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43
Searches 43things.com.
221 uses - Created 2005-07-21 00:55:53 - Last used 2023-06-20 10:40:44 - Nominate - Description - http://www.43things.com/search/query?q=%s

infspain

221 uses - Created 2007-01-09 12:20:02 - Last used 2009-07-30 08:02:44 - Nominate - Description - http://www.infobel.com/teldir/result.asp?country=152&URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.infobel.com%2Fspain%2Fwp%2Fsearch%2Fdefault.asp

anf
Searches animenfo.com (Anime titles search by keywords) This is the default search on the site.
221 uses - Created 2007-05-22 21:19:49 - Last used 2018-10-30 04:35:19 - Nominate - Description - http://animenfo.com/search.php?option=keywords&query=%s&queryin=anime_titles&action=Go

sgv2
Like 'sgv', but this time I got it right. THIS command actually searches http://video.google.com for videos at video.google.com and nowhere else. Why would you want to only search Google Video and not a larger video base like, say, YouTube? If YouTube has been blocked at your place of employment of course.
221 uses - Created 2007-06-28 00:07:58 - Last used 2014-08-05 09:13:00 - Nominate - Description - http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=site:video.google.com %s

fount
Search fountainpennetwork.com. Example: fount sheaffer viewpoint
221 uses - Created 2007-08-25 23:55:33 - Last used 2014-08-20 22:56:00 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Afountainpennetwork.com+%s&btnG=Search

ppcgs
Search PPCGeeks.com using Google
221 uses - Created 2009-03-24 11:56:46 - Last used 2010-11-11 19:41:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Appcgeeks.com+%s

googlocal (Golden Egg)
Google Local search. simplified with Positional Parameters Example: googlocal pizza seattle
220 uses - Created 2005-12-14 18:39:50 - Last used 2021-07-02 21:13:32 - Description - gloc -what {% 1 %s} -where {% 2 %s}[no url encoding]

bmc
Searches particular city or village in the czech republic. There is possibility to switch to satellite map. You can find restaurants, banks etc. example: bmc Prague, bmc Brno, bmc Ostrava
220 uses - Created 2006-02-23 22:12:08 - Last used 2025-04-18 04:49:46 - Nominate - Description - http://beta.mapy.cz/?st=search&fr=%s&pw=938&ph=629&ocx=135289962&ocy=135163596&ozm=5&omp=base

mapy
search mapy.cz
220 uses - Created 2007-03-08 07:07:25 - Last used 2024-10-24 06:16:10 - Nominate - Description - http://mapy.seznam.cz/?query=%s

gsmp3
Refined mp3 search using google. For best results separate multi-word titles with periods. Example: gsmp3 smoke.on.the.water
220 uses - Created 2007-05-18 02:18:09 - Last used 2024-04-01 12:12:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=intitle%3A%22index.of%22+%28mp3%29+%s+-html+-htm+-php+-asp+-cf+-jsp&btnG=Search

crucial
To search crucial.com for memory for a computer system. Example: crucial dell dimension 9200
220 uses - Created 2007-09-11 18:05:02 - Last used 2022-12-21 13:41:00 - Nominate - Description - http://crucial.com/search/searchresults.aspx?keywords=%s

lojban
NAME lojban - Lookup words in the Lojban dictionary SYNOPSIS lojban [ENGLISH OR LOJBAN WORD] EXAMPLES lojban hello lojban mi AUTHOR Stephen Paul Weber a.k.a. Singpolyma <http://singpolyma.net> ---------- Old implementation: http://www.lojban.org/cgi-bin/dict.pl?Form=dict.pl1&Strategy=*&Database=en%3C-%3Ejbo&Query=%s&submit=Search
220 uses - Created 2010-01-23 21:35:34 - Last used 2025-02-05 03:50:55 - Nominate - Description - http://vlasisku.lojban.org/%s

uscript
userscripts.org tag search
219 uses - Created 2005-12-31 13:13:29 - Last used 2014-03-07 06:47:45 - Nominate - Description - http://userscripts.org/tags/%s

ssd
search on sexy desktop
219 uses - Created 2006-01-24 09:52:10 - Last used 2025-09-12 15:30:41 - Nominate - Description - http://www.sexydesktop.co.uk/%s.htm

dotnet
Search using SearchDotNet.com
219 uses - Created 2007-12-18 16:11:31 - Last used 2025-03-04 04:12:08 - Nominate - Description - http://www.searchdotnet.com/results.aspx?cx=002213837942349435108%3Ajki1okx03jq&q=%s&sa=Search+.NET+sites&cof=FORID%3A9

railscasts
search Railscasts by Ryan Bates
219 uses - Created 2008-09-15 20:51:39 - Last used 2013-12-08 14:22:05 - Nominate - Description - http://railscasts.com/episodes?search=%s

