The Most-Used Commands
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nlt
Find a scripture on Bible Gateway in the New Living Translation.
216 uses
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Created 2007-11-17 14:05:30
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2018-03-20 15:21:56
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http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=%s&version=51;
istockphoto
Searches istockphoto.com
216 uses
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Created 2007-06-07 19:01:03
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2021-09-27 03:50:43
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http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?action=file&text=%s
rsd
searches rec.sport.disc, the most active message board about ultimate frisbee. sorts the results by date since that is usually what you want.
216 uses
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Created 2007-02-05 14:57:52
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2020-01-02 01:24:12
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http://groups.google.com/group/rec.sport.disc/search?q=%s&start=0&scoring=d&hl=en&
cli
cli stands for command line interface. "cli <command seached for>" searches via google on the site ss64.com, which lists many commands for Bash (Gnu/Linux and OS X), Oracle 9i, SQL Server 2005 and Windows NT/XP. Example: cli alias It will return helpfull information on the alias command (Bash shell).
216 uses
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Created 2006-08-21 15:49:48
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2026-02-10 22:23:28
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http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awww.ss64.com&q=%s
zhp
zohoplanner
216 uses
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Created 2006-02-21 10:39:12
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2018-08-11 12:35:41
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http://zohoplanner.com/organizer/login.do
ala
(Golden Egg)
Search the A List Apart archives (XHTML, CSS, Design, etc.)
216 uses
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Created 2005-06-17 00:26:39
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2026-03-24 13:46:32
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http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=%s&sp-a=sp1002d27b&sp-f=ISO-8859-1&sp-p=All&sp-k=All
ibm
IBM corp.
216 uses
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Created 2005-06-20 19:27:32
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2020-12-06 05:55:39
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http://www.ibm.com
shell
JS/UIX is an UN*X-like OS for standard web-browsers, written entirely in JavaScript (no plug-ins used). It comprises a vir- tual machine, shell, virtual file-system, process-management, and brings its own terminal with screen- and keyboard-mapping. For an overview of implemented commands have a look at the complete > JS/UIX-Manual-Pages; see also the > Version-History. The keyboard accepts the US-ASCII character set. As key-mapping depends from your browser, you may have to use the cursor and b…
216 uses
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Created 2005-06-21 03:46:41
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2024-02-09 07:37:47
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http://www.masswerk.at/jsuix/
oo
216 uses
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Created 2005-07-07 04:39:24
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2026-04-27 13:55:27
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http://www.yahoomail.com
po
215 uses
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Created 2005-06-20 16:23:46
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2025-03-14 14:27:02
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http://www.pogo.com/home/home.jsp?sls=3&site=pogo&lkey=QrZAMwF1hucTl9EuCmb3ogAAKDw.
olga
Searches OLGA (the Online Guitar Archive - http://olga.net) for the given artist or song.
215 uses
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Created 2005-06-20 18:19:15
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2026-04-24 00:24:47
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http://olga.net/dynamic/search.php?search=%s
awstats
Get AWStats for the specified domain. . .
215 uses
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Created 2006-08-06 10:27:36
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2023-12-26 05:25:40
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http://%s.com/AWStats/cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config=%s.com
cite
Search on Cite Seer Scientific Digital Library.
215 uses
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Created 2006-09-04 08:31:38
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2025-05-28 04:00:04
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http://citeseer.ifi.unizh.ch/cis?q=%s&submit=Search+Documents&cs=1
wikia2
Take you to a page on any wikia. Use "wikia <project name>" to go to a project's homepage, or "wikia <projectname>:<pagename>" to jump to a page. Does not do search, goes right to the page. Examples: wikia furry -- Goes to Wikifur wikia creatures:Docking Station -- goes to the Creatures Wiki page on Docking Station
215 uses
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Created 2006-10-06 00:12:25
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2011-02-18 05:51:19
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http://www.wikia.com/wiki/c:%s[no url encoding]
monster
215 uses
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Created 2005-12-09 01:40:28
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2024-11-04 07:48:24
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http://www.xanga.com/I _FALL4_JESUS
ginteria
Polish Stock Exchange on Interia.pl portal. Notowania GWP umieszczane w portalu interia. Przykładowo wpisanie "ginteria atm" wyświetli walory spółki ATM S.A.
