![\"Google](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Google%20Omnibar%20Calculator%202019-08-2010%20at%2010.51.18.png\")
<\/div>\nYou can also access calculators directly in Google’s search results. Search for\u00a0 Google even has advanced calculators that can graph functions such as\u00a0 Would have made high school a lot easier.<\/p>\n If you’re trying to figure out the weather in another country or need to know how much flour to use when you don’t have a small enough measuring spoon, Google has you covered. Search with this formula:\u00a0 Conversely, you can search for “unit converter” to populate a conversion calculator in Google’s search results. Then, use the dropdown box to select the type of data you’re converting.<\/p>\n Using Google’s unit converter, you can convert:<\/p>\n If you need to convert currency, you can do that in both the omnibar and search results, too. To perform the calculation in the omnibar, use this formula:\u00a0 Or type “currency converter” to populate a converter in the search results that lists dozens of convertible currencies.<\/p>\n You can even use the tool to convert a few cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Etherium, and Litecoin. Assuming you know what those are.<\/p>\n Search for\u00a0 Scroll down the page a little further to see the distance between the two locations and estimated times for the commute if you’re driving, taking a bus, walking, or riding a bike.<\/p>\n If there’s an ocean between where you are and where you want to go, the distance and directions map won’t appear. But if you need to know the distance, add the word “distance” to your query (e.g., “New York to London distance”) to get the distance in miles (or kilometers, based on your settings) between the two locations.<\/p>\n Another helpful Google Search trick for travel is searching for\u00a0 And you can see what events are happening in a city you’re traveling to in the next few days, next week, or next month by searching for\u00a0 You can search for\u00a0 Search for a company’s name plus\u00a0 Add\u00a0 And add\u00a0 Enter a stock symbol\u2014such as APPL\u2014into Google to get the current stock price and other financial details.<\/p>\n Get the time the sun will rise or set in your area by entering\u00a0 Enter\u00a0 If you don’t know what your IP address is, search for\u00a0 If you can’t find your Android phone, enter\u00a0 Not sure when Thanksgiving falls this year? Enter the holiday name plus the year to find out its date.<\/p>\n Type\u00a0 You can find out the status of a flight by searching for the flight number. Bonus: If anyone’s emailed you about the flight, it’ll populate with that information too.<\/p>\n If you want to open a webpage you’re currently viewing in another tab, highlight the URL and then drag and drop it to a tab position to duplicate the page in a new tab\u2014no cutting and pasting required.<\/p>\n At the top of every Google Search results page, you’ll find tabs to refine your search by category: All, Images, Videos, News, Books, and, under\u00a0More<\/em>, Maps, Shopping, Flights, and Finance.<\/p>\n So when searching for\u00a0 Editor’s note:<\/strong>\u00a0For the longest time, I always ignored the\u00a0Shopping<\/em>\u00a0tab. What would I find there that I wouldn’t find on Amazon or with a standard search? Well, when my diaper bag’s zipper broke, I spent an hour trying to find the same, now-discontinued model. No luck. I mentioned it in passing to my brother-in-law, who within three minutes had sent me links to multiple options, each cheaper than I’d originally purchased it for.<\/p>\n Just below the search bar on the default Google Search results page, you’ll see a tab titled\u00a0Tools<\/em>. If you click the\u00a0Tools<\/em>\u00a0tab, the navigation bar will expand to display two additional dropdown features:\u00a0Any time<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0All results<\/em>.<\/p>\n Using the\u00a0Any time<\/em>\u00a0tab, you can filter results by when the content was published or updated.<\/p>\n For example, if I check for cat GIFs every day, the\u00a0Past 24 hours<\/em>\u00a0filter will help me find only the newest cat GIFs. If I’m looking for recent research studies, I might apply the\u00a0Past year<\/em>\u00a0filter. And if I’m looking for something very specific and know when it was published, I can use the\u00a0Custom range<\/em>\u00a0filter to find content published within a specified timeframe.<\/p>\n If you’re using Google Image Search to find images, the\u00a0Tools<\/em>\u00a0tab lets you filter the results by size, color, usage rights, type (face, photo, clip art, line drawing, or animated), and time (date published). You can also click\u00a0More<\/em>\u00a0>\u00a0Show sizes<\/em>\u00a0to have image sizes listed below images.