The Most-Used Commands

Tip: For a list of particularly interesting Yubnub commands, check out Yubnub Golden Eggs. Also see the Most-Used Commands.

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games
UK based game reviews site.
697 uses - Created 2005-06-09 23:53:04 - Last used 2024-12-18 09:18:43 - Nominate - Description - http://www.acegamez.co.uk

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

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
697 uses - Created 2005-12-21 23:54:36 - Last used 2024-12-06 06:01:54 - Nominate - Description - http://images.google.com/images?q=%s

g.it
SYNOPSIS g.it [keywords] EXAMPLE g.it Rinascimento Performs a Google.it search using the given keywords.
697 uses - Created 2007-08-28 18:58:37 - Last used 2009-04-28 18:16:54 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&q=%s

redune
Searches the official website of William Spaetzel
696 uses - Created 2005-06-16 22:27:59 - Last used 2022-12-26 14:41:56 - Nominate - Description - http://redune.com/search/node/%s

raw
RAWK Forum
696 uses - Created 2006-06-26 07:03:40 - Last used 2024-04-25 12:49:10 - Nominate - Description - http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=62eccc0a58d70a494c8ec164148b87a8&board=2.0

50
Search 50 Matches.com, which only crawls web sites that were bookmarked or voted for by people, in sites like del.icio.us, digg and reddit.
696 uses - Created 2007-05-14 09:40:12 - Last used 2024-09-09 13:20:16 - Nominate - Description - http://www.50matches.com/search.php?q=%s

jbo
Lojban<->English word lookup in vlasisku.
696 uses - Created 2010-06-27 14:19:30 - Last used 2015-02-18 17:47:08 - Nominate - Description - http://vlasisku.lojban.org/%s

playuk
Search www.play.com (UK) for products. Example: playuk ico
695 uses - Created 2005-12-14 08:52:32 - Last used 2016-02-21 01:19:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=search&searchtype=allproducts&searchstring=%s&page=search&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

ixquick
Searches www.ixquick.com
695 uses - Created 2006-09-11 16:38:50 - Last used 2019-11-24 04:05:22 - Nominate - Description - http://us.ixquick.com/do/metasearch.pl?cat=web&cmd=process_search&language=english&ff=&query=%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
694 uses - Created 2005-08-13 15:07:26 - Last used 2024-12-29 00:57:18 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gigastor.net/news.php?findNews=&no_filtering=&isLoaded=1&findNews=&searchWords=%s

wks
Searches the wiktionary (open content dictionary) english database for matches for your word(s). For example: wks elephant This will take you to the english wiktionary definition of an elephant: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/elephant
694 uses - Created 2006-02-04 03:08:00 - Last used 2019-10-25 08:47:15 - Nominate - Description - http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go

cdw
NAME cdw - search CDW.com for products. SYNOPSIS cdw %s EXAMPLE cdw barcode scanner AUTHOR Josh Diggs
694 uses - Created 2006-02-17 20:34:55 - Last used 2022-06-15 11:47:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cdw.com/shop/search/results.aspx?key=%s&platform=all

calking
calking uses the CalorieKing.com website to find nutritional information for a given query. No paramaters are needed for this command. Simply enter the terms from which to search. <i>Example: calking wendys</i> <i>Example: calking chicken fillet sandwich</i>
693 uses - Created 2006-01-27 19:57:21 - Last used 2017-11-16 22:46:42 - Nominate - Description - http://www.calorieking.com/foods/search.php?keywords=%s&showresults=yes

dodo
Domain Dossier: Will give you a domain whois record, dns record, traceroute, network whois record, and service scan. usage: dodo domain (domain is domainame.com, org, net edu, etc) Uses CentralOps.net Tools.
692 uses - Created 2005-07-13 21:36:46 - Last used 2021-11-22 16:02:03 - Nominate - Description - http://centralops.net/co/DomainDossier.aspx?addr=%s&dom_dns=true&dom_whois=true&net_whois=true&svc_scan=true&traceroute=true&go=Submit

genfr
Google Translate en->fr
690 uses - Created 2010-01-22 15:32:25 - Last used 2024-09-25 04:30:31 - Nominate - Description - http://translate.google.fr/translate_t?hl=&ie=UTF-8&text=%s&sl=en&tl=fr#

goodreads
Search for a book on goodreads Search by title: goodreads Harry Potter or by author: goodreads Herman Melville
689 uses - Created 2014-11-21 08:06:58 - Last used 2025-01-14 10:49:04 - Nominate - Description - https://www.goodreads.com/search?query=%s

say (Golden Egg)
An alias for "tts"
688 uses - Created 2005-06-11 19:22:13 - Last used 2024-09-09 23:37:38 - Description - https://translate.google.com/translate_tts?q=%s