215 uses
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Created 2006-01-17 15:34:28
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2007-09-08 08:54:34
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http://mojeinwestycje.interia.pl/szuk/ktory_szukaj.html?pole=%s&czy_serwisowa=nie
Filemaker
Searches the FIlmeaker Developer Notes section
215 uses
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Created 2005-06-20 03:26:37
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2023-11-22 09:05:54
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http://filemaker.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/filemaker.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php?p_sid=bhBaUpIh&p_lva=&p_li=&p_page=1&p_cv=&p_pv=&p_prods=0&p_cats=&p_hidden_prods=&prod_lvl1=0&p_search_text=%s&p_new_search=1
ning
NAME ning -- search ning.com for social web applications ning [optional search term] EXAMPLES ning results: takes you to the Ning browse page ning google results: searches ning for applications that mention Google AUTHOR chicagosage b.a.
215 uses
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Created 2006-02-22 20:12:26
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2017-05-05 02:33:20
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http://browse.ning.com/{ifnotempty %s -then search?q=%s&x=0&y=0}
pins
Search images on Pinterest without the login bullshit (or browse the website with w3m or blocking Javascript with a regular browser)
215 uses
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Created 2017-11-12 11:04:47
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2026-04-28 16:32:40
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https://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=%s
canlii
215 uses
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Created 2013-10-24 07:42:14
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2022-01-13 04:58:39
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http://www.canlii.org/en/search/search.do?all=%s
nj
Searches Ninjawords: Example: nj insidious
215 uses
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Created 2009-12-10 00:54:58
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2023-03-17 06:05:30
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http://ninjawords.com/%s
per
215 uses
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Created 2008-09-13 19:22:07
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2026-02-05 16:57:29
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https://translate.google.com/translate_t?hl=ru#auto|ru|%s
ffs
Search Friendfeed Example: ffs iPhone Multiple search arguments are supported. Example: ffs iPhone 3G
215 uses
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Created 2008-05-07 23:16:16
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2025-09-16 00:42:51
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http://friendfeed.com/search?q=%s
printer
download service manual and resetter printer
214 uses
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Created 2007-12-10 21:24:14
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2022-03-02 10:02:17
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http://printer1.blogspot.com
TA!
Buscador Taringa! Inteligencia Colectiva
214 uses
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Created 2009-03-10 03:00:20
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2013-01-04 02:22:10
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http://www.taringa.net/buscador.php?q=%s
tsc
torrentscan meta-search for torrents
214 uses
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Created 2009-08-29 16:35:27
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2025-09-04 12:28:35
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http://www.torrentscan.com/?q=%s
smf
Search mediafire via google site: option. Add parameter as needed. smf radiohead
214 uses
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Created 2010-05-09 00:50:58
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2019-01-21 18:42:05
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g site:mediafire.com %s
gamecopyworld
Search Gamecopyworld database. Example: gamecopyworld mythology
214 uses
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Created 2006-09-29 22:56:22
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2026-05-14 14:47:45
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http://search.gamecopyworld.com:9999/data/gcw.shtml?Search=%s&submit=Go
mefiuserg
Search for Metafilter.com users via Google It works best if you use the whole user name however it will do partial matches if the user name contains spaces Example: mefiuserg mathowie
214 uses
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Created 2005-09-27 13:37:58
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2007-04-15 14:59:23
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http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%s+inurl%3Auser+site%3Awww.metafilter.com
mr
Go to Maestro Rafael LMS web site
214 uses
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Created 2005-06-20 19:37:58
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2025-12-03 00:50:27
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http://coas.cayey.upr.edu/maestrorafael
ks
Search the KinderStart.com directory! KinderStart is the largest (and most popular) indexed directory and search engine focused on children zero to seven on the 'net. Find adoption related information Example: ks adoption Find all listings pertaining to birthday cakes Example: ks birthday cake
214 uses
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Created 2005-06-21 01:15:53
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2025-11-28 09:40:52
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http://www.kinderstart.com/cgi-bin/sqlsearch.cgi?pos=1&query=%s&language=&advanced=&urlonly=&withid=
plz
To find a specific Zip Code (PLZ in German) in Germany. Example: plz 10117
214 uses
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Created 2005-06-21 16:00:40
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2024-12-27 08:44:45
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http://www.stadtplandienst.de/map.asp?sid=bd6fbc9f2021817f2fc5f04bd7026ab3&start.x=5&plz=%s&city=&str=&Abschicken=GO
AL
The Official "Weird Al" Yankovic Website!
