The Most-Used Commands
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lens
Search Google Blog Search via the Google Reader Lens If you like the Google Reader format for reading a feed, and you want to search a term on Google Blog Search, this command combines them. Usage: lens [search term] or lens [url] Examples: lens Andrew Bird lens http://waxy.org b.a. http://blog.360.yahoo.com/chicagosage ========== Old implementation: http://www.google.com/reader/preview/http%3A%2F%2Fblogsearch.google.com%2Fblogsearch%3Fq%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fbase.google.com%252F%26hl%3Den/feed/…
228 uses
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Created 2005-10-25 19:26:16
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2025-07-13 22:04:27
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http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed/http%3A%2F%2Fblogsearch.google.com%2Fblogsearch_feeds%3Fq%3D%s
gbl
Search using Gigablast
228 uses
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Created 2005-11-03 16:26:46
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2020-09-04 05:52:21
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http://www.gigablast.com/search?&q=%s
ytrate
Searches YouTube with results ordered by rating.
228 uses
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Created 2011-03-31 16:30:08
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2025-04-28 16:21:53
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http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=videos&search_query=%s&search_sort=video_avg_rating
kaiser
Go to the Kaiser Permanente web site
228 uses
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Created 2006-11-23 21:02:52
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2022-11-20 21:38:53
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http://kaiserpermanente.org/
userstyle
Searches Userstyles.org.
228 uses
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Created 2007-02-17 05:06:49
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2015-06-14 06:32:42
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http://userstyles.org/style/search/%s
grid
Searches for all pairwise combinations of a given set of keywords. Useful if you have a list of favorite things and you are looking for more of the same. Example: grid snagit tinyresmeter inconsolata opendns
228 uses
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Created 2007-02-05 08:53:47
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2025-07-02 18:50:21
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http://jonstestarea.ning.com/grid.php?xn_auth=no&q=%s
libro
Buscador de libros en la Casa del libro, tienda española por internet. Book search in "Casa del Libro", spanish book shop.
228 uses
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Created 2008-01-10 16:52:54
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2024-09-05 08:46:31
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http://casadellibro.com/busquedas/quickResultsin2/?buscar=%s
dopefiend
228 uses
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Created 2008-07-17 04:26:35
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2014-01-27 15:22:18
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http://dopecast.libsyn.com/
en-es
Traductor ingles-español de la pagina wordreference
228 uses
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Created 2008-08-13 20:55:09
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2015-10-13 17:08:57
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http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=%s
buzztter
SYNOPSIS buzztter [keywords] EXAMPLE buzztter YubNub Performs a buzztter search using the given keywords. (Japanese)
228 uses
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Created 2009-06-11 11:46:08
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2011-01-12 03:15:01
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http://buzztter.com/ja/k/%s
4sq
searches foursquare.com
228 uses
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Created 2011-07-25 13:36:52
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2019-10-14 10:18:00
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https://foursquare.com/search?q=%s
gverb
NAME gverb - Google Verbatim search SYNOPSIS gverb [SEARCH TERM] Google Verbatim search tells Google to search without using spelling corrections, synonyms, stemming, or personalization. It will search for exactly what you typed. AUTHOR Brian Armknecht b.a.
227 uses
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Created 2011-11-28 16:26:20
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2020-05-27 11:52:21
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http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&tbs=li:1
film
227 uses
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Created 2005-06-14 02:51:43
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2025-05-14 05:29:52
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http://www.film-fanatics.com
w1k
Alias for worth 1000
227 uses
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Created 2005-10-04 19:33:48
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2007-12-29 05:54:01
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http://www.worth1000.com/login.asp
multimap
Map of the UK, given a postcode. Uses multimap. Copy of ukmap.
