The Most-Used Commands
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drupal
Performs a search of Drupal.org using Google, because Drupal's search engine sucks.
7243 uses
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Created 2006-01-07 00:00:25
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2013-06-04 00:13:26
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http://www.google.com/search?as_q=%s&num=10&hl=en&c2coff=1&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=drupal.org&as_rights=&safe=off
origo
Search on the hungarian news portal origo.hu.
7219 uses
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Created 2008-02-25 09:29:50
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2013-06-18 07:33:32
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http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aorigo.hu+%s
bt
(Golden Egg)
Searches www.torrentz.com Keywords: torrent, torrents, bittorent, p2p ---------- Old implementation: http://search.bittorrent.com/search.jsp?query=%s
7199 uses
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Created 2005-06-20 15:59:37
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2013-06-16 01:50:05
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http://www.torrentz.com/search?q=%s
hulu
Hulu.com Search. Hulu.com features many episodes of popular (and not-so-popular) new and classic television shows. To search for a particular show, actress, keyword, etc. Example: hulu nip/tuck
7190 uses
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Created 2008-05-09 09:02:08
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2013-06-18 21:19:02
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http://www.hulu.com/videos/search?query=%s
yu
Runs a YubNub command. Useful for maintaining a consistent interface across different YubNub environments e.g. Firefox Search bar, SlickRun, YubNub itself, etc. Example: yu gim porsche
7171 uses
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Created 2006-08-25 17:25:54
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2013-06-10 20:30:18
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http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=%s
fbk
facebook search for keyword or shortcut to facebook main page (if no keyword given) searches Names, Profiles, Groups, Events in All Networks for keyword Examples: fbk john doe alaska (goes to http://www.facebook.com/s.php?q=john+doe+alaska) fbk (goes to http://www.facebook.com)
7042 uses
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Created 2006-03-22 19:21:59
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2013-01-21 02:15:03
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http://www.facebook.com{ifThen -value1 %s -value2 -test NOTEQUAL -then /s.php?q=%s}
ASCII
(Golden Egg)
This command will display any text you type as ASCII art in all the avaliable fonts. (From the site http://www.network-science.de/ascii/) Example: ASCII ascii Produces a page including the following lines. _______ _______ _______ _____ _____ |_____| |______ | | | | | ______| |_____ __|__ __|__
6959 uses
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Created 2005-06-15 19:10:53
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2013-06-19 01:37:42
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http://www.network-science.de/ascii/ascii.php?TEXT=%s&x=8&y=7&FONT=_all+fonts+with+your+text_&RICH=no&FORM=left&STRE=no
gx
(Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS gx [keywords] EXAMPLE gx diakonos mined editor Google exact search. Places a + in front of each search term to force Google not to use synonyms. SEE ALSO "Search exactly as is (+)" http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=136861
6936 uses
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Created 2009-05-24 04:05:11
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2013-06-18 22:19:08
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http://www.google.com/search?q=%2B{strReplace -find + -replace +%2B -string %s}
dss
del.icio.us user + tag. use this to get bookmarks for a specific user. dss username tag Example: dss racter php separate multiple tags with a '+' Example: dss racter php+programming+rss
6882 uses
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Created 2005-08-20 21:18:45
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2013-06-17 15:56:46
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http://del.icio.us/%s[use / for spaces]
amazonde
alias for amde
6881 uses
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Created 2005-11-05 23:30:12
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2013-06-17 09:31:58
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http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/external-search?keyword=%s&index=blended[use %20 for spaces]
v3
Searches v3.newzbin.com posts
6775 uses
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Created 2007-04-26 00:28:41
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2013-05-31 00:58:52
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http://v3.newzbin2.es/search/query/?fpn=p&q=%s&searchaction=Go
linkedin
Search LinkedIn
6773 uses
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Created 2007-03-16 22:30:25
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2013-06-18 09:29:58
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http://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&keywords=%s&sortCriteria=3
ups
Track UPS packages. Exampe: ups [tracking number]
6739 uses
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Created 2005-06-16 15:26:25
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2013-06-18 12:28:40
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http://wwwapps.ups.com/WebTracking/processInputRequest?sort_by=status&tracknums_displayed=1&TypeOfInquiryNumber=T&loc=en_US&InquiryNumber1=%s&track.x=0&track.y=0
gfi
Google Finance Search. To search for stock quotes for Google simply give the ticker/stock symbol of Google Example: gfi goog
6732 uses
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Created 2006-03-21 06:31:23
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2013-06-17 12:19:07
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http://finance.google.com/finance?q=%s
gjp
Google.co.jp
6661 uses
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Created 2005-06-24 04:39:52
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2013-03-19 02:08:44
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http://www.google.co.jp/search?q=%s
gimage
Google image search
6643 uses
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Created 2005-06-24 23:31:38
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2013-06-01 14:56:57
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http://images.google.com/images?q=%s&hl=en
jquery
Go to the jquery website. jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development. jQuery is designed to change the way that you write JavaScript. Examples: jquery jquery bind
6640 uses
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Created 2008-10-16 08:59:22
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2013-06-18 10:58:56
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{eop http://api.jquery.com/@%s@/ -else http://jquery.com/}
xkcd
A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.
