The Most-Used Commands
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py
Display Python module documentation. Example: "py re" -- the 're' package, for regular expressions.
3237 uses
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Created 2006-01-17 18:59:43
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2023-03-15 02:54:14
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http://docs.python.org/lib/module-%s.html
http
Go to a web page. Example: http slashdot.org
3234 uses
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Created 2005-06-20 10:42:11
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2024-03-24 10:11:31
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http://%s
gshark
Searches grooveshark (currently grooveshark lite) created by themorgantown@gmail.com ---------- Old implementation: http://listen.grooveshark.com/index.php?searchQuery=%s
3209 uses
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Created 2008-08-25 21:39:38
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2015-02-15 16:22:45
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http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/search/songs/?query=%s
twuser
Go to the given user's twitter page
3201 uses
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Created 2007-10-06 19:48:33
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2020-07-05 15:24:53
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http://twitter.com/%s
amade
Amazon Deutschland
3199 uses
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Created 2006-07-28 11:07:00
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2024-12-01 13:44:50
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http://www.amazon.de/gp/search/ref=nb_ss_w/028-2920520-3332512?__mk_de_DE=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=%s&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go
rmn
Searches RetailMeNot.com for the URL given.
3198 uses
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Created 2006-10-30 06:08:55
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2024-12-16 06:39:04
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http://www.retailmenot.com/view/%s
xn
web related with porn only adults. web relacionada con porno solo adultos.
3194 uses
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Created 2011-12-07 00:36:58
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2025-01-03 16:38:11
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http://video.xnxx.com/?k=%s
em
(Golden Egg)
Search eMusic.com
3193 uses
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Created 2005-06-08 20:54:31
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2024-07-22 12:09:44
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http://www.emusic.com/search.html?mode=x&QT=%s&x=0&y=0
v
Search for law in Spain.
3192 uses
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Created 2005-06-17 10:38:51
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2024-12-08 07:43:32
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http://premium.vlex.com/home/busqueda.asp?categoria=&universal=1&textolibre=%s&Submit=Buscar&condicion=and
addons
Keyword search of the Mozilla Add-ons site: To search for all add-ons dealing with bookmarks type: addons bookmarks
3178 uses
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Created 2008-06-24 19:56:00
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2024-11-15 06:26:53
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https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search?q=%s&cat=all
gio
Google Images with old good interface.
3177 uses
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Created 2010-07-26 14:31:26
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2023-10-23 04:31:07
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http://images.google.com/images?q=%s&sout=1
mscb
MusicBrainz search. This combines the six other commands into one and provides features the others don't. By default, the command searches MusicBrainz by artist without advanced query syntax, limited to 25 results per page. The -type switch can be used to search for release group (-type release_group), release (-type release), track (-type track), label (-type label), CD stub (-type cdstub), FreeDB (-type freedb), or by annotation (-type annotation). The default is -type artist The -limit switc…
3174 uses
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Created 2006-11-08 23:29:21
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2025-01-08 00:07:37
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http://musicbrainz.org/search/textsearch.html?query=%s&type=${type=artist}&limit=${limit=25}&adv={ switch ${adv=off} | off => 0, on => on}
where
(Golden Egg)
DNSStuff.com GeoIP lookup. This search resolves IP addresses to physical location. Example using yahoo.com's IP address: where 216.109.112.135 Example results: IP: 216.109.112.135 Country: United States City: Sunnyvale, California Country Code: US Currency: USD [United States Dollars] Private IP? No Known Proxy? No Enjoy!
3174 uses
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Created 2006-11-11 17:54:53
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2024-12-14 03:38:34
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http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/ipall.ch?ip=%s
leoes
3172 uses
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Created 2007-12-30 08:15:59
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2024-10-23 05:38:15
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http://dict.leo.org/esde?lang=de&lp=esde&search=%s
dp
Dogpile Search
3170 uses
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Created 2005-06-22 16:01:34
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2024-07-18 20:20:55
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http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/search/web/%s
science
Google Scholar Search >||;)
3165 uses
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Created 2005-11-11 00:02:41
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2025-01-11 17:51:28
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http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%s
gus
Search Google with US as geo location
3148 uses
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Created 2007-02-23 03:58:13
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2023-12-08 17:39:18
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http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&newwindow=1&gl=us&safe=off&btnG=Search&q=+%s
pm
Search PubMed Database
3143 uses
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Created 2005-06-22 19:17:14
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2024-10-16 06:36:32
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?holding=uw&cmd=search&db=PubMed&term=%s+AND+english+[lang]&dispmax=50&doptcmdl=abstract&orig_db=PubMed
phub
for the fun -s parameter for: rv = relevence (default) mr = most recent mv = most viewed tr = top rated by = by title lg = longest
3137 uses
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Created 2008-11-01 23:56:40
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2025-01-10 13:37:09
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http://www.pornhub.com/video/search?search=%s&o=${s=rv}
fdi
The Free dictionary with a parameter
3131 uses
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Created 2007-08-25 19:18:38
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2024-12-06 05:17:29
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http://thefreedictionary.com/%s
gmobile
(Golden Egg)
Mobile device version of the page, (different that the command gproxy that is used to bypass proxy) View any site without images, CSS or JavaScript. Useful on mobile devices, as a proxy or printable page.
