The Most-Used Commands
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cluster
(Golden Egg)
Clusty Search. Clusty uses a Clustering Engine to organize search results into folders grouping similar items together. To cluster a search, simply type in your search term after the word "cluster." Example: cluster [Your Keyword Here] For instance, if you wanted to search for "The Homestar Runner," you would enter: cluster "The Homestar Runner"
2981 uses
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Created 2005-06-12 06:20:05
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2025-01-29 14:13:42
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http://clusty.com/search?query=%s
unix
Search the UNIX man pages
2979 uses
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Created 2005-07-15 22:19:31
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2025-12-10 16:45:20
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http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/man-cgi?%s
latex
The Latex command refers you to weinelt.de, which offers a latex reference for all commands, very usefull type in: latex <command> for example: latex <tabular>
2978 uses
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Created 2006-08-03 12:24:24
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2026-02-18 22:58:58
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http://www.weinelt.de/latex/%s.html
gro
Search on Google Romania, pages from Romania.
2976 uses
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Created 2006-11-28 15:03:09
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2024-05-27 04:19:43
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http://www.google.ro/search?meta=cr%3DcountryRO&q=%s
tvcom
Searches TV.Com (would prefer "tv" keyword but it's taken).
2973 uses
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Created 2005-07-01 05:10:41
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2015-12-06 11:25:51
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http://www.tv.com/search.php?type=11&stype=all&qs=%s&x=0&y=0
ezpic
easynews pic
2972 uses
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Created 2008-11-17 23:32:48
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2017-10-15 08:20:05
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http://members.easynews.com/global4/search.html?gps=%s&sbj=&from=&ns=&fil=&fex=&vc=&ac=&fty%5B%5D=IMAGE&s1=dtime&s1d=-&s2=nrfile&s2d=%2B&s3=dsize&s3d=%2B&pby=500&pno=1&sS=1&u=1&svL=&d1=&d1t=&d2=&d2t=&b1=&b1t=&b2=&b2t=&px1=&px1t=5&px2=&px2t=&fps1=&fps1t=&fps2=&fps2t=&bps1=&bps1t=&bps2=&bps2t=&hz1=&hz1t=&hz2=&hz2t=&rn1=&rn1t=&rn2=&rn2t=&submit=Search&fly=2
find
2967 uses
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Created 2005-06-20 18:47:54
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2026-02-24 09:09:02
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http://www.google.com/search?q=%s
nzbi
NZBIndex.nl search Searches NZBIndex.nl
2966 uses
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Created 2008-06-03 19:46:13
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2019-11-16 12:19:19
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http://www.nzbindex.nl/index.php?go=search&searchitem=%s&x=41&y=12&results=250&sort=age_desc
wiktionary
searches wiktionary (default language is english) for given word OPTIONS -lang <language> - the language to search in (en, de, es, ...) EXAMPLES wiktionary test - searches wiktionary for the english word test wiktionary test -lang de - searches wiktionary for the german word test
2958 uses
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Created 2006-01-19 01:23:09
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2026-03-05 18:59:51
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http://${lang=en}.wiktionary.org?search=%s
word
Looks up a word in the dictionary ---------- Old implementation: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=%s
2956 uses
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Created 2005-06-20 19:15:05
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2026-03-07 08:17:55
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https://www.dictionary.com/browse/%s
spl
Search the Seattle Public Library. For instance, to find books about cats, do: spl cats ---------- Old implementation: http://catalog.spl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.GW&term=%s
2945 uses
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Created 2005-11-29 03:35:48
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2025-10-09 17:02:11
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http://seattle.bibliocommons.com/search?commit=Search&page=1&q=%s&t=keyword
verta
shortest way to a quick NL/EN translation
2945 uses
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Created 2010-02-20 12:00:30
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2026-02-13 11:22:03
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https://translate.google.com/?hl=en&ie=UTF-8#nl|en|%s
itbay
Searches in eBay Italy
2939 uses
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Created 2005-06-21 13:52:53
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2014-08-03 14:23:02
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http://search.ebay.it/%s
g-1d
Google Search last day sort by date
2930 uses
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Created 2011-10-03 00:04:22
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2026-03-10 10:07:37
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http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&tbs=qdr:d
glocal
Google Local
2926 uses
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Created 2005-06-24 00:54:20
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2025-01-04 11:13:37
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http://www.google.com/local?sc=1&hl=en&q=%s
viagra
buy viagra online
2926 uses
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Created 2006-04-17 19:01:32
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2019-01-18 21:21:56
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http://findwebinfo.info/core/search.php?q=viagra
porntube
2921 uses
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Created 2007-03-27 12:50:13
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2025-01-02 07:06:58
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http://www.shufuni.com
g++