6632 uses
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Created 2007-03-06 05:43:53
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2013-06-18 21:48:21
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http://www.xkcd.com
oconv
(Golden Egg)
NAME oconv - Convert outline data from one format to another SYNOPSIS oconv [OUTLINE DATA] -url [URL TO OUTLINE DATA] -as [FORMAT] -classes [CLASSES] -simplify [SIMPLIFY?] -urlfill [URLFILL?] -callback [CALLBACK] EXAMPLES oconv {explode 1,2,3,4 -as xoxo} -as opml convert the XOXO-style array 1,2,3,4 to OPML oconv -url http://bloglines.com/export?id=singpolyma -as xoxo convert bloglines OPML to XOXO oconv -url http://bloglines.com/export?id=singpolyma -as json [-callback x] convert bloglines OPM…
6611 uses
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Created 2006-05-02 07:19:29
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Last used
2012-12-22 16:23:32
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http://armknecht.com/xoxotools/outlineconvert.php?data=%s&url=${url}&output=${as=xoxo}&classes=${classes}&simplify=${simplify}&urlfill=${urlfill}&callback=${callback}
hotmail
Hotmail
6606 uses
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Created 2005-06-11 02:21:21
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2013-05-31 03:14:20
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http://www.hotmail.com
subdivx
A spanish speaking community of movie and series subtitles. Busca en www.subdivx.com. Una comunidad hispanohablante de subtítulos de películas y series ========== Old implementation: http://www.subdivx.com/index.php?buscar=%s&submit=buscar+subt%EDtulo&accion=5&realiza_b=1
6602 uses
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Created 2007-08-27 04:03:27
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2013-06-18 18:14:36
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http://www.subdivx.com/index.php?accion=5&masdesc=&buscar=%s&oxfecha=2
alexa
(Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS alexa [url EXAMPLE alexa http://yubnub.org Alexa traffic rankings. Displays a graph and other statistics about the traffic to the given website.
6555 uses
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Created 2005-06-12 07:00:05
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2013-05-14 10:28:45
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http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?q=&url=%s
bible
(Golden Egg)
Enter the Bible passage (e.g. John 3:16), keyword (e.g. Jesus, prophet, etc.) or topic (e.g. salvation) you want to find.
6525 uses
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Created 2005-06-07 20:16:55
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2013-06-12 20:25:38
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http://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=%s
sgr
Opens the secure (https) version of google reader.
6521 uses
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Created 2006-10-31 11:47:19
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2013-03-12 13:06:49
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https://www.google.com/reader
wow
6484 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 04:48:49
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2013-06-11 11:13:56
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http://worldofwarcraft.com
revs
(Golden Egg)
reverse lookup of telephone number search: revs [number]
6468 uses
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Created 2005-08-14 03:27:00
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2013-05-22 20:15:06
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http://pg.wolfetech.com/pgsigma_java/pgsigma.cgi?DEVICE_ID=PG_SIGMA_TEST&SERVICE_CODE=1c&VAR0=%s
Test
Bandwidth speed test
6442 uses
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Created 2006-06-16 02:52:58
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2013-06-19 02:00:32
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http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/
cnn
Search cnn.com
6441 uses
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Created 2005-06-17 16:03:01
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2013-06-07 07:14:54
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http://search.cnn.com/pages/search.jsp?query=%s
ytube
Preforms a search in youtube
6348 uses
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Created 2006-08-05 13:42:05
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2013-06-15 23:24:35
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http://youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_sort=relevance&search_query=%s&search=Search
amazonuk
Search any product in Amazon UK, for example: amazonuk Bill Bryson
6347 uses
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Created 2006-01-22 22:49:03
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2013-06-16 14:08:45
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/ref=pd_kk_sr_1/002-3099881-7244046?index=blended&field-keywords=%s[use %20 for spaces]
dn
demonoid.me search Example: dn "linux" ========== Old implementation: http://www.demonoid.com/torrents/?s=%s
6344 uses
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Created 2005-06-17 17:37:54
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2013-05-05 07:17:25
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http://www.demonoid.me/files/?query=%s
hypem
searches the hype machine for mp3s. like hypep, but returns a webpage of found mp3s
6306 uses
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Created 2007-03-18 22:56:15
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2013-05-29 22:20:55
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http://hypem.com/search/%s/1/
beo
Searches Beolingus, an English to German and German to English dictionary.