<\/p>\n If you need an image that’s, for example, labeled for reuse and at least 800px wide, these filters can help narrow it down.<\/p>\n You can use the\u00a0Tools<\/em>\u00a0filters in Google Video Search to filter your results by video duration (short, medium, or long), publish date (Any time<\/em>), quality (filter to show high-quality videos only), and source, as well as by whether or not videos are closed captioned (All videos<\/em>).<\/p>\n Say you’re looking for a video to embed on your blog, but everything you’re finding is low-quality and really short. You want something that’s high-quality and lengthy. These filters will help you find exactly what you’re looking for.<\/p>\n Next to the URL of each search result, you’ll see a dropdown arrow. Click on that to choose to load the cached version of that page\u2014a snapshot of the page as it appeared the last time Google’s robots visited that site.<\/p>\n This is useful when a site goes down and you still want to access some of its content.<\/p>\n You can also access the cached version of a page using the\u00a0 The dropdown next to the URL of any search result also sometimes (but not always) includes an option to find similar pages. Selecting\u00a0Similar<\/em>\u00a0takes you to a list of related sites.<\/p>\n For example, if you select the\u00a0Similar<\/em>\u00a0option on the search result for Mailchimp’s homepage, Google will send you to a list of search results for tools like Mailchimp.<\/p>\n If you use the\u00a0 If you only include the website address in your search, Google will display every result it has indexed for that website. This is helpful if you own a website and want to make sure Google has indexed all of your pages (or if Google has indexed pages it shouldn’t have).<\/p>\n But you can also add search terms to your query to look for certain information on that website. For example, if I’m writing a blog post for Zapier and want to link to another Zapier post about the\u00a0best Kanban apps<\/a>, I can use the\u00a0 It’s also really helpful when you can’t find the information you’re looking for on a specific website. Instead of clicking through multiple pages trying to find an answer, use the\u00a0 If you find yourself searching for the same thing over and over again, you can create shortcut keys in Chrome to trigger that search with only a few keystrokes.<\/p>\n For example, I often use the\u00a0 To create shortcut keys in Google Chrome for your commonly used searches, click the three vertical dots at the top-right corner of Chrome, and select\u00a0Settings<\/em>.<\/p>\n Then click\u00a0Search engine<\/em>\u00a0and select\u00a0Manage search engines<\/em>.<\/p>\n Then click the\u00a0Add<\/em>\u00a0button that’s to the right of\u00a0Other search engines<\/em>.<\/p>\n Under\u00a0Search engine<\/em>, give your shortcut a name. Under\u00a0Keyword<\/em>, enter the shortcut key you want to use to trigger that search. Under\u00a0URL with % in place of query<\/em>, enter the search query you want that shortcut to trigger. When you’re finished, click the\u00a0Add<\/em>\u00a0button.<\/p>\n Once you’re finished, you can type your shortcut key into Chrome’s omnibar and tap\u00a0 Normally when you search Google, results are customized to the country Google thinks you’re in\u00a0based on your IP address<\/a>. If you’re in India, for example, you’ll be directed to Google.co.in instead of Google.com. If you’d like to get results for other countries, however, you can do that with a couple of tricks.<\/p>\n To use Google.com instead of your local version, visit\u00a0google.com\/ncr<\/a>\u00a0and bookmark it for future use. NCR stands for no country redirect.<\/p>\n Alternatively, if you’re redirected from Google.com to another Google site, such as Google.co.in, click the “Use Google.com” link at the bottom right corner of the page to get the international version of Google.<\/p>\n Depending on where you are, you might also see an option to search local Google in English, which is handy when you’re traveling to places where English isn’t the primary language.<\/p>\n You can also do a country-specific search using the\u00a0 Here’s a\u00a0list of the TLDs<\/a>\u00a0for countries and regions around the world.<\/p>\n You can also use this Google Search trick to search other types of domains, such as government sites (.gov), education sites (.edu), and organization domains (.org).