This command turns safesurf off and returns the maximum search results in ANY google search command. Examples: g++ g "porsche 911" g++ gim "porsche 911" g++ gn "porsche 911" g++ gbo "porsche 911" Author: creddy.eddy@gmail.com
2918 uses
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Created 2008-08-07 23:26:28
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2025-03-30 18:34:23
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{url %s}&num=10000&safe=off[no url encoding]
gfaq
Search gamefaqs Game Database
2918 uses
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Created 2005-06-21 01:22:12
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2016-08-09 10:44:17
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http://www.gamefaqs.com/search/index.html?game=%s
gdoc
Searches all Google Documents by keyword
2916 uses
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Created 2006-12-11 15:59:16
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2024-05-26 11:45:54
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http://docs.google.com/?searchString=%s&action=search&searchTag=
wowh
searches wowhead for your term
2911 uses
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Created 2008-09-18 00:12:07
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2020-11-11 08:25:36
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http://www.wowhead.com/?search=%s
News
The most trusted name in news
2901 uses
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Created 2005-06-14 15:09:05
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2026-01-31 13:23:37
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http://www.cnn.com
gentoo
Searches package.gentoo.org ========== Old implementation: http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=%s
2897 uses
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Created 2005-06-21 10:38:28
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2025-03-03 13:34:51
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http://www.gentoo-portage.com/Search?search=%s
warm
Full search of the World of Warcraft (US) Armory ---------- Old implementation: http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/search.xml?searchQuery=%s&searchType=all
2892 uses
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Created 2007-05-06 12:43:55
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2025-05-21 23:27:25
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http://www.wowarmory.com/search.xml?searchQuery=%s&searchType=all
piz
PizzaTorrent - meta torrent search There is already a PizzaTorrent search, but this one is smaller and is also a bookmarklet. Without extra terms it just returns the home page. Add any search terms and it completes a search.
2890 uses
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Created 2008-02-18 10:13:29
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2025-09-17 04:25:29
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http://pizzatorrent.com/{eop @%s@-torrents}
hg
Take you to Gmail for your domain.
2885 uses
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Created 2006-03-31 00:03:07
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2026-03-05 14:10:56
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http://mail.google.com/hosted/%s
lucky2
Google web Search with Site Search. The site is specified with the aid of keywords. `lucky2' command is the Javascript implementation of the `lucky>>' command. See http://yubnub.org/kernel/man?args=lucky%3E%3E . SYNOPSYS lucky2 [KEYWORDS TO DESCRIBE SITE] -k [KEYWORD TO SEARCH WITHIN FOUND SITE] EXAMPLES lucky2 chicago tribune -k green roofs [returns Google results for articles at chicagotribune.com that mention 'green roofs'] lucky2 new york times -k pommes frites [returns Google results for a…
2883 uses
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Created 2006-08-04 14:41:35
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2014-04-08 11:06:42
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echo <head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" ></head><body onload="site='{extractDomainName {luckyecho %s}}'; keywords=encodeURIComponent('${k}'); document.location='http://www.google.com/search?hl=${hl=en}&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q='+keywords+'&safe=${safe=off}&btnG=Google+Search&domains='+site+'&sitesearch='+site" />
spt
SuperParT: Searches from TI, AllDatasheet, DatasheetCatalog, and Chipdocs, split into four subwindows. Example: spt SNJ54ALS374J
2874 uses
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Created 2007-01-06 04:41:45
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2012-11-08 15:48:10
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split {url http://focus-webapps.ti.com/general/docs/sitesearch/searchdevice.tsp?partNumber=%s} {url http://www.alldatasheet.com/view.jsp?Searchword=%s} {url http://www.datasheetcatalog.net/cgi-bin/helo.pl?text=%s&action=Search} {url g chipdocs: %s}
pacq
Arch Linux package search.
2869 uses
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Created 2006-09-02 23:04:20
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2026-02-05 11:26:00
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http://www.archlinux.org/packages/?q=%s
qc
Questionable Content: New comics every Monday through Friday
2863 uses
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Created 2006-08-07 01:19:27
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2021-02-07 16:22:05
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http://www.questionablecontent.net/
yans
Ask Yahoo! Answers
2860 uses
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Created 2006-04-16 07:55:59
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2022-12-26 15:19:55
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http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result;_ylt=AmHjErtcEu_dioZy83P4TYXzy6IX?p=%s
sbb
Fahrplanabfrage SBB.ch, Syntax: [Startort] -nach [Zielort]
2860 uses
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Created 2007-08-07 21:07:10
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2026-02-13 20:38:21
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http://fahrplan.sbb.ch/bin/query.exe/dn?REQ0JourneyStopsS0G=%s&REQ0JourneyStopsS0A=1&REQ0JourneyStopsZ0G=${nach}&REQ0JourneyStopsZ0A=7&queryPageDisplayed=yes&REQ0JourneyStops1.0A=1&REQ0HafasSkipLongChanges=0&REQ0HafasMaxChangeTime=120&start=1
dbts
Search the Debian bug tracking system.