227 uses
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Created 2006-07-06 14:48:21
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2018-05-06 04:52:46
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http://www.multimap.com/map/places.cgi?quicksearch=%s&client=public&lang=&advance
frdef
French definition using ATILF. (IMHO the best french dictionary on the web)
227 uses
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Created 2006-09-26 12:28:41
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2020-09-29 11:19:11
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http://atilf.atilf.fr/dendien/scripts/fast.exe?mot=%s
birthday
To find out your neighbor's birthday, if you live in sweden. birthday [firstname lastname -street <street> -zip <zip> -city <city> -year <year> -month <month> -day <day>] http://www.birthday.se/fodelsedagssokning/?firstname={% 1 %s}&lastname={% 2 %s}&x=0&y=0&address=${street}&zip=${zip}&city=${city}&year=${year}&month=${month}&day=${day}[no url encoding]
227 uses
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Created 2007-02-09 16:50:55
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2025-05-27 02:02:19
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http://www.birthday.se/fodelsedagssokning/?firstname={% 1 %s}&lastname={% 2 %s}&x=0&y=0&address=${street}&zip=${zip}&city=${city}&year=${year}&month=${month}&day=${day}[no url encoding]
gimfr
French Google Image Search
227 uses
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Created 2007-01-26 17:43:08
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2012-06-03 18:55:08
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http://images.google.fr/images?hl=fr&q=%s
bol
Durchsucht den deutschen Buchversand bol.de, gute Alternative zu Amazon
227 uses
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Created 2007-03-23 15:38:54
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2024-01-10 16:17:57
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http://www.bol.de/shop/bde_homestartseite/schnellsuche/any/?fc=ANY&fq=%s
idszh
Suche im Verbundkatalog IDS Universität Zürich (alle Felder)
227 uses
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Created 2007-08-21 14:15:59
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2012-07-08 07:23:28
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http://biblio.unizh.ch/F?func=find-b&find_code=WRD&request=%s&x=15&y=10
subtitle
Subtitles for XviD/DivX movies and series
227 uses
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Created 2008-02-12 23:44:49
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2024-03-10 14:31:58
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http://subtitlesource.org/searchresult.php?q=%s
kato
KickassTorrent.com search (corrected from "kat" command with new URL and %20 instead of + for spaces)
227 uses
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Created 2013-11-07 12:50:50
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2020-05-11 06:12:39
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http://kickass.to/usearch/%s/[use %20 for spaces]
apartment
Search ApartmentRatings.com for an apartment by its name
226 uses
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Created 2005-06-19 04:02:13
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2024-11-04 14:34:54
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http://www.apartmentratings.com/rate?a=advsearch&name=%s
golem
link2www.golem.de
226 uses
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Created 2006-01-29 22:17:01
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2022-04-26 23:05:17
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http://www.golem.de/
dex
Go to the buy, sell, check price page for a given site. You can play this very addictive stock market like game too, sign up here http://alexadex.com/ad/index.fcgi?ref=1190
226 uses
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Created 2006-02-09 18:45:21
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2025-06-08 22:34:20
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http://alexadex.com/ad/index.py?page=url&url=%s
eki
eki - station search in japan SYNOPSIS eki [station] EXAMPLES eki ˜Z–{–Ø station search in japan AUTHOR ZEGENVS
226 uses
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Created 2006-05-14 13:27:00
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2024-11-03 23:38:20
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http://www.ekikara.jp/cgi-bin/find/find.cgi?check=off&month=newdata&kind=station&text=%s&half=on&cut=on&direct=on&max=30
1and1admin
Takes you to the customer login for 1and1.com - an affordable, reliable internet hosting provider.
226 uses
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Created 2006-08-07 01:36:10
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2012-04-23 18:00:30
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http://admin.1and1.com
every
Search via "everyclick" (who donate 50% of their profits to charities chosen by their users)
226 uses
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Created 2007-03-01 12:27:44
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2023-09-04 14:34:03
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http://www.everyclick.com/uk/search/?keyword=%s
ox
askoxford.com
226 uses
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Created 2007-05-10 15:09:23
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2025-02-12 10:31:41
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http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/%s?view=uk
phazeddl
Search the phazeddl site for the latest films, apps & games.
226 uses
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Created 2007-06-24 18:24:56
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2011-04-05 07:18:50
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http://www.phazeddl.com/search.php?q=%s
ouhscwebmail
Opens a secure logon for the OUHSC.edu webmail system. Enter your login information in the dialog box to continue.
