The Most-Used Commands
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abk
german abbreviation on abkuerzungen.de
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Created 2005-10-24 14:52:25
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2022-04-10 00:50:25
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http://www.abkuerzungen.de/pc/html/result.php?abbreviation=%s
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.
678 uses
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Created 2006-07-21 04:12:58
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2025-12-21 12:48:15
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http://www.google.com/u/accessible?cx=accessible%21&q=%s&btnG=Search
salidzini
Search Salidzini.lv - Latvian service for comparing prices on many internet shops
677 uses
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Created 2010-09-02 07:00:24
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2023-01-28 13:05:39
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http://www.salidzini.lv/search.php?q=%s&cn=&cl=
gre
Opens Google Reader home page
676 uses
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Created 2007-06-09 15:13:05
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2023-03-13 09:22:45
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http://www.google.com/reader/view/
cff
Looks up time table on Swiss railways in French. Takes current date and time as default. Usage: cff [from] [to] Examples: cff Renens Geneve cff Vevey Sion cff Tour-de-Peilz Yverdon Attention: Doesn't like spaces or accents in place names! Note: Swiss railways has three names/acronyms and urls, for German (SBB), French (CFF), Italian (FSS). In YubNub, <a href="http://yubnub.org/kernel/man?args=sbb">SBB</a> is already defined (and searches in German), as is <a href="http://yubnub.org/kernel/man?a…
672 uses
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Created 2008-01-11 14:48:34
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2025-11-14 03:32:56
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http://fahrplan.sbb.ch/bin/query.exe/fn?REQ0JourneyStopsS0G={% 1 %s}&REQ0JourneyStopsS0A=7&REQ0JourneyStopsZ0G={% 2 %s}&REQ0JourneyStopsZ0A=7&start=%BB+Chercher+correspondances[no url encoding]
ic5
search icons at iconfinder.net ---------- Old implementation: http://www.iconfinder.net/search/?q=%s
672 uses
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Created 2009-07-16 17:32:30
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2020-05-10 15:56:38
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http://www.iconfinder.com/search/?q=%s
photobucket
Image hosting site
672 uses
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Created 2005-06-23 04:15:18
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2022-07-26 14:28:49
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http://www.photobucket.com
nslookup
Use this tool to perform an nslookup for a given domain or host. Use the query type choice to choose what type of record you would like to lookup. for example: nslookup www.google.com
672 uses
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Created 2005-06-29 12:20:41
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2025-10-24 04:17:29
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http://networking.ringofsaturn.com/Tools/nslookup.php?domain=%s&querytype=A
alpha
Frequency ask Alpha Question. Example: alpha pin camera
671 uses
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Created 2005-06-22 15:50:07
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2026-01-09 11:17:21
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http://www.google.com/search?q=%s
gcc
Google Creative Commons Search.
671 uses
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Created 2005-12-04 03:22:31
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2026-02-25 13:18:06
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http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&as_rights=(cc_publicdomain%7Ccc_attribute%7Ccc_sharealike%7Ccc_noncommercial%7Ccc_nonderived)&start=10&sa=N
gmso
Log out of Gmail. b.a.