6281 uses
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Created 2006-10-13 15:54:35
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2013-06-18 12:34:07
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http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/dings.cgi?lang=en&service=&opterrors=0&optpro=0&query=%s&comment=
ugs
Ultimate guitar song
6238 uses
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Created 2006-08-14 21:20:17
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2013-06-08 18:17:17
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http://ultimate-guitar.com/search.php?s=%s&w=songs
lucky
Search using Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" feature. Instead of returning a list of matches for your search, it redirects you to the best match right away. Example: lucky Zhang Ziyi
6203 uses
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Created 2005-07-31 16:14:36
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2013-06-17 00:00:02
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http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky
lj
(Golden Egg)
Jump to a given LiveJournal user's journal. "lj <username>" "lj <username>/friends/" should also take you to the friends page in question.
6188 uses
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Created 2005-06-06 21:37:08
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2013-06-18 22:55:44
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http://www.livejournal.com/users/%s[no url encoding]
bsfire
Takes you to the Chicago Fire forum on BigSoccer. ---------- Old implementation: http://www.bigsoccer.com/fire
6171 uses
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Created 2006-07-03 06:22:26
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2013-06-18 12:01:05
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http://www.bigsoccer.com/community/forums/chicago-fire.21/
mc
Search all sections of Metacritic (metacritic.com)
6154 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 18:30:45
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2013-06-19 00:14:54
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http://www.metacritic.com/search/all/%s/results
lifehacker
Uses Google.com to search the Lifehacker website. Example: lifehacker reminders
6144 uses
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Created 2007-01-31 03:29:06
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2013-06-04 14:52:32
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http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Alifehacker.com+%s
download
CNET's download.com
6117 uses
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Created 2005-07-08 21:14:15
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2013-06-18 07:43:07
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http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?qt=%s&tg=dl-2001
m
(Golden Egg)
Get showtimes for movies in your area. Usage: ymovies zipcode (eg. ymovies 95603)
6083 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 01:12:42
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2013-06-16 11:26:18
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http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/showtimes.html?z=%s&r=sim
cmd
Alias for cmdline
6070 uses
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Created 2005-08-07 17:00:24
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2013-06-18 11:57:32
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http://www.yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=cmdline+%s
rtm
Takes you to your Remember the Milk page (if you're logged in)
6052 uses
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Created 2005-10-31 23:00:34
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2013-06-19 00:46:02
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http://www.rememberthemilk.com/
ask
Ask Jeeves
6002 uses
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Created 2005-06-16 20:36:01
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2013-05-30 09:12:06
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http://web.ask.com/web?q=%s&qsrc=0&o=0
gadv
(Golden Egg)
Advanced Google search: no more clicking on advanced options! To use Google’s Advanced Search filters (like the filetype, language, and publication date of the search results), just use the switches detailed below. Note: this was adapted from my Advanced Google Images search (maybe more specialized Google searches to follow). For a basic search (very similar if not exactly the same as using YubNub’s default Google search), type “gadv” and then the term(s) to be searched for. Example: ga…
6000 uses
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Created 2006-01-23 16:08:58
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2013-01-05 20:05:26
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http://www.google.com/search?as_q=%s&num=${number=30}&hl=en&as_epq=${exact}&as_oq=${atleast}&as_eq=${excluded}&lr=lang_${language}&as_filetype=${filetype}&as_qdr=${when}&as_occt=${where}&as_sitesearch=${site}&safe=${filtered}
gib
Split view image and blog search
5996 uses
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Created 2006-09-07 11:06:55
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2013-03-09 00:31:23
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splitv {url[no url encoding] gim %s} {url[no url encoding] gooblogs %s}
fren
WordReference French to English
5982 uses
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Created 2005-06-21 10:31:08
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2013-06-17 08:32:52
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http://fr.wordreference.com/fr/en/translation.asp?fren=%s
skreemr
SkreemR Search. Searches the self-proclaimed "World's Greatest Audio Search Site." Usage: skreemr (artist name, title, etc.) -l (number of results per page, 10 is default) -s (result number to begin at plus 1 {0, the default, displays the first result, etc.}) Examples: skreemr dethklok thunderhorse -l 100 -s 0
5979 uses
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Created 2007-06-18 18:46:36
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2011-11-26 00:19:20
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http://skreemr.com/results.jsp?l=${l=10}&s=${s=0}&q=%s
@
NAME @ - Go to the Twitter profile of the specified user. SYNOPSIS @ [TWITTER USERNAME] EXAMPLES @ singpolyma AUTHOR Stephen Paul Weber a.k.a. Singpolyma <http://singpolyma.net/>
5978 uses
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Created 2007-11-06 20:14:19
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2013-06-18 19:43:27
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http://twitter.com/%s
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