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patt
Finds words matching a regular expression, and displays their definitions.
14 uses - Created 2006-02-23 21:45:46 - Last used 2014-02-17 13:57:54 - Nominate - Description - http://www.mancine.com/scrabble/dictionary/wordsearch.php?pattern=%s&searchmode=pattern&sortmode=alpha&include_syn=inclSyn&submitted=true

gymt
Search in Google/Yahoo/MSN/Technorati at the same time. Example: gymt basketball Author: http://sitesyoucanuse.blogspot.com/
14 uses - Created 2006-03-06 20:10:46 - Last used 2008-10-03 19:20:01 - Nominate - Description - split {url[no url encoding] g %s} {url[no url encoding] y %s} {url[no url encoding] msns %s} {url[no url encoding] tec %s}

1su
StumbleUpon lets you "channelsurf" the best-reviewed sites on the web. It is a collaborative surfing tool for browsing, reviewing and sharing great sites with like-minded people. This helps you find interesting webpages you wouldn't think to search for.
14 uses - Created 2006-03-20 01:34:08 - Last used 2008-08-19 13:54:15 - Nominate - Description - http://search.stumbleupon.com/?q=%s

helpwith
Get help or give help with anything. Any possible topic you have a question about. Any possible problem you need someone's assistance with. Or if you have a particular expertise/business and you want to find people who could benefit from your help. The syntax is simple: helpwith [keyword] Why wasn't the command simply 'help'? Jon's already reserved it for YubNub. :)
14 uses - Created 2006-03-30 18:09:05 - Last used 2015-09-29 15:53:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.help.com/index.php?s=search&s2=%s

cldoc
search through lipdoc.com example: cldoc http or cldoc http -type full text for full text search
14 uses - Created 2006-04-08 07:17:09 - Last used 2010-03-07 07:27:46 - Nominate - Description - http://lispdoc.com/?q=%s&search=${type=Basic}+search

zinger
Searches PODZINGER podcasts and vodcasts (audio and video shows published via RSS). PODZINGER indexes text generated using voice recognition and serves up clips corresponding to matching occurrences of the search.
14 uses - Created 2006-04-19 05:10:55 - Last used 2014-05-01 06:13:20 - Nominate - Description - http://www.podzinger.com/results.jsp?q=%s&col=allpods

spht
Use sphere.com's SphereIt command to search for blog posts related to a particular URL. Takes a URL as a parameter. The submitted URL can include the http:// protocol or omit it. Replicates action of the "SphereIt" bookmarklet without having to use any scripts. Examples: spht shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=RELIGION-FAITH-04-26-06 spht http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/29/AR2006042901027.html
14 uses - Created 2006-05-02 16:15:51 - Last used 2019-02-19 09:09:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.sphere.com/search?q=sphereit:%s

quot
Search quotations at Poemhunter.com
14 uses - Created 2006-07-22 17:43:35 - Last used 2012-07-23 01:25:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.poemhunter.com/search/?q=%s&Submit=Find&w=quotation

tind
Search Eastgate Tinderbox wiki.
14 uses - Created 2006-08-05 11:43:55 - Last used 2006-08-06 11:55:20 - Nominate - Description - http://www.eastgate.com/wiki2/wiki.cgi?search=%s

iensams
Search for a restaurant in Amsterdam (The Netherlands) on restaurant review site IENS.
14 uses - Created 2007-06-01 12:16:58 - Last used 2012-03-26 13:12:18 - Nominate - Description - http://iens.nl/restaurantsVan/Amsterdam/zoek.htms?search=%s&searchType=quick

vind
Searches Dutch Meta Search Engine "Vinden.nl"
14 uses - Created 2007-06-01 14:33:38 - Last used 2024-11-14 02:54:27 - Nominate - Description - http://www.vinden.nl/?target=web&q=%s

clgig
CraigsList search for Gigs. To look for talent gigs by location Example: clgig -where southjersey -what tlg
14 uses - Created 2007-06-17 05:23:36 - Last used 2008-02-03 03:21:35 - Nominate - Description - http://${where=cnj}.craigslist.org/${what=ggg}/

fccid
Dude this needs to be here and someone please fixie
14 uses - Created 2007-06-28 22:55:16 - Last used 2014-06-13 22:55:04 - Nominate - Description - https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/GenericSearch.cfm

rld
Conducts a product search on the Red Letter Days (UK) website (experience gifts)
14 uses - Created 2007-07-09 16:47:48 - Last used 2018-07-19 04:57:39 - Nominate - Description - http://www.redletterdays.co.uk/Search/%s

lasts
Search last.fm - Logan Koester <logan@logankoester.com>
14 uses - Created 2007-07-17 18:57:52 - Last used 2008-04-18 02:21:02 - Nominate - Description - http://www.last.fm/explore/search?q=%s