<\/p>\n Following a hyphen\u00a0 For example, if you’re looking for remote marketing jobs but don’t want to see results from Upwork, you could search for\u00a0 If you want to find results that use a very specific phrase, surround your search term in quotation marks to tell Google you only want to see results that use that exact phrase.<\/p>\n This is helpful on multiple occasions. Maybe you’re trying to determine if something is plagiarized. Pick a unique sentence from the text in question and search for it in quotation marks to see if any exact matches show up in search results.<\/p>\n Or say you’re trying to find the original source of a statistic you found on a website. Search for that statistic in quotation marks to find other sites citing that exact statistic.<\/p>\n Here’s a little cheat sheet for some of the most useful Google Search operators, including the ones we’ve already mentioned:<\/p>\ncalculator<\/code>,\u00a0tip calculator<\/code>, or\u00a0mortgage calculator<\/code>\u00a0to get the calculator you need to appear at the top of the search results.<\/p>\n![\"Google](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Google%20Search%20Calculator%202019-08-2010%20at%2010.51.47.png\")
<\/div>\nsin<\/code>\u00a0and\u00a0cos<\/code>\u2014or solve geometry problems such as\u00a0area of circle with radius of 4<\/code>.<\/p>\n![\"Google](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Google%20Calculus%20Calculator%202019-08-2010%20at%2010.52.14.png\")
<\/div>\n2. Perform Quick Data Conversions<\/h2>\n
[value of first unit] to [second unit]<\/code>.<\/p>\n![\"Google](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Omnibar%20Unit%20Converter%202019-08-2010%20at%2010.56.01.png\")
<\/div>\n![\"Google](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Unit%20Converter%20in%20Search%20Results%202019-08-2010%20at%2010.56.13.png\")
<\/div>\n\n
3. Perform Quick Currency Conversions<\/h2>\n
[value of first unit] to [second unit]<\/code>.<\/p>\n![\"Google](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Google%20Omnibar%20Currency%20Calculator%202019-08-2010%20at%2010.56.31.png\")
<\/div>\n![\"Google](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Google%20Search%20Currency%20Converter%202019-08-2010%20at%2010.56.45.png\")
<\/div>\n4. Plan Upcoming Vacations and Business Trips<\/h2>\n
[city] to [city]<\/code>\u00a0to see the cost of flights from multiple airlines:<\/p>\n![\"Google](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Google%20Flight%20Information%202019-08-2010%20at%2010.57.47.png\")
<\/div>\n![\"Google](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Google%20Travel%20Estimates%202019-08-2010%20at%2010.58.09.png\")
<\/div>\n![\"Distance](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Google%20Search%20Distance%20Calculator%202019-08-2010%20at%2010.58.34.png\")
<\/div>\nhotels [city]<\/code>\u00a0to find hotels and prices:<\/p>\n![\"Google](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Google%20Search%20Hotel%20Finder%202019-08-2010%20at%2010.59.44.png\")
<\/div>\n[city] events<\/code>.<\/p>\n![\"Google](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Google%20Events%20Calendar%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.00.00.png\")
<\/div>\n5. See What Time It Is Anywhere in the World<\/h2>\n
time in [city]<\/code>\u00a0to see what time it is in another city right now, or you can search for\u00a0[city] to [city] time<\/code>\u00a0to see the time difference between where you live and somewhere else.<\/p>\n![\"time](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Google%20Search%20Time%20Converter%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.00.26.png\")
<\/div>\n6. Get Customer Support Information<\/h2>\n
customer service<\/code>\u00a0to get the company’s customer service phone number.<\/p>\n![\"customer](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Google%20Customer%20Service%20Information%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.01.00.png\")
<\/div>\n7. Get Word Definitions and Etymologies<\/h2>\n
define<\/code>\u00a0before a word or phrase to get a definition of it, or add\u00a0etymology<\/code>\u00a0before a word to see its origins (except for\u00a0etymology define<\/code>, which gives you the definition of etymology).<\/p>\n![\"work](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Google%20Search%20Etymology%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.01.43.png\")
<\/div>\n8. Translate Words to Other Languages<\/h2>\n
in [language]<\/code>\u00a0after a foreign language word to have Google translate that word into a language you understand.<\/p>\n![\"translator](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Google%20Search%20Translator%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.02.05.png\")
