The Most-Used Commands
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uwa
Searches University of Washington website.
760 uses
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Created 2006-09-13 09:04:45
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2016-07-05 16:22:43
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http://www.google.com/u/washington?site=search&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=%s
googlemaps
google maps
759 uses
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Created 2005-06-16 16:15:19
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2025-05-21 22:36:04
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http://maps.google.com
emerge
SYNOPSIS emerge [keywords] EXAMPLE emerge bash Searches the Gentoo-Portage website for packages using the given keywords.
759 uses
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Created 2007-03-28 18:05:25
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2024-07-10 09:14:27
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http://gentoo-portage.com/Search?search=%s
nt
search NowTorrent
758 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 03:01:37
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2024-03-31 04:27:24
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http://www.nowtorrents.com/search?q=%s&search_button=Search
echops
echo %s
758 uses
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Created 2005-12-21 15:09:54
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2016-09-12 12:21:33
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http://yubnub.org/example/echo?text=%25s
ruby
757 uses
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Created 2006-03-05 20:18:43
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2021-05-23 05:14:28
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http://www.rubyonrails.org
blog
756 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 22:33:42
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2023-06-02 15:49:22
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http://www.blogger.com
macupdate
Searches MacUpdate.com for the specified product ---------- Old implementation: http://www.macupdate.com/search.php?os=macosx&keywords=%s
756 uses
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Created 2006-07-12 06:38:25
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2018-12-09 17:38:14
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http://macupdate.com/search.php?keywords=%s&os=mac
mooch
Search BookMooch BookMooch (www.bookmooch.com) is a community for exchanging used books. usage: mooch <searchterm>
756 uses
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Created 2006-09-15 09:21:47
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2020-12-27 09:46:56
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http://www.bookmooch.com/s/%s
german
Translates English text to German.
756 uses
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Created 2006-10-25 15:15:01
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2025-05-31 22:19:37
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http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_txt?lp=en_de&trtext=%s
wkheb
This searches for the specified term within Hebrew Wikipedia.
755 uses
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Created 2007-08-15 18:08:34
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2010-09-10 22:53:01
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http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%95%D7%97%D7%93:Search?search=%s
bitcoin
General bitcoin block explorer command http://blockexplorer.com For more information about bitoin, visit http://www.bitcoin.org
755 uses
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Created 2010-12-15 01:25:19
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2025-03-15 00:18:09
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http://blockexplorer.com/search/%s
imageshack
754 uses
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Created 2006-07-26 04:41:21
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2017-11-09 05:44:20
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http://imageshack.us/
delete
(Golden Egg)
To delete a tag from all your flickr photos which contain that specific tag for e.g. delete testing
754 uses
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Created 2006-08-02 12:02:53
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2025-05-31 17:29:43
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http://flickr.com/photos/me/tags/%s/delete
trenitalia
NAME Trenitalia - search timetables inside Trenitalia.it, italian railways national system SYNOPSIS Trenitalia [DEPARTING CITY] [DESTINATION CITY] WITH PARAMETERS: Search timetables for the current date and time: WITHOUT: Go to the Trenitalia Homepage EXAMPLES To go to the main page: Trenitalia To perform a search: Trenitalia milano torino AUTHOR Alexrah
754 uses
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Created 2007-01-07 06:22:45
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2025-03-12 09:46:26
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{ifthen (%s<>" ")http://orario.trenitalia.com/b2c/TimeTable?stazin={% 1 %s}&stazout={% 2 %s}&datag={date -format d}&datam={date -format m}&dataa={date -format Y}&timsh={date -format H}&timsm={date -format M}&invia=INVIA&lang=it&nreq=5&channel=tcom[no url encoding],http://www.trenitalia.com/it/nazionali.shtml}
saft
Search book titles in O'Reilly's Safari Books Online. Example: saft PHP Cookbook
754 uses
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Created 2007-07-02 02:11:17
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2025-06-27 05:41:37
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http://safari.oreilly.com/search?&__ASSearchFor=SearchForAllBooks&__advancedsearchtextbox=&__ASHowSearch=ASSearchAll&__ASSearchIn=ASFullText&__ASWordsInTitle=%s&__ASPrimaryCategory=&__ASAuthor=&__ASISBN=&__ASYearFrom=&__ASYearTo=&__submit.x=0&__submit.y=0&__submit=Search&search=&NewSearch=1&page=0&searchview=summary&__searchmode=advanced&sort=rank&order=desc