3130 uses
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Created 2005-12-28 06:35:06
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2024-12-29 08:26:14
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http://www.google.com/gwt/n?q=%s&site=search&hl=en&lr=&mrestrict=xhtml&ct=res&cd=1&rd=1&u=%s&_gwt_noimg=1
swag
Search using SwagBucks search engine and get a chance to win a prize with each search. SwagBucks search is powered by Google. Example: swag porsche 911
3126 uses
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Created 2009-05-22 19:53:46
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2016-03-16 00:38:55
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http://swagbucks.com/?q=%s
wxc
3122 uses
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Created 2008-02-14 17:09:48
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2022-03-16 12:58:54
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http://www.wenxuecity.com/
c-old
3114 uses
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Created 2006-08-15 16:07:15
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2012-10-19 12:21:01
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http://www.cuil.com/search?q=%s
firefox
Get firefox! Best browser on the web.
3113 uses
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Created 2005-06-20 19:01:39
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2024-12-12 22:00:16
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http://www.getfirefox.com
kindle
This searches Amazon for books available in Kindle (their ebook reader) versions.
3096 uses
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Created 2008-07-11 03:31:06
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2025-01-10 03:24:38
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http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/103-7294392-3329431?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=%s&x=0&y=0
mdeli
Go to delicious bookmarks for username and tagname To view all bookmarks with the tag "tech" under username "bob" command: mydeli bob tech creates url: http://del.icio.us/bob/tech
3084 uses
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Created 2006-06-27 00:19:44
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2015-04-22 02:39:21
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http://del.icio.us/{% 1 %s}/{% 2 %s}[no url encoding]
ifMatch
(Golden Egg)
NAME ifMatch - Searches a string for a match to a regular expression pattern and returns a value based on the result. SYNOPSIS ifMatch -pattern [REGEX PATTERN] -string [STRING] -then [RESULT IF MATCH] -else [RESULT IF NOT MATCH] -redirect [REDIRECT] EXAMPLES ifMatch -pattern /wor/ -string Hello world! -then yub -else nub (Returns "yub") ifMatch -pattern /Wor/i -string Hello world! -then yub -else nub (Returns "yub". The "i" indicates that the pattern is case insensitive) ifMatch -pattern /^wor/…
3074 uses
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Created 2006-04-03 18:18:56
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2013-03-27 16:37:55
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http://jonathanaquino.com/yubscripts/ifthen/regexp.php?pattern=${pattern}&string=${string}&then=${then}&els=${else}&redirect=${redirect=false}&xn_auth=no
g2
SYNOPSIS g [keywords] EXAMPLE g cars g porsche Google's "Browse By Name" search. If the first search result is the one that almost all users click on, g takes you directly to that page. Otherwise (and most of the time) it displays the usual list of Google search results. For example, "g cars" will display a list of Google search results for cars. But "g porsche" will take you directly to the Porsche website, because that's what almost all users click on. For more information, see Jesse Ruderman…
3067 uses
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Created 2005-07-11 19:52:02
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2025-01-07 19:02:31
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http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=%s
mlpug
Comando para buscar no Mercado livre (ml) com os filtros: menor preço (p), usados (u) e visualizando o resultado em grade (g).
3066 uses
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Created 2017-03-21 00:04:32
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2025-01-10 11:43:54
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http://lista.mercadolivre.com.br/%s_OrderId_PRICE_ItemTypeID_U_G_OrderId_PRICE_U
walmart
Search WalMart.com
3061 uses
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Created 2005-06-12 23:57:46
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2024-10-18 17:31:31
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http://www.walmart.com/search/?query=%s
ubuntu
Ubuntu Linux.