<\/div>\n9. Get Current Stock Prices<\/h2>\n
![\"get](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Google%20Search%20Stock%20Prices%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.02.26.png\")
<\/div>\n10. Find Out When the Sun Will Rise and Set<\/h2>\n
sunrise<\/code>\u00a0or\u00a0sunset<\/code>. You can also add a city name to your search to get the sunrise and sunset times for a different city.<\/p>\n![\"Google](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Google%20Sunrise%20Instant%20Answer%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.03.29.png\")
<\/div>\n11. Set a Timer or Stopwatch<\/h2>\n
stopwatch<\/code>\u00a0to use a stopwatch in Google Search, or search for\u00a0set timer for [amount of time]<\/code>\u00a0to automatically start a timer.<\/p>\n![\"timer](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Google%20Search%20Timer%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.03.45.png\")
<\/div>\n12. Find Your IP Address<\/h2>\n
IP address<\/code>, and Google will reveal your public IP address.<\/p>\n![\"find](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Google%20Search%20IP%20Address%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.04.09.png\")
<\/div>\n13. Find Your Android Phone<\/h2>\n
find my phone<\/code>\u00a0to locate it on a map or make it ring. If you believe it’s been lost or stolen, you can also secure your device or erase all content from it.<\/p>\n![\"Google's](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Google_s%20Find%20My%20Phone%20Feature%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.04.25.png\")
<\/div>\n14. See the Dates of Upcoming Holidays<\/h2>\n
![\"find](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Google%20Search%20Holiday%20Dates%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.04.46.png\")
<\/div>\n15. Get the Current Weather or See a Weather Forecast<\/h2>\n
weather<\/code>\u00a0to see the current temperature in the omnibar and the weather forecast for the week in the search results. If you want to see the weather forecast for an area you’re not currently located in, type\u00a0weather [location]<\/code>.<\/p>\n![\"weather](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Google%20Search%20Weather%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.05.08.png\")
<\/div>\n16. Get an Update on a Flight Status<\/h2>\n
![\"flight](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Google%20Search%20Flight%20Status%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.05.31.png\")
<\/div>\n17. Drag and Drop a URL to Open it in a New Tab<\/h2>\n
![\"drag](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Drag%20and%20Drop%20URL%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.06.13.gif\")
<\/div>\n18. Filter Search Results by Type of Information<\/h2>\n
![\"Choose](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Filter%20Search%20Results%20by%20Type%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.06.48.png\")
<\/div>\ncat gifs<\/code>, for example, I can head to the\u00a0Images<\/em>\u00a0tab to view cat GIFs, or I could go to the\u00a0Videos<\/em>\u00a0tab to watch cat videos. Sadly, there are no cat GIF-related flights.<\/p>\n19. Narrow Down Search Results by Publish Date<\/h2>\n
![\"Google](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Google%20Search%20Tools%20Tab%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.07.29.png\")
<\/div>\n![\"filter](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Filter%20Google%20Search%20Results%20by%20Date%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.07.46.png\")
<\/div>\n20. Narrow Down Image Results by Image Type<\/h2>\n
![\"Google](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Google%20Image%20Search%20Filters%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.08.00.png\")
<\/div>\n21. Narrow Down Video Results by Duration and Quality<\/h2>\n
![\"Google](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Google%20Video%20Search%20Filters%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.11.04.png\")
<\/div>\n22. View Cached Pages<\/h2>\n
![\"view](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/View%20Cached%20Pages%20in%20Google%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.11.46.png\")
<\/div>\ncache:<\/code>\u00a0search operator; add\u00a0cache:<\/code>\u00a0in front of the URL you want to view, and Google will open the cached version of that page.<\/p>\n![\"how](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Cache%20Google%20Search%20Operator%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.12.01.png\")