2853 uses
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Created 2005-06-28 12:52:41
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2023-01-11 23:56:25
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http://bugs.debian.org/%s
ping
Online ping (uses fifi.org). To ping google.com. Example: ping google.com ( Made by XmasBug )
2849 uses
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Created 2005-06-20 20:42:54
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2025-12-03 10:15:12
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http://www.fifi.org/services/ping?submit=Ping&packetcount=4&packetwait=1&formatted=no&hostname=%s
jdic
wwwjdic romanized search
2849 uses
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Created 2006-08-17 17:29:23
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2019-06-18 07:54:27
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http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1MUJ%s
wpdel
Search German Wikipedia with Google's Feeling Lucky Usage: wpdel [query]. (Author: Stefan Schwingeler)
2822 uses
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Created 2009-08-21 08:47:16
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2025-08-28 03:21:11
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http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ade.wikipedia.org+%s&btnG=Suche&meta=&btnI=I'm+Feeling+Lucky
gt
(Golden Egg)
Search guitarnotes.com guitar tab archive. Submitted by voodooc because a) i'll actually use this and b) to make up for the tubgirl command. ^_^
2819 uses
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Created 2005-06-06 05:13:54
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2025-12-06 09:47:33
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http://www.guitarnotes.com/tabs/tabsearch.cgi?query=%s&engine=tabs
mer
Busca en mercadolibre.com.ar
2812 uses
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Created 2008-12-29 01:04:54
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2024-08-06 07:30:37
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http://listado.mercadolibre.com.ar/%s
stpg
SSL secured search on Startpage.com, a privacy protecting way to search with Google results without storage of IP numbers or other personally identifiable information.
2809 uses
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Created 2010-10-15 14:49:13
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2017-11-17 04:08:05
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https://startpage.com/do/metasearch.pl?query=%s
morfix
NAME morfix - uses www.morfix.com to translate between English and Hebrew. Works in either direction. SYNOPSIS morfix <English word|Hebrew word> EXAMPLE morfix bread morfix ìçí AUTHOR Richard Frankel
2803 uses
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Created 2006-01-13 18:10:57
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2017-02-06 10:28:57
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http://milon.morfix.co.il/default.aspx?q=%s
h
Musix Gnu+Linux
2797 uses
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Created 2006-08-16 01:23:24
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2026-01-13 21:32:38
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http://www.musix.org.ar/en/index.html
haiku
hatena haiku keyword search
2797 uses
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Created 2008-12-03 07:02:41
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2025-10-05 14:38:34
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http://h.hatena.ne.jp/keywords?word=%s
b2
Boing Boing, A Directory of Wonderful Things
2795 uses
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Created 2005-12-18 14:27:39
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2026-03-01 23:50:26
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http://www.boingboing.net
sgcal
Secure Google calender link
2787 uses
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Created 2006-04-13 03:40:16
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2020-12-06 01:40:03
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https://www.google.com/calendar/render
safe
SiteAdvisor Site Safety Ratings Provide the domain of a site you wish to test. SiteAdvisor will tell you how that site rates for presence of adware, viruses, spam, etc. This is very useful before downloading from an unfamiliar site. The following forms of usage work the same: safe yubnub.org safe www.yubnub.org safe http://www.yubnub.org If you give it part of a domain name, or a full URL to a particular page, e.g., safe yubnub safe yubnub.org/command then you will still get the results (albeit…
2785 uses
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Created 2006-03-30 18:40:50
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2025-07-11 07:06:07
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http://www.siteadvisor.com/lookup/?q=%s
okf
Search otrkeyfinder.com
2778 uses
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Created 2011-02-06 17:55:57
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2022-03-07 07:54:50
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http://www.otrkeyfinder.com/?search=%s&search.x=0&search.y=0&order=odn
gbooks-old
google book search
2770 uses
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Created 2006-06-23 06:04:15
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2016-07-27 01:06:02
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gprint %s
gimages
alias to gim
2757 uses
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Created 2006-01-19 12:33:45
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2025-06-17 09:45:45
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http://images.google.com/images?q=%s
iten
Translate English to Italian
2754 uses
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Created 2005-06-22 13:38:49
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2020-05-19 07:32:36
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http://it.wordreference.com/it/en/translation.asp?iten=%s
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