uwiki
NAME uwiki - Search the Ubuntu Linux wiki. SYNOPSIS uwiki [SEARCH] EXAMPLE uwiki installation uwiki searches the Ubuntu Linux wiki. Note that is a title, and not entry body, search. For more information about Ubuntu, check out ubuntulinux.org. AUTHOR Tommy B. <tommy04@gmail.com>
687 uses - Created 2005-07-24 16:56:36 - Last used 2014-08-13 00:22:03 - Nominate - Description - https://wiki.ubuntu.com//?action=fullsearch&context=180&value=%s&titlesearch=Titles

ned
NASA Extragalactic Database
687 uses - Created 2009-06-01 08:54:08 - Last used 2017-05-27 05:38:56 - Nominate - Description - http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=%s&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES

prima
Prima deeplink. additional authorization required to be useful. @nph
687 uses - Created 2015-08-14 06:23:24 - Last used 2025-01-03 12:37:34 - Nominate - Description - https://w3.ibm.com/services/bicentral/protect/primaV2/prima.wss?page=ProjBillingCodeMonitor2013&primaApp=Prima&country=788&worknumber=%s

th
English to Thai Dictionary or Thai to Engilsh Dictionary
686 uses - Created 2005-06-21 04:04:46 - Last used 2024-09-12 17:48:32 - Nominate - Description - http://lexitron.nectec.or.th/sansarn?key=%s

geo (Golden Egg)
NAME geo - Find geotagged Flickr photos and GPS tracks on a Google Map at maps.yuan.cc SYNOPSIS geo [ADDRESS] -z [OPTIONAL: ZOOM LEVEL 1-19] -service [OPTIONAL: SERVICE] EXAMPLES geo 450 s dearborn, chicago, il (returns a map of 450 s. dearborn, chicago, il, with Flickr photos) geo 60607 -z 15 (returns a map of Flickr photos in zip code 60607, zoomed to level 15) geo taipei, taiwan -service gps (returns a map of GPS tracks in Taipei) geo (returns a world map of Flickr photos) Yuan.CC Maps is a …
685 uses - Created 2005-06-08 19:08:33 - Last used 2024-03-22 13:56:41 - Description - http://maps.yuan.cc/?{eop address=@%s@&zoom=${z=13} -else zoom=${z=2}}&service=${service=flickr}

sss
Find Italian synonyms/antonyms using Virgilio Thesaurus ---------- Old implementation: http://parole.virgilio.it/parole/sinonimi_e_contrari/index.asp?ricerca=true&cerca=%s&Trova.x=0&Trova.y=0
685 uses - Created 2006-01-06 11:47:42 - Last used 2024-10-17 06:26:28 - Nominate - Description - http://parole.virgilio.it/parolecgi/ControlServletParole?op=3&sinonimi=%s

foo
Crazy blog of Mark Foo!
683 uses - Created 2005-06-09 23:51:49 - Last used 2024-12-25 09:11:19 - Nominate - Description - http://cowermortals.blogspot.com/

pop
Country population To get the population of a country, just provide the country name Example: pop canada
683 uses - Created 2005-06-19 14:30:48 - Last used 2024-12-12 09:10:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.indexmundi.com/%s/population.html

craigs
visit different Craigs List city sites using yubnub command line usage example: craigs austin -goes to http://austin.craigslist.org ~jbrown~
683 uses - Created 2006-12-16 21:32:36 - Last used 2023-09-21 22:51:41 - Nominate - Description - http://{ifthen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then %s -else www}.craigslist.org[no url encoding]

ytssl
Search YouTube with encrypted mode (SSL).
683 uses - Created 2011-05-02 21:29:26 - Last used 2024-09-03 02:17:32 - Nominate - Description - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_sort=relevance&search_query=%s&search=Search

stream
Streams a .wmv file using the engine of PlanetaKornerson.com stream + *url_of_wmv*
682 uses - Created 2005-09-12 10:23:56 - Last used 2024-08-19 05:15:04 - Nominate - Description - http://www.planetakornerson.com/media/qplay2.asp?m=%s

4cc
Takes you to the 4chan catalog for whatever the first parameter is. For example, 4cc vg takes you to the catalog of threads for /vg/.
682 uses - Created 2012-02-19 05:17:43 - Last used 2016-08-09 13:36:17 - Nominate - Description - http://catalog.neet.tv/%s/

fotolia
Fotolia image search. Fotolia is a large stock image agency. To find photographs or illustrations, give one or more keywords. Example: green tea cup
681 uses - Created 2006-06-15 07:50:38 - Last used 2020-11-22 23:33:54 - Nominate - Description - http://www.fotolia.com/search.php?search_display=48&order_by=1&partner=24755&k=%s

twu (Golden Egg)
Updates your twitter status and then redirects to the twitter homepage.
681 uses - Created 2006-12-11 16:53:05 - Last used 2023-11-19 07:18:08 - Description - both twiu %s -and twi

doit
One of the best webbased task planner
681 uses - Created 2007-03-13 15:52:32 - Last used 2019-05-28 13:10:37 - Nominate - Description - http://www.todoist.com

iapps
Search Apple iTunes with Google site search Usage: iapps [query]. (Author: Stefan Schwingeler)
680 uses - Created 2010-12-06 08:24:30 - Last used 2024-05-24 14:13:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=de&q=%s+site%3Aitunes.apple.com&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