alle#
Searches Allegro for a given item ID number. Allegro is the most popular polish online marketplace.
14 uses - Created 2007-07-23 18:29:13 - Last used 2008-01-13 20:01:52 - Nominate - Description - http://allegro.pl/search.php?item=%s

goofy
Search on GoofyBlog.com
14 uses - Created 2007-07-30 01:57:31 - Last used 2015-04-26 18:14:21 - Nominate - Description - http://www.goofyblog.net/index.php?s=%s

milkandcookies
Command that links to milkandcookies.com. No search param as milkandcookies has no own search engine.
14 uses - Created 2007-09-18 20:25:19 - Last used 2008-11-05 12:40:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.milkandcookies.com/

headroom
Search for headphones @ HeadRoom
14 uses - Created 2007-10-06 08:21:06 - Last used 2012-11-22 22:09:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.sitelevel.com//query.go?slice_title=This+Site&query=%s&crid=65246a7e117e70e4&x=0&y=0

nvou

14 uses - Created 2006-09-18 09:59:02 - Last used 2008-06-11 17:57:38 - Nominate - Description - http://www.netvouz.com/action/searchBookmarks?username=ssh&query=%s&scope=1

ircspy
Search IRCSPY
14 uses - Created 2006-09-30 00:13:53 - Last used 2016-11-02 15:10:01 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ircspy.com/search.asp?mode=advanced&searchtext=%s

dooyoo

14 uses - Created 2006-10-01 08:18:31 - Last used 2009-09-06 20:37:02 - Nominate - Description - http://search.dooyoo.de/search/both/%s/

mnovrss
Generate RSS feed for mininova torrent query. Example: "mnovrss iggy pop"
14 uses - Created 2006-10-22 14:29:23 - Last used 2007-05-17 22:23:09 - Nominate - Description - http://www.mininova.org/searchrss.php?search=%s

pfaf
Searches plant database site: Plants for a future (http://www.pfaf.org) Example: pfaf Allium Sativum
14 uses - Created 2006-10-26 02:58:10 - Last used 2016-08-16 02:30:33 - Nominate - Description - http://www.pfaf.org/database/search_name.php?ALLNAMES=%s

bookrags
BookRags Search: Research anything, over 4.2 million pages of study guides, biographies, essays, research topics, and criticism.
14 uses - Created 2006-11-20 06:20:54 - Last used 2009-08-09 02:13:36 - Nominate - Description - http://www.bookrags.com/%s

uuu
Searches the new URL.com site.
14 uses - Created 2007-01-02 17:01:46 - Last used 2025-10-03 22:19:43 - Nominate - Description - http://www.url.com/

ipdb
The Internet Pinball Database is the largest online collection of data maintained by pinball machine. Example: ipdb Cirqus Voltaire
14 uses - Created 2007-01-04 19:22:41 - Last used 2015-11-06 03:37:37 - Nominate - Description - http://ipdb.org/search.pl?any=%s&searchtype=quick

rshack
Search RadioShack.com product catalog To find Tivos Example: rshack tivo To find audio cable Example: rshack audio cable
14 uses - Created 2007-01-30 17:24:16 - Last used 2017-10-12 14:05:09 - Nominate - Description - http://www.radioshack.com/search/index.jsp?kwCatId=&kw=%s&origkw=%s&sr=1

uvl
Universal Videogame List, find any game. Example: uvl tomb raider
14 uses - Created 2007-02-02 14:20:18 - Last used 2007-12-18 15:24:52 - Nominate - Description - http://www.uvlist.net/search?fname=%s

rhapartist
Search for an artist's page on Rhapsody. If you're lucky it will come right up.
14 uses - Created 2007-03-05 04:26:20 - Last used 2009-12-14 00:04:39 - Nominate - Description - http://www.rhapsody.com/-search?query=%s&searchtype=RhapArtist

rlm
http://railsmanual.org/ search
14 uses - Created 2007-03-09 15:09:58 - Last used 2026-03-11 23:01:03 - Nominate - Description - http://railsmanual.org/doc/search?name=%s

infoalap
BME informatics faculty's online wiki search. It's in Hungarian. (Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
14 uses - Created 2007-03-31 17:25:11 - Last used 2008-03-28 13:00:31 - Nominate - Description - https://wiki.sch.bme.hu/bin/search/Infoalap/SearchResult?search=%s

torrentt
makes a bittorrent search of any archive in the net
14 uses - Created 2005-06-16 10:42:17 - Last used 2018-01-26 03:01:48 - Nominate - Description - http://www.torrenttyphoon.com/default.aspx?q=%s&cat=all

udg
Searches the home of the underdogs for a classic video game.
14 uses - Created 2005-06-21 02:08:09 - Last used 2011-07-19 02:20:23 - Nominate - Description - http://www.the-underdogs.info/search.php?search_game=%s

doh
Debian Hong Kong Search. Debian Hong Kong is a community Website for who like, use Debian GNU/Linux in Chinese. To search news/article, just type: Example: doh sarge
14 uses - Created 2005-06-21 02:45:31 - Last used 2017-01-31 08:43:23 - Nominate - Description - http://www.debian.org.hk/?search=%s