671 uses
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Created 2006-09-23 02:38:30
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2016-02-16 07:38:48
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http://mail.google.com/mail/?logout&hl=en
rubnub-v1-firstrun
After installing RubNub v1.0, this command will be called to provide a 'first time run' help page. >||;)
670 uses
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Created 2006-08-07 08:37:38
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2010-03-08 02:39:31
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http://www.rubnub.org/rubnub-v1-firstrun
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
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Created 2005-10-06 22:08:41
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2022-05-26 03:43:31
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http://pvponline.com/archive.php3?archive=%s
ripe
Search in RIPE's database
670 uses
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Created 2005-06-22 13:24:54
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2024-04-10 01:18:34
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http://www.ripe.net/fcgi-bin/whois?form_type=simple&full_query_string=&searchtext=%s&do_search=Search
shutterstock
ShutterStock royalty-free image search. To find photographs or illustrations, give one or more keywords. Example: shutterstock green tea cup
669 uses
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Created 2006-06-15 08:14:32
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2023-10-04 10:33:03
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http://www.shutterstock.com/cat-p1.html?cat=&id=&page=1&searchterm=%s&searchtermx=&model_released=&%3F&sortby=newest&rows_per_page=16&ref=58062&rid=58062&thumb_size=large
wkm
669 uses
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Created 2009-05-21 18:02:07
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2021-09-17 09:04:53
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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki?search=%s
psm
Preissuchmaschiene.de - German product database. You can search or browse for products, and compare the prices of the vendors found in Germany. To find vendors in Germany, simply give the product name, a description or the type of product. Example: psm usbstick 2GB
669 uses
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Created 2007-05-07 20:04:53
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2019-11-30 01:51:55
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http://www.preissuchmaschine.de/psm_frontend/main.asp?suche=%s
mediaf
searches site:mediafire.com on google.com
668 uses
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Created 2009-04-26 11:06:48
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2012-06-22 07:52:47
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http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%s+site%3Awww.mediafire.com&btnG=Suche&meta=
teen
Free gift products! Including tech gadgets
668 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 02:59:13
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2026-01-11 03:34:06
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http://www.FreeTech4You.com
thnl
(Golden Egg)
NAME thnl - Web page Thumbnail Maker SYNOPSIS thnl [URL] EXAMPLES thnl http://www.google.com make a Thumbnail of [url] AUTHOR ZEGENVS
667 uses
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Created 2006-04-27 14:49:16
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2023-05-15 17:01:26
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http://img.simpleapi.net/small/%s[no url encoding]
fd
link to thefreedictionary.com
667 uses
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Created 2005-07-16 05:03:59
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2025-03-24 02:09:39
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
vbd
Goes to the highschool debate blog "Victory Briefs Daily"
667 uses
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Created 2006-12-04 04:39:51
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2012-10-22 01:09:39
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http://www.victorybriefsdaily.com/
ssz
Seslisozluk Search. Seslisozluk is an Online English-Turkish-German Dictionary with 1,500,000 words and idioms. Example: ssz gesellschaft
667 uses
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Created 2007-04-28 11:54:25
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2012-07-28 22:54:29
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http://seslisozluk.com/?word=%s&go_search=Search
cd2
Looking for a used CD? This command searches Djangos.com and Spun.com at the same time.
666 uses
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Created 2006-01-28 17:44:17
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2025-07-19 10:08:12
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split {url[no url encoding] djangos %s} {url[no url encoding] spuncd %s}[no url encoding]
ist
ICICI Direct bank quotes for the Indian Stock Exchange
666 uses
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Created 2005-10-11 19:49:42
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2026-01-28 00:06:03
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http://content.icicidirect.com/research/topsearchquotes.asp?icicicode=%s&category=corporate
pink
gay news searching from PinkNews.co.uk
665 uses
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Created 2006-01-05 10:53:15
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2025-10-31 12:01:52
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http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/view.php?load=search&find=%s
sidebarload
sidebarload -- Load a yubnub command into your browser's sidebar. usage: sidebarload [yubnub command and arguments] examples: sidebarload gim porsche sidebarload gmini This is useful for searches and other commands that yield a list of results. For instance, "sidebarload gim porsche" will do a Google image search in the sidebar, then when you click on search results, they will load in the main window. The second example, "sidebarload gmini", will load the Mobile version of Gmail into your sideb…
665 uses
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Created 2006-01-24 20:02:20
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2022-10-05 20:06:28
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echo <a href="http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=%s" target="_search">Click to load "%s" into the sidebar
tera
665 uses
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Created 2008-03-16 02:59:58
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2019-10-08 09:45:04
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https://www.teradata4me.teradata.com/
eztb
easynews thumbnail 75 pics 480x480 - 800x800
664 uses
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Created 2008-11-17 23:58:24
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2012-06-06 12:27:47
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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=75&pno=1&sS=1&u=1&svL=&d1=&d1t=&d2=&d2t=&b1=&b1t=&b2=&b2t=&px1=480x480&px1t=5&px2=800x800&px2t=&fps1=&fps1t=&fps2=&fps2t=&bps1=&bps1t=&bps2=&bps2t=&hz1=&hz1t=&hz2=&hz2t=&rn1=&rn1t=&rn2=&rn2t=&fly=2
gcs
Search Google in czech.