xpath
NAME xpath - Perform an XPath query on a webpage or bit of XML SYNOPSIS xpath [XML DATA] -url [URL] -query [XPATH QUERY] -as=xml [ARRAY TYPE] -callback [CALLBACK] EXAMPLES xpath -url http://google.com -query //title An XML-style 'array' with the <title> tag from http://google.com AUTHOR Stephen Paul Weber http://singpolyma.net/
680 uses - Created 2007-02-14 23:37:13 - Last used 2023-12-12 07:55:40 - Nominate - Description - http://jonathanaquino.com/singpolymaplay/yubnub-xpath.php?xn_auth=no&url=${url}&data=%s&query=${query}&as=${as=xml}&callback=${callback}

lyw
lyric wiki search, find band discographies, lyrics, and albums/album art
680 uses - Created 2008-01-06 02:12:42 - Last used 2021-09-08 05:08:41 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/custom?domains=lyricwiki.org&q=%s&sitesearch=lyricwiki.org&sa=Search&client=pub-7265006513689515&forid=1&channel=5546553971&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&flav=0000&sig=oOFf0CQw6mX1OEiH&cof=GALT%3A%23008000%3BGL%3A1%3BDIV%3A%23336699%3BVLC%3A663399%3BAH%3Acenter%3BBGC%3AFFFFFF%3BLBGC%3A336699%3BALC%3A0000FF%3BLC%3A0000FF%3BT%3A000000%3BGFNT%3A0000FF%3BGIMP%3A0000FF%3BLH%3A50%3BLW%3A50%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Flyricwiki.org%2FlyricWiki.png%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Flyricwiki.org%3BFORID%3A1&hl=en

brickset
Search for Brickset, a LEGO set database specializing in reviews of sets.
680 uses - Created 2009-10-21 02:57:54 - Last used 2023-06-25 18:24:47 - Nominate - Description - http://www.brickset.com/search/?query=%s

abk
german abbreviation on abkuerzungen.de
678 uses - Created 2005-10-24 14:52:25 - Last used 2022-04-10 00:50:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.abkuerzungen.de/pc/html/result.php?abbreviation=%s

salidzini
Search Salidzini.lv - Latvian service for comparing prices on many internet shops
677 uses - Created 2010-09-02 07:00:24 - Last used 2023-01-28 13:05:39 - Nominate - Description - http://www.salidzini.lv/search.php?q=%s&cn=&cl=

gre
Opens Google Reader home page
676 uses - Created 2007-06-09 15:13:05 - Last used 2023-03-13 09:22:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/reader/view/

kym
Search the Internet Meme Database at knowyourmeme.com
675 uses - Created 2009-06-22 13:41:00 - Last used 2024-12-28 04:21:17 - Nominate - Description - http://knowyourmeme.com/search?q=%s

pussy

673 uses - Created 2005-06-10 00:50:42 - Last used 2024-12-24 01:47:27 - Nominate - Description - http://www.gayporn.com

access
Search using Google's Accessible Search. From their FAQ: Accessible Search is an early Google Labs product designed to identify and prioritize search results that are more easily usable by blind and visually impaired users. Regular Google search helps you find a set of documents that is most relevant to your tasks. Accessible Search goes one step further by helping you find the most accessible pages in that result set.
673 uses - Created 2006-07-21 04:12:58 - Last used 2024-10-06 09:01:57 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/u/accessible?cx=accessible%21&q=%s&btnG=Search

photobucket
Image hosting site
672 uses - Created 2005-06-23 04:15:18 - Last used 2022-07-26 14:28:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.photobucket.com

ic5
search icons at iconfinder.net ---------- Old implementation: http://www.iconfinder.net/search/?q=%s
672 uses - Created 2009-07-16 17:32:30 - Last used 2020-05-10 15:56:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=%s

gmso
Log out of Gmail. b.a.
671 uses - Created 2006-09-23 02:38:30 - Last used 2016-02-16 07:38:48 - Nominate - Description - http://mail.google.com/mail/?logout&hl=en

ripe
Search in RIPE's database
670 uses - Created 2005-06-22 13:24:54 - Last used 2024-04-10 01:18:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ripe.net/fcgi-bin/whois?form_type=simple&full_query_string=&searchtext=%s&do_search=Search

pvp
PVP: Player vs. Player Takes you to the archives of the PVP comic written by Scott Kurtz. To go to the current comic (on the site's front page): pvp To go to an archived comic, use the form 'pvp yyyymmdd': pvp 20051003
670 uses - Created 2005-10-06 22:08:41 - Last used 2022-05-26 03:43:31 - Nominate - Description - http://pvponline.com/archive.php3?archive=%s

rubnub-v1-firstrun
After installing RubNub v1.0, this command will be called to provide a 'first time run' help page. >||;)
670 uses - Created 2006-08-07 08:37:38 - Last used 2010-03-08 02:39:31 - Nominate - Description - http://www.rubnub.org/rubnub-v1-firstrun

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