auspc
Australian post code search. Search for Australian postcodes in all states and territories via the Australia Post search tool. Example: auspc samsonvale
14 uses - Created 2005-06-21 05:23:49 - Last used 2008-02-24 09:44:08 - Nominate - Description - http://www1.auspost.com.au/postcodes/index.asp?Locality=%s&sub=1&State=&Postcode=&submit1=Search

wdtm
To search the "What Does That Mean?" wiki, a free lexicon of English idioms, words, and catch phrases from around the world.
14 uses - Created 2005-06-21 14:11:02 - Last used 2010-07-08 20:30:06 - Nominate - Description - http://www.whatdoesthatmean.com/index.php/Special:Search?search=%s

j2o
Searches the Jazz Jackrabbit 2 fansite for %s - using Google, since the site has no internal search function for most sections.
14 uses - Created 2005-06-21 21:07:38 - Last used 2008-01-21 18:21:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?query=%s&as_sitesearch=jazz2online.com

payscale
Search salary data for a given job title
14 uses - Created 2005-06-23 00:41:10 - Last used 2017-10-10 08:19:49 - Nominate - Description - http://www.payscale.com/search.asp?str=%s

tradeus
Does a US textual trademark search via the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Simply enter the command tradeus followed by your search text.
14 uses - Created 2005-06-23 08:29:09 - Last used 2010-09-03 19:13:57 - Nominate - Description - http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=toc&state=7vbdf1.1.1&p_search=searchss&p_L=50&BackReference=&p_plural=yes&p_s_PARA1=&p_tagrepl%7E%3A=PARA1%24LD&expr=PARA1+AND+PARA2&p_s_PARA2=%s&p_tagrepl%7E%3A=PARA2%24COMB&p_op_ALL=AND&a_default=search&a_search=Submit+Query

pgppath
PGP path finder. Search for trust paths between keys. The command takes two arguments, -from and -to. So to show the path between Werner Koch and Peter Palfrader you can use: pgppath -from 5B0358A2 -to 94C09C7F
14 uses - Created 2005-06-28 14:07:46 - Last used 2025-07-26 13:11:51 - Nominate - Description - http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/henkp/henkp/pgp/pathfinder/mk_path.cgi?FROM=${from}&TO=${to}&PATHS=trust+paths

searchweb
Use Google to search websearch.about.com.
14 uses - Created 2005-07-11 00:47:13 - Last used 2006-04-23 12:58:22 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site:websearch.about.com+%s

nwegg
Search for products on newegg. options: -what [keyword] -min [min cost] -max [max cost] max is defaulted for $100000. no category is selected to maximize results.
14 uses - Created 2005-07-11 02:56:36 - Last used 2013-07-04 07:44:20 - Nominate - Description - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=Go&DEPA=0&type=&description=${what}&Category=0&minPrice=${min=0}&maxPrice=${max=100000}&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

yanews
Yahoo! News Search (batches of 100; sorted by date) Example: yanews london
14 uses - Created 2005-07-16 13:31:53 - Last used 2011-03-29 03:59:31 - Nominate - Description - http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/search?ei=UTF-8&va=%s&datesort=1&fl=0&n=100

tripods
A fun little game based off Google Maps. Check the site for more info. If you ever see a guy named Tommy on, say hi and that you're from YubNub :D ---------- Old implementation: http://www.thomasscott.net/tripods/
14 uses - Created 2005-07-17 21:40:33 - Last used 2020-04-28 12:50:18 - Nominate - Description - https://www.google.com/search?q=tripods

wprla
Does a whitepages.com reverse lookup by address. To pass house number: -house # To pass street: -street STREET To pass city or zip: -cityzip CITY or ##### To pass state: -state STATE Note: State must be in two-letter postal code! Ex. wprla -house 807 -street Beer Lane -cityzip Genesee -state NY
14 uses - Created 2005-07-21 17:46:43 - Last used 2008-10-28 02:19:12 - Nominate - Description - http://www.whitepages.com/10001/search/Reverse_Address?housenumber=${house}&street=${street}&city_zip=${cityzip}&state_id=${state}

mozbot
Search on mozbot.fr, a french search engine. To find web site on linux. Exemple: mozbot linux
14 uses - Created 2005-08-10 08:54:14 - Last used 2006-10-27 06:55:16 - Nominate - Description - http://www.mozbot.fr/search?q=%s

gtrnd
google trends search
14 uses - Created 2012-12-11 15:33:53 - Last used 2013-11-14 00:25:43 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/trends?q=%s

expy
Search Expyriment documentation http://www.expyriment.org/
14 uses - Created 2013-05-15 15:13:46 - Last used 2018-07-25 03:12:29 - Nominate - Description - http://docs.expyriment.org/search.html?q=%s

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