willhaben
Searches Willhaben Marktplatz (Austria) for Offers.
219 uses - Created 2010-01-23 13:57:24 - Last used 2024-09-24 14:25:56 - Nominate - Description - http://willhaben.at/iad/bap/all/result?keyword=%s

dylan
Search Bob Dylan's lyrics from his website: Example: dylan take the motherless children off the street and place them at the feet of a harlot
218 uses - Created 2005-10-28 19:03:26 - Last used 2024-07-25 13:39:44 - Nominate - Description - http://search.bobdylan.com/lyricsearch/searchResults.jsp?doSearch=true&exact=off&range=50&q=%s

gamet
GameTrailers.com search. Watch gameplay movies, previews and reviews of your favorite games! To search for a game profile just type "gamet" followed by the name of your game!
218 uses - Created 2007-06-12 15:50:16 - Last used 2014-06-09 13:36:33 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gametrailers.com/search.php?s=%s&submit.x=0&submit.y=0

youp
You Porn Search
218 uses - Created 2007-11-22 00:30:57 - Last used 2025-03-20 09:38:38 - Nominate - Description - http://youporn.com/search?query=%s

upp
Search Swedish personal identification numbers (personnummer) by address. To get the names and personal identification numbers of the people living at a certain address, just type the address. Example: upp kungsgatan 90 stockholm You need to register for an account and log on to upplysning.se to get the results.
218 uses - Created 2007-11-27 15:46:40 - Last used 2017-01-20 06:40:34 - Nominate - Description - utf8to iso-8859-1 http://www.upplysning.se/search.aspx?tab=person&where=%s&bs=S%F6k&searchkey=64600499

encrypgo
Busqueda segura en https://encrypted.google.com
218 uses - Created 2015-10-19 19:14:58 - Last used 2016-11-03 20:40:51 - Nominate - Description - https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=%s

zq
Search in Zooqle verified torrents [by l3utterfish]]
218 uses - Created 2016-07-27 14:27:24 - Last used 2023-02-17 20:48:27 - Nominate - Description - https://zooqle.com/search?q=%s

yeggi
Search into yeggi.com for 3D printable Models
218 uses - Created 2019-09-03 10:46:11 - Last used 2025-09-12 06:22:44 - Nominate - Description - https://www.yeggi.com/q/%s/

plug
Searches Plugged In Online, a movie appropriateness review database from Focus on the Family. Ex: plug the village
217 uses - Created 2006-09-29 21:46:59 - Last used 2024-01-09 08:46:51 - Nominate - Description - http://search.family.org/query.cfm?qt=%s&style=pluggedin

evec
eve-central.com search
217 uses - Created 2009-01-14 04:23:37 - Last used 2010-03-05 21:34:33 - Nominate - Description - http://eve-central.com/home/typesearch.html?search=%s

rsd
searches rec.sport.disc, the most active message board about ultimate frisbee. sorts the results by date since that is usually what you want.
216 uses - Created 2007-02-05 14:57:52 - Last used 2020-01-02 01:24:12 - Nominate - Description - http://groups.google.com/group/rec.sport.disc/search?q=%s&start=0&scoring=d&hl=en&

istockphoto
Searches istockphoto.com
216 uses - Created 2007-06-07 19:01:03 - Last used 2021-09-27 03:50:43 - Nominate - Description - http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&text=%s

nlt
Find a scripture on Bible Gateway in the New Living Translation.
216 uses - Created 2007-11-17 14:05:30 - Last used 2018-03-20 15:21:56 - Nominate - Description - http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=%s&version=51;

Filemaker
Searches the FIlmeaker Developer Notes section
215 uses - Created 2005-06-20 03:26:37 - Last used 2023-11-22 09:05:54 - Nominate - Description - http://filemaker.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/filemaker.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php?p_sid=bhBaUpIh&p_lva=&p_li=&p_page=1&p_cv=&p_pv=&p_prods=0&p_cats=&p_hidden_prods=&prod_lvl1=0&p_search_text=%s&p_new_search=1

ning
NAME ning -- search ning.com for social web applications ning [optional search term] EXAMPLES ning results: takes you to the Ning browse page ning google results: searches ning for applications that mention Google AUTHOR chicagosage b.a.
215 uses - Created 2006-02-22 20:12:26 - Last used 2017-05-05 02:33:20 - Nominate - Description - http://browse.ning.com/{ifnotempty %s -then search?q=%s&x=0&y=0}

cite
Search on Cite Seer Scientific Digital Library.
215 uses - Created 2006-09-04 08:31:38 - Last used 2025-05-28 04:00:04 - Nominate - Description - http://citeseer.ifi.unizh.ch/cis?q=%s&submit=Search+Documents&cs=1

