiku Search http://hhs.trashsuite.org/
700 uses - Created 2008-12-18 08:09:03 - Last used 2016-01-14 03:49:37 - Nominate - Description - http://hhs.trashsuite.org/?id=&keyword=&query=%s

nzb
newzbin.com general search, category unspecified
699 uses - Created 2005-06-29 02:14:59 - Last used 2020-06-11 11:50:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.newzbin.com/search/query/p/?q=%s&Category=-1&searchFP=p

he
Google Maps Search. Google Maps has several handy features included within it. To map out a single location, just type the address. Example: gmaps 123 Maple Dr. Detroit, MI To find businesses or other specific things, simply give the location and business. Example: gmaps pizza in Detroit
699 uses - Created 2005-12-21 23:54:36 - Last used 2025-06-26 07:05:32 - Nominate - Description - http://images.google.com/images?q=%s

gweecal (Golden Egg)
check calories
699 uses - Created 2006-09-19 11:01:17 - Last used 2024-06-02 11:34:19 - Description - http://www.thedailyplate.com/nutrition/search/?q=%s&x=53&y=19

ncbi
search ncbi website
699 uses - Created 2007-08-22 03:20:24 - Last used 2023-04-07 11:18:29 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gquery/gquery.fcgi?term=%s

next
allows you to use the NeXt online bible software. Allows both a word search like, "Moses" and a search like "John 3:16". Does not allow a dictionary search, for that use the yubnub command bdic.
698 uses - Created 2008-12-08 23:25:04 - Last used 2024-12-07 03:54:48 - Nominate - Description - http://net.bible.org/?%s

zi
ZoomInfo People Search zi Steve Lee
697 uses - Created 2005-07-22 01:06:20 - Last used 2024-02-09 19:01:24 - Nominate - Description - http://networking2.zoominfo.com/PeopleSearch/PersonQuery.asp?searchParameters=%s&buttonFind.x=0&buttonFind.y=0&pc=&SearchBy=name&SearchType=simple&nlb=7%2F21%2F2005+9%3A03%3A11+PM

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