heart
Submit an image to the image bookmarking service WeHeartIt.com. Syntax: heart [IMAGE URL] -t [TITLE] -v ["VIA" URL OF WEBPAGE YOU FOUND THE IMAGE ON] Only the first parameter (the image URL) is required; the other two are optional. Example: heart http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3287/2511529808_32335319ca.jpg -t pit stop 5 from BoringPostcards -v http://www.flickr.com/photos/3dhighway/2511529808/
754 uses
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Created 2008-05-27 01:10:03
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2025-04-17 18:46:15
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http://weheartit.com/add.php?title=${t}&via=${v}&img=%s
smileam
Amazon.com command that supports the AmazonSmile program (i.e. searches via smile.amazon.com). Searches using the given keyword (e.g. book title, author, etc.). More information about AmazonSmile here: http://smile.amazon.com/about
754 uses
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Created 2014-02-13 13:36:25
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2018-06-17 14:32:57
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http://smile.amazon.com/s/?field-keywords=%s
keep
Google Keep
754 uses
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Created 2015-02-13 13:02:16
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2025-06-30 08:51:41
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https://keep.google.com/?hl=es&pli=1
tab
Search any guitar pro tablatures or midi of your favorite songs
752 uses
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Created 2005-06-16 10:49:01
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2025-02-06 11:45:40
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http://www.mysongbook.com/?msbp=eng%2Ctab%2Ctab_list&keyword=%s&imageField.x=0&imageField.y=0
gnb
752 uses
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Created 2008-04-04 21:58:09
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2010-07-25 23:03:58
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http://www.google.com/notebook/
gmnl
Google Maps Dutch version search.
751 uses
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Created 2006-12-11 16:06:03
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2014-08-12 00:33:49
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http://maps.google.nl/maps?q=%s
gksj
Google Beta Shortcuts: browse through Japanese Google search results with keyboard shortcuts
750 uses
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Created 2009-07-27 15:40:53
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2010-12-16 09:52:56
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http://www.google.co.jp/search?esrch=BetaShortcuts&hl=en&q=%s&btnG=Search
leopl
Check dict.leo.org for German–Polish translation
750 uses
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Created 2017-09-28 11:58:56
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2025-07-07 00:24:26
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http://dict.leo.org/plde?lang=de&lp=plde&search=%s
filext
Search filext.com for information about a file extension. Example: filext exe
749 uses
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Created 2005-06-27 19:47:08
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2022-10-06 07:36:38
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http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=%s&Submit3=Go%21
gindex
Performs a google index search of defined terms (use term.term.term to ensure valid search. Search is restricted to indexof lists only.
749 uses
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Created 2007-07-02 14:12:14
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2018-06-19 14:57:01
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http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=intitle%3A%22index.of%22%28mp3%7Cm4a%7Cavi%7Cdivx%29+%s+-php+-html+-htm+-asp+-cf+-jsp&btnG=Search
phon
(Golden Egg)
Converts the given text to the phonetic alphabet (Alpha, Bravo, Zulu, ...) Example: phon hello world returns: Hotel Echo Lima Lima Oscar Whiskey Oscar Romeo Lima Delta Useful for conveying important information over the phone (like zip codes)
748 uses
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Created 2005-08-17 05:06:33
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Last used
2024-07-06 12:42:37
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http://yubnub.org/example/to_phonetics?text=%s
gans
Description: Google Answers. Answered questions Insrtuctions: Type "gans" then what question you want answered. Example: gans how to build a computer Author: Troy
748 uses
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Created 2006-07-20 15:53:37
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2021-12-21 09:39:34
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http://answers.google.com/answers/search?q=%s&qtype=answered&btnG=Google+Search
Gphrase
Google phrase search. Automatically includes quotations to search.
748 uses
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Created 2007-08-08 20:55:51
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2009-06-08 12:01:05
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http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22%s%22&btnG=Google+Search
cineols
Cineol advanced search. It takes you directly to the first search result. Created by Pol Milian
748 uses
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Created 2010-05-25 17:41:53
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2012-08-09 22:48:44
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> cineol %s
wpfirst
Takes you to the first wikipedia result, like the imdbs and rotom command. Created by Pol Milian
748 uses
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Created 2010-05-25 17:54:54
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2012-08-09 22:48:44
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> wp %s
sarah
(Golden Egg)
Visit Sarah Lane's personal website/blog.