wikia2
Take you to a page on any wikia. Use "wikia <project name>" to go to a project's homepage, or "wikia <projectname>:<pagename>" to jump to a page. Does not do search, goes right to the page. Examples: wikia furry -- Goes to Wikifur wikia creatures:Docking Station -- goes to the Creatures Wiki page on Docking Station
215 uses - Created 2006-10-06 00:12:25 - Last used 2011-02-18 05:51:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.wikia.com/wiki/c:%s[no url encoding]

ffs
Search Friendfeed Example: ffs iPhone Multiple search arguments are supported. Example: ffs iPhone 3G
215 uses - Created 2008-05-07 23:16:16 - Last used 2025-09-16 00:42:51 - Nominate - Description - http://friendfeed.com/search?q=%s

bkk
Blekko search. Example: bkk global warming /conservative
215 uses - Created 2010-11-01 04:20:26 - Last used 2022-05-25 07:33:02 - Nominate - Description - http://blekko.com/ws/%s

nj
Searches Ninjawords: Example: nj insidious
215 uses - Created 2009-12-10 00:54:58 - Last used 2023-03-17 06:05:30 - Nominate - Description - http://ninjawords.com/%s

canlii

215 uses - Created 2013-10-24 07:42:14 - Last used 2022-01-13 04:58:39 - Nominate - Description - http://www.canlii.org/en/search/search.do?all=%s

olga
Searches OLGA (the Online Guitar Archive - http://olga.net) for the given artist or song.
214 uses - Created 2005-06-20 18:19:15 - Last used 2025-07-06 05:46:57 - Nominate - Description - http://olga.net/dynamic/search.php?search=%s

mefiuserg
Search for Metafilter.com users via Google It works best if you use the whole user name however it will do partial matches if the user name contains spaces Example: mefiuserg mathowie
214 uses - Created 2005-09-27 13:37:58 - Last used 2007-04-15 14:59:23 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%s+inurl%3Auser+site%3Awww.metafilter.com

cli
cli stands for command line interface. "cli <command seached for>" searches via google on the site ss64.com, which lists many commands for Bash (Gnu/Linux and OS X), Oracle 9i, SQL Server 2005 and Windows NT/XP. Example: cli alias It will return helpfull information on the alias command (Bash shell).
214 uses - Created 2006-08-21 15:49:48 - Last used 2025-01-24 07:56:53 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awww.ss64.com&q=%s

tsc
torrentscan meta-search for torrents
214 uses - Created 2009-08-29 16:35:27 - Last used 2025-09-04 12:28:35 - Nominate - Description - http://www.torrentscan.com/?q=%s

smf
Search mediafire via google site: option. Add parameter as needed. smf radiohead
214 uses - Created 2010-05-09 00:50:58 - Last used 2019-01-21 18:42:05 - Nominate - Description - g site:mediafire.com %s

fdy
Finday, a social search engine and community powered by Google.
214 uses - Created 2010-07-21 07:49:55 - Last used 2017-05-05 02:33:49 - Nominate - Description - http://finday.com/search?q=%s

lincjpn
NUS LINC Japanese Search. Search National University of Singapore LINC (Library INtegrated Catalogue), but only items which are in Japanese language.
214 uses - Created 2010-08-03 15:10:26 - Last used 2011-08-22 17:31:35 - Nominate - Description - http://linc.nus.edu.sg/search/X?SEARCH=%s&l=jpn

ala (Golden Egg)
Search the A List Apart archives (XHTML, CSS, Design, etc.)
213 uses - Created 2005-06-17 00:26:39 - Last used 2025-08-30 03:37:29 - Description - http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=%s&sp-a=sp1002d27b&sp-f=ISO-8859-1&sp-p=All&sp-k=All

myweb
Search My Web - Yahoo! Search
213 uses - Created 2005-06-17 20:18:24 - Last used 2012-06-05 12:50:21 - Nominate - Description - http://myweb.search.yahoo.com/myweb/search?fr=yubnub-mw&p=%s

ks
Search the KinderStart.com directory! KinderStart is the largest (and most popular) indexed directory and search engine focused on children zero to seven on the 'net. Find adoption related information Example: ks adoption Find all listings pertaining to birthday cakes Example: ks birthday cake
213 uses - Created 2005-06-21 01:15:53 - Last used 2025-05-26 04:06:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.kinderstart.com/cgi-bin/sqlsearch.cgi?pos=1&query=%s&language=&advanced=&urlonly=&withid=

g+
when you include google as the first term of a search query, this is interpreted as the google comand, so the resulting query doesn't have the word google. You can search google on google with this command
213 uses - Created 2005-11-16 19:54:50 - Last used 2024-08-02 14:34:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?q=google+%s

jword
Search Japanese words at jisho.org (edict) Examples: jword baka jword &#22818; jword -j ai -e love jword -e escape
213 uses - Created 2007-09-25 21:02:39 - Last used 2020-06-01 20:59:22 - Nominate - Description - http://jisho.org/words?jap=${j}%s&eng=${e}&dict=edict

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