664 uses
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Created 2006-01-18 20:08:15
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2021-05-04 12:44:44
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http://www.google.com/search?lr=lang_cs&q=%s
spll
SYNOPSIS spll [Yubnub command] [word(s) to check spelling] -engine [localized Google version to use in spell checking, optional, defaults to Google English] EXAMPLE spll gnews cmbodia performs: a search in Google News for "cambodia" spll flint monica beluci performs: a search in Flickr for "monica bellucci" spll g internatioal aids confrence performs: a search in Google for "international aids conference" spllw am der gefagene von askaban -engine gde performs: a search in Amazon for "der gefang…
664 uses
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Created 2006-01-31 07:41:09
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2012-12-05 20:14:20
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yubnub {% 1 %s} {spllw {% 2- %s} -engine ${engine}}[no url encoding]
ads
Searches in Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) database by title Example: adsa cosmology lambda optional -author argument (after title argument) (^ means beginning with) Example: adsa cosmology lambda -author ^Saha optional -year argument (after title argument) Example: adsa cosmology lambda -year 2001 Example: adsa cosmology lambda -author ^Saha -year 2001
663 uses
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Created 2005-06-20 09:02:24
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http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-abs_connect?title=%s&db_key=AST&db_key=PRE&qform=AST&arxiv_sel=astro-ph&arxiv_sel=cond-mat&arxiv_sel=cs&arxiv_sel=gr-qc&arxiv_sel=hep-ex&arxiv_sel=hep-lat&arxiv_sel=hep-ph&arxiv_sel=hep-th&arxiv_sel=math&arxiv_sel=math-ph&arxiv_sel=nlin&arxiv_sel=nucl-ex&arxiv_sel=nucl-th&arxiv_sel=physics&arxiv_sel=quant-ph&arxiv_sel=q-bio&sim_query=YES&ned_query=YES&aut_logic=OR&obj_logic=OR&author=${author}&object=&start_mon=&start_year=&end_mon=&end_year=${year}&ttl_logic=OR&txt_logic=OR&text=&nr_to_return=100&start_nr=1&jou_pick=ALL&ref_stems=&data_and=ALL&group_and=ALL&start_entry_day=&start_entry_mon=&start_entry_year=&end_entry_day=&end_entry_mon=&end_entry_year=&min_score=&sort=SCORE&data_type=SHORT&aut_syn=YES&ttl_syn=YES&txt_syn=YES&aut_wt=1.0&obj_wt=1.0&ttl_wt=0.3&txt_wt=3.0&aut_wgt=YES&obj_wgt=YES&ttl_wgt=YES&txt_wgt=YES&ttl_sco=YES&txt_sco=YES&version=1
ymaps
Yahoo maps that give directions. Example: ymaps miami, fl to washington, dc
663 uses
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Created 2006-02-02 13:00:19
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2020-09-13 02:55:17
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http://maps.yahoo.com/beta/index.php#maxp=search&q1=%s
tvcl
shortcut to avclub's tvclub
663 uses
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Created 2011-07-14 13:54:59
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2017-06-24 00:00:00
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http://www.avclub.com/section/tv/
gd
Grateful Dead Collection on Archive.org
662 uses
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Created 2005-06-16 18:43:21
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2025-03-05 02:21:58
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http://www.archive.org/audio/etreelisting-browse.php?collection=etree&cat=Grateful%20Dead
conj
Seach in Le Conjugueur.
662 uses
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Created 2005-06-21 10:14:47
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2024-12-20 00:48:07
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http://www.leconjugueur.com/php/newconjugue.php?lang=fr&oblige=N&verbe=%s
jmp
J.mp is an alternate URL shortening service running on the same servers that power bit.ly. This command sends a URL to J.mp for shortening. The URL is the only required parameter. Optionally you can supply a -title parameter, but that only seems to get used for the Twitter posting function, so it's not that important. Example: jmp http://yubnub.org/kernel/man?args=jmp -title YubNub manual entry for jmp command Made by enbar (nathan rein at google mail)
662 uses
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Created 2009-09-04 20:10:19
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2023-12-05 08:11:39
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http://j.mp/?v=3&u=%s&s=${title={scrape -tokens <title> </title> -dirs 0 0 -url %s}}
mkot
NAME mkot - mobile Kottke.org EXAMPLES mkot Opens the mobile version of kottke.org AUTHOR b.a.