747 uses
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Created 2005-06-09 18:15:21
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2025-01-24 17:46:14
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http://www.sarahlane.com
ykdic
Yahoo Korea's Dictionary (Encyclopedia, Korean to English, English to Korean, Chinese Characters for Korean)
747 uses
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Created 2007-06-22 18:02:30
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2013-12-17 12:26:41
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http://kr.dictionary.search.yahoo.com/search/dictionaryp?subtype=all&p=%s
fruk
Google UK product search (was known as froogle) shortr form of 'froogleuk' command
747 uses
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Created 2007-08-24 13:18:12
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2017-11-16 17:34:52
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http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=%s&num=20
definit
Get the French definition of a word from Cnrtl.fr.
747 uses
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Created 2008-04-12 09:43:47
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2016-03-27 15:13:24
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http://www.cnrtl.fr/lexicographie/%s
kio
746 uses
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Created 2011-06-07 13:37:11
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2024-04-17 01:37:30
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http://kiosko.net/es/
ezn
Easynews.com search ezn [query string] -type [MOVIE | AUDIO | EXECUTABLE ] Include type (option must be all caps), to search for movie, audio or exe files.
745 uses
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Created 2006-01-28 10:49:53
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2025-02-25 02:58:01
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http://members.easynews.com/global4/search.html?gps=%s&u=1&sbj=&fil=&fex=&from=&ns=&d1=&d1t=&d2=&d2t=&b1=&b1t=&b2=&b2t=&fty%5B%5D=${type}&pby=100&pno=1&sS=3&s1=nsubject&s1d=%2B&s2=nrfile&s2d=%2B&s3=dsize&s3d=%2B
shoutcast
(Golden Egg)
Search Shoutcast streaming music directory. Example: shoutcast energy
744 uses
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Created 2005-06-13 18:34:48
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2025-07-09 07:24:39
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http://www.shoutcast.com/directory/?s=%s
webmail
Webmail services for Tel-Aviv university
743 uses
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Created 2005-11-02 17:22:44
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2024-02-25 14:39:58
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http://webmail.tau.ac.il
nintendo
This needs no real description does it? I mean it is nintendo, maker of some of the worlds best video games. Example: nintendo hockey
741 uses
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Created 2005-06-15 15:48:09
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2024-12-11 17:28:49
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http://www.nintendo.com/search?query=%s&category=games
rev
SYNOPSIS rev [query] EXAMPLE rev pc mice Searches for reviews of your query on Google. If you do "rev pc mice" you will get reviews of PC mice.
740 uses
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Created 2005-06-23 05:53:15
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2024-08-14 18:16:32
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http://www.google.com/search?q=%2Breview+%s
dailymotion
performs a video search on dailymotion.com
740 uses
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Created 2008-08-25 07:59:19
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2025-03-12 13:51:40
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http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/%s
w3m
Strip Images From Webpage Text Only
740 uses
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Created 2017-03-31 16:10:08
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2025-04-07 13:12:05
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https://www.textise.net/showText.aspx?strURL=%s
winamp
NAME Winamp - search for a plugin on Winamp.com SYNOPSIS Winamp [TEXT TO SEARCH] Optional arguments: -<TEXT TO SEARCH> Search the text you enter on http://www.winamp.com EXAMPLES To perform a search: Winamp Cover To go to the main page: Winamp ... AUTHOR Superjuju
739 uses
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Created 2006-02-10 05:45:35
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2024-07-28 12:06:35
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http://www.winamp.com{ifThen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then /plugins/browse.php?sourceid=Mozilla-search%26query=%s%26type=P%26search=yes%26filter=C}
bps
Find blogs that point to a link via BlogPulse
738 uses
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Created 2006-01-30 08:06:45
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2024-09-19 21:00:15
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http://www.blogpulse.com/search?boolean=link&link=%s
wsrs
738 uses
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Created 2011-07-14 14:12:57
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2013-01-13 21:57:26
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http://watchseries.eu/search/%s
hola
Notitek.com.ar el blog de noticas TeKis
737 uses
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Created 2006-03-28 01:31:39
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2025-01-03 03:12:38
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http://www.notitek.com.ar
f2e
shortcut to fr2en, just a bi-i-i-i-t shorter
737 uses
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Created 2006-05-25 01:03:20
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2020-10-27 00:04:39
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fr2en %s
wpr
Random wikipedia article.
737 uses
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Created 2006-10-16 22:17:23
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2020-03-23 13:30:32
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
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