214 uses
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Created 2005-06-15 10:44:24
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2025-09-20 10:52:56
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http://www.weirdal.com
fdy
Finday, a social search engine and community powered by Google.
214 uses
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Created 2010-07-21 07:49:55
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2017-05-05 02:33:49
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http://finday.com/search?q=%s
lincjpn
NUS LINC Japanese Search. Search National University of Singapore LINC (Library INtegrated Catalogue), but only items which are in Japanese language.
214 uses
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Created 2010-08-03 15:10:26
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2011-08-22 17:31:35
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http://linc.nus.edu.sg/search/X?SEARCH=%s&l=jpn
sanet
Searches insides the web https://my.sanet.cd/
213 uses
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Created 2018-01-23 03:51:01
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2021-01-20 02:03:27
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https://my.sanet.cd/search/?q=%s
sbang
Spankbang search
213 uses
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Created 2021-11-03 04:56:02
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2024-09-02 15:23:10
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https://spankbang.com/s/%s/
uvu
uvu shortcut to utah valley university uvlink
213 uses
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Created 2009-12-17 05:27:46
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2016-08-14 22:17:23
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http://uvlink.uvu.edu
jword
Search Japanese words at jisho.org (edict) Examples: jword baka jword 夢 jword -j ai -e love jword -e escape
213 uses
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Created 2007-09-25 21:02:39
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2020-06-01 20:59:22
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http://jisho.org/words?jap=${j}%s&eng=${e}&dict=edict
bgs
Blingo and Google Search
213 uses
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Created 2008-03-15 01:56:33
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2023-11-24 14:02:14
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http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=mash2 %s -cmd g ,
gaotd
Take me to Giveawayoftheday!
213 uses
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Created 2008-03-22 05:07:56
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2015-02-09 18:27:57
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http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/
wrfe
Searches the French-English Word Reference Dictionary
213 uses
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Created 2007-06-03 22:57:43
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2025-12-16 07:20:26
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http://www.wordreference.com/fren/%s
notam
Retrieve airfield notices to airmen information from the Defense Internet NOTAM Service. To retrieve NOTAM information for an airfield, enter the ICAO identifier for the airfield. Example: notam krno
213 uses
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Created 2008-06-11 08:23:50
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2011-11-21 00:16:30
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https://www.notams.jcs.mil/dinsQueryWeb/queryRetrievalMapAction.do?reportType=Report&retrieveLocId=%s%0D%0A&submit=View+NOTAMs
genbug
This is the same as b.g.o., but I think this is easier to type. It searches bugs.gentoo.org for bugs. If given a number, it will go to that number bug.
213 uses
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Created 2008-07-21 18:10:23
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2023-06-11 11:57:08
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=%s
aart
(Golden Egg)
Create ASCII art from text suitable for using in an email signiture.
213 uses
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Created 2005-06-08 18:37:35
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2018-03-03 18:49:22
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http://www.network-science.de/ascii/ascii.php?TEXT=%s&x=29&y=12&FONT=ogre&RICH=no&FORM=left&STRE=no
computer
213 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 00:02:33
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2025-07-26 11:23:33
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myweb
Search My Web - Yahoo! Search
213 uses
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Created 2005-06-17 20:18:24
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2012-06-05 12:50:21
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http://myweb.search.yahoo.com/myweb/search?fr=yubnub-mw&p=%s
g+
when you include google as the first term of a search query, this is interpreted as the google comand, so the resulting query doesn't have the word google. You can search google on google with this command
213 uses
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Created 2005-11-16 19:54:50
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2024-08-02 14:34:02
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http://www.google.com/search?q=google+%s
syber
213 uses
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Created 2005-12-04 15:38:00
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2026-04-01 20:37:34
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http://syberw.blogspot.com
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