226 uses
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Created 2007-10-23 04:56:42
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2011-07-21 07:58:11
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https://webmail.ouhsc.edu/
kunutri
KU Netnutrition
226 uses
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Created 2008-10-04 21:49:16
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2009-05-14 12:33:57
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http://union.ku.edu/netnutrition.shtml
tdrio
tdrio, time and date Rio de Janeiro http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=213
226 uses
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Created 2010-12-03 09:38:41
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2019-03-27 06:05:15
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http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=213
v3sMed
V3 search for set keywords
226 uses
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Created 2010-04-16 15:19:34
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2011-10-19 07:27:16
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split {url v3s virtualisation} {url v3s networking} {url v3s green IT} {url v3s services} {url v3s solutions} {url v3s outsourcing} {url v3s supply chain} {url v3s procurement}
thomes
Buscador de Thomann.de en español
226 uses
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Created 2015-03-16 14:42:40
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2020-05-05 09:19:24
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http://www.thomann.de/es/search_dir.html?sw=%s&x=0&y=0
fish
225 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 00:28:10
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2024-04-17 14:55:21
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http://www.nicholasfish.com
puma
(Golden Egg)
Finds a puma shoe in different colors. 408-846-0688 Store 008
225 uses
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Created 2005-06-11 15:21:45
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2025-07-19 09:22:31
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http://store.puma.com/pumaUSStore/search.asp?siteid=1&keyword=%s&submit.x=0&submit.y=0&submit=submit
ys
Yahoo! Search
225 uses
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Created 2005-06-18 00:16:11
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2023-06-26 12:55:16
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http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%s
wowb
Go to wowbreak.com
225 uses
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Created 2006-06-23 16:27:14
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2009-07-20 22:42:01
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http://wowbreak.com/
heureka
Czech shopping search. Český srovnávač cen zboží (obdoba zbozi.cz).
225 uses
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Created 2011-01-26 15:03:26
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2024-05-13 13:58:33
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http://www.heureka.cz/?h%5Bfraze%5D=%s
dotr
http://www.dottoro.com/ reference search
225 uses
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Created 2010-06-03 03:07:06
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2011-04-11 06:46:01
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http://www.dottoro.com/search.php?offset=1&site=1&query=%s
wprl
Does a Whitepages.com reverse lookup (By phone number.) MUST be inputed as such: Areacode + three digits - four digits ex: 555+555-5555
224 uses
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Created 2005-07-21 17:21:39
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2017-05-25 13:38:36
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http://www.whitepages.com/10001/search/Reverse_Phone?phone=%s
mee
go to meebo.com (other meebo command wasn't enough of a short cut ;) )
224 uses
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Created 2005-10-31 16:44:27
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2025-03-21 14:46:51
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http://www.meebo.com
son
Audio samples from Sonancy
224 uses
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Created 2006-01-18 17:55:51
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2025-01-13 06:57:46
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http://www.sonancy.com/lookup.pl?CAID=RGM1&UPC=%s
osxapps
Search the great Native OS X Software listing at http://osx.hyperjeff.net/Apps/. Usage: osxapps %s Example: osxapps itunes
224 uses
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Created 2006-02-25 04:52:45
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2009-02-19 05:03:07
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http://osx.hyperjeff.net/Apps/apps.php?f=%s
ixt
Search iXtractor, a Fuskar which extracts images from webpages. To search for links from photobucket, type ix photobucket. Use caution, since a large search might yield tons of links and slow down your browser. To view pictures from banned sights, use the Firefox webbrowser and: 1) Open the URL about:config. 2) Scroll down to network.http.sendRefererHeader. 3) Set value to 0.
224 uses
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Created 2006-03-02 10:14:38
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2020-06-25 07:51:43
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http://www.ixtractor.com/keyword/%s
sscn
search subscene.com for subtitles. the sscene command is now OBSOLETE. please use this one instead - asy
224 uses
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Created 2008-01-19 11:02:09
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2014-05-12 20:08:22
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http://subscene.com/filmsearch.aspx?title=%s
0p
Shortcut to Zero Punctuation at The Escapist.
224 uses
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Created 2008-11-08 17:27:45
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2024-04-11 02:38:04
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http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation
zdw
Search the ZDoom Wiki. Example: zdw acs zdw plasmarifle zdw decorate
224 uses
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Created 2010-05-18 03:18:30
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2014-06-27 13:14:32
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http://zdoom.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=%s&go=Go
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