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Created 2009-04-06 22:12:29
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2010-02-12 00:44:29
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http://m.kottke.org/
lgg
LinkaGoGo Smart Bookmarks. linkaGoGo is an online bookmark manager. With linkaGoGo you can make your own smart bookmarks and access them from any browser. Including from the Firefox search plugin. You choose whether you want to share them with other users. To search Google: lgg gg linkagogo You can create an alias for your favorites bookmarks. For example an alias rh for http://www.redhat.com, allows you to do: lgg rh It also does domainname completion. For example got to http://www.yahoo.com t…
661 uses
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Created 2007-03-28 01:09:43
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2023-12-24 03:36:41
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http://www.linkagogo.com/go/To?sourceid=yubnub&url=-1&args=%s
sbotca
ShopBot.ca Price Comparison Search Engine
660 uses
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Created 2009-07-25 06:59:42
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2013-12-29 16:12:22
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http://www.shopbot.ca/default.asp?kw=%s&position=search
sqr
Send a phrase to scroogle
660 uses
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Created 2007-10-22 06:12:24
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2013-06-16 21:23:00
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https://ssl.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/nbbw.cgi/search?q=%22%s%22
gentoos
Gentoo Search : Searches gentoo.org, forums.gentoo.org and gentoo-wiki.com via google. All great sources of gentoo-related info.
660 uses
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Created 2006-03-16 16:34:24
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2023-12-29 03:18:07
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g %s ( site:gentoo.org | site:gentoo-wiki.com )
debian
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Created 2006-07-05 14:05:06
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http://www.debian.org
gut
Search Project Gutenberg, first and largest single collection of free electronic books. This command uses Google to search. usage: gut [search term] example: gut "art of war" b.a.
660 uses
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Created 2005-12-06 03:24:24
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2026-01-08 17:16:11
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http://www.google.com/search?&q=site%3Agutenberg.org+%s&btnG=Search
shub
scihub search for the new address at sci-hub.tw
659 uses
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Created 2018-10-04 22:32:42
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http://sci-hub.tw/%s
shooter
Search for English and Chinese subtitles at 射手网(shooter.cn).
659 uses
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Created 2007-09-18 01:21:49
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2021-04-08 18:12:46
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http://shooter.cn/sub/?searchword=%s
kjvs
King James Version Search. Use the biblegateway.com keyword search for the King James Bible. To find verses containing the search word(s), just type them, separated by spaces. Example: kjvs bless children
658 uses
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Created 2008-11-22 00:28:03
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2014-07-29 23:14:00
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http://www.biblegateway.com/keyword/?search=%s&version1=9&searchtype=all&limit=none&wholewordsonly=no
jobs
(Golden Egg)
Performs a search at Indeed.com for available jobs that include the keywords provided.
658 uses
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Created 2005-06-07 21:42:48
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http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=%s
langcode
NAME langcode - displays the language code SYNOPSIS I thought that making a langcode command was really important. This command can then be combined with wikipedia, wiktionnary, google, etc.. I will create commands for those... I'm also planning on creating a country code command. That one would be useful for google too. I arbitrarily decided to use English language names. I found it easier this way (no typographical issues) Since this command was first made for a wikipedia command I only took …
657 uses
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Created 2010-05-17 23:27:48
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switch %s | afrikaans => af, albanian => sq, arabic => ar, aragonese => an, aromanian => roa-rup, asturian => ast, azeri => az, basque => eu, belarusian => be, bengali => bn, bishnupriya manipuri => bpy, bosnian => bs, breton => br, bulgarian => bg, cantonese => zh-yue, catalan => ca, cebuano => ceb, chinese => zh, chuvash => cv, croatian => hr, czech => cs, danish => da, dutch => nl, english => en, esperanto => eo, estonian => et, finnish => fi, french => fr, galician => gl, georgian => ka, german => de, greek => el, gujarati => gu, haitian => ht, hebrew => he, hindi => hi, hungarian => hu, icelandic => is, ido => io, indonesian => id, irish => ga, italian => it, japanese => ja, javanese => jv, korean => ko, kurdish => ku, latin => la, latvian => lv, lithuanian => lt, lombard => lmo, low saxon => nds, luxembourgish => lb, macedonian => mk, malay => ms, malayalam => ml, marathi => mr, neapolitan => nap, newar => new, norwegian => no, occitan => oc, persian => fa, piedmontese => pms, polish => pl, portuguese => pt, quecha => qu, ripuarian => ksh, romanian => ro, russian => ru, samogitian => bat-smg, serbian => sr, serbo-croatian => sh, sicilian => scn, simple english => simple, slovak => sk, slovenian => sl, spanish => es, sundanese => su, swahili => sw, swedish => sv, tagalog => tl, tamil => ta, telugu => te, thai => th, turkish => tr, ukrainian => uk, urdu => ur, vietnamese => vi, volapük => vo, walloon => wa, waray-waray => war, welsh => cy, west frisian => fy, * => en
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