3060 uses
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Created 2005-06-22 21:13:41
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2024-10-24 19:47:30
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http://ubuntulinux.org
amzj
Amazon.co.jp (Amazon Japan) Search
3040 uses
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Created 2006-10-14 09:53:27
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2023-04-02 20:35:56
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http://amazon.co.jp/gp/search/field-keywords=%s
linm
LinkedIn Name Search Example: linm Reid Hoffman ========== Old implementation: https://www.linkedin.com/ns?search=&name=%s
3037 uses
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Created 2005-08-08 05:28:30
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2023-09-14 04:31:19
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http://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&keywords=%s
whd
Search Wowhead Database
3037 uses
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Created 2008-06-14 18:02:17
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2022-11-30 01:11:25
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http://www.wowhead.com/?search=%s
lynx
(Golden Egg)
View the source of the given URL. Handy for browsers that do not have a "View Source" menu item (like mobile browsers). Example: lynx http://google.com Uses Rex Swain's HTTP Viewer. "See exactly what an HTTP request returns to your browser."
3035 uses
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Created 2005-07-11 00:57:41
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2024-11-25 07:44:17
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http://www.rexswain.com/cgi-bin/httpview.cgi?url=%s&req=Get&ver=1.1&fmt=Auto&uag=&aen=&fwd=on
osms
OpenStreetMap front-page search and map for a location
3022 uses
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Created 2011-02-24 16:23:20
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2025-01-07 09:24:42
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http://www.openstreetmap.org/?query=%s
nokia
To get technical specification of a Nokia phone, just type nokia followed by the model. example: nokia N70 example: nokia 9300i
3006 uses
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Created 2006-01-16 20:25:39
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2024-06-05 08:46:11
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http://www.forum.nokia.com/devices/%s
subfo
Searches Ubuntuforums.org using the quicksearch found on the ubuntuforums homepage subfo lamp searches for 'lamp'
3003 uses
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Created 2006-08-02 19:40:24
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2012-09-18 12:23:07
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http://ubuntuforums.org/search.php?query=%s&do=process&quicksearch=1&showposts=0
/b/
4Chan's /b/
3002 uses
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Created 2007-01-06 14:02:01
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2021-04-10 19:49:07
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http://img.4chan.org/b/
iplayer
BBC iPlayer search
3002 uses
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Created 2008-11-08 19:38:05
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2024-04-29 14:27:32
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/search/?q=%s
delicious
(Golden Egg)
Search for these tags on del.icio.us (seperate with +)
2996 uses
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Created 2005-06-05 22:48:17
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2024-04-02 20:24:48
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http://del.icio.us/tag/%s
vatera
Keresés a vatera aukciós oldalon.
2992 uses
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Created 2007-12-28 19:25:25
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2023-08-19 17:14:28
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http://www.vatera.hu/listings/index.php?q=%s&Submit2=Keres%E9s&td=1
make
Make something to eat tonite.
2987 uses
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Created 2005-06-21 22:13:45
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2025-01-03 07:23:33
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http://search.allrecipes.com/recipe/quick.asp?q1=%s&lnkid=65&x=0&y=0
cluster
(Golden Egg)
Clusty Search. Clusty uses a Clustering Engine to organize search results into folders grouping similar items together. To cluster a search, simply type in your search term after the word "cluster." Example: cluster [Your Keyword Here] For instance, if you wanted to search for "The Homestar Runner," you would enter: cluster "The Homestar Runner"
2980 uses
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Created 2005-06-12 06:20:05
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2024-03-04 16:14:49
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http://clusty.com/search?query=%s
gro
Search on Google Romania, pages from Romania.
2976 uses
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Created 2006-11-28 15:03:09
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2024-05-27 04:19:43
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http://www.google.ro/search?meta=cr%3DcountryRO&q=%s
unix
Search the UNIX man pages
2974 uses
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Created 2005-07-15 22:19:31
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2024-11-03 14:15:41
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http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/man-cgi?%s
tvcom
Searches TV.Com (would prefer "tv" keyword but it's taken).
2973 uses
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Created 2005-07-01 05:10:41
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2015-12-06 11:25:51
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http://www.tv.com/search.php?type=11&stype=all&qs=%s&x=0&y=0
ezpic
easynews pic
2972 uses
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Created 2008-11-17 23:32:48
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2017-10-15 08:20:05
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http://members.easynews.com/global4/search.html?gps=%s&sbj=&from=&ns=&fil=&fex=&vc=&ac=&fty%5B%5D=IMAGE&s1=dtime&s1d=-&s2=nrfile&s2d=%2B&s3=dsize&s3d=%2B&pby=500&pno=1&sS=1&u=1&svL=&d1=&d1t=&d2=&d2t=&b1=&b1t=&b2=&b2t=&px1=&px1t=5&px2=&px2t=&fps1=&fps1t=&fps2=&fps2t=&bps1=&bps1t=&bps2=&bps2t=&hz1=&hz1t=&hz2=&hz2t=&rn1=&rn1t=&rn2=&rn2t=&submit=Search&fly=2
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