<\/div>\n23. View Similar Pages<\/h2>\n
![\"view](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/View%20Similar%20Search%20Results%20in%20Google%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.12.25.png\")
<\/div>\n24. Only Show Results from a Specific Website<\/h2>\n
site:<\/code>\u00a0search operator, Google will only show you the results from a specific website. To use the\u00a0site:<\/code>\u00a0search operator, type\u00a0site:[website address]<\/code>, but don’t include\u00a0http:\/\/<\/code>,\u00a0https:\/\/<\/code>, or\u00a0www<\/code>\u00a0in the website address. Here’s an example:<\/p>\n![\"how](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Google_s%20Site%20Search%20Operator%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.13.03.png\")
<\/div>\nsite:<\/code>\u00a0search operator plus a search term to find only pages on Zapier that are about Kanban apps.<\/p>\n![\"find](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Site%20Search%20Operator%20with%20Query%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.13.38.png\")
<\/div>\nsite:<\/code>\u00a0search operator and a relevant search term.<\/p>\n25. Create Shortcut Keys in Chrome for Searches You Conduct Frequently<\/h2>\n
site:<\/code>\u00a0operator to find content on the Zapier blog, so I have a shortcut key that lets me type a few letters (“ZSS”) to trigger that specific search query:<\/p>\n![\"Using](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Google%20Search%20Shortcut%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.13.59.gif\")
<\/div>\n![\"how](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Chrome%20Search%20Shortcut%20Keys%20Step%201%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.15.00.png\")
<\/div>\n![\"how](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Chrome%20Search%20Shortcut%20Keys%20Step%202%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.15.17.png\")
<\/div>\n![\"how](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Chrome%20Search%20Shortcut%20Keys%20Step%203%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.15.39.png\")
<\/div>\n![\"how](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Chrome%20Search%20Shortcut%20Keys%20Step%204%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.16.01.png\")
<\/div>\nEnter<\/code>\/Return<\/code>\u00a0to populate the omnibar with your frequently used search.<\/p>\n26. Search Internationally<\/h2>\n
![\"Search](\"https:\/\/zapier.cachefly.net\/storage\/photos\/a11b50da8bac8df1773d951d34970b6d.png\")
<\/div>\n27. Search for Sites that Use Specific TLDs<\/h2>\n
site:<\/code>\u00a0search operator plus the TLD for that country. For example, if you want to look for naan recipes and get the information only from sites in India, the search would be\u00a0naan recipes site:.in<\/code>.<\/p>\n![\"search](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Naan%20Recipes%20Google%20Search%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.21.36.png\")
<\/div>\n28. Exclude Specific Sites\/Words from Search Results<\/h2>\n
-<\/code>\u00a0directly with a word is another Google Search operator, and this one tells Google to exclude whatever follows that hyphen from the search results.<\/p>\nremote marketing jobs -Upwork<\/code>\u00a0to tell Google not to show any results with the word “Upwork” in them.<\/p>\n![\"Google's](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Google%20Exclude%20Search%20Operator%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.17.51.png\")
<\/div>\n29. Find Only Exact-Match Search Results<\/h2>\n
![\"Google](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Google%20Exact-Match%20Search%20Operator%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.18.09.png\")
<\/div>\nMore Google Search operators for narrowing down your search results<\/h3>\n
![\"using](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Using%20Multiple%20Search%20Operators%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.18.34.png\")
<\/div>\n![\"Google](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Google%20Advanced%20Search%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.18.56.png\")
<\/div>\n![\"Evernote](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Evernote%20Web%20Clipper%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.19.48.png\")
<\/div>\n![\"Evernote](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Evernote%20Clips%20in%20Google%20Search%20Results%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.20.00.png\")
<\/div>\n![\"Google](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Google%20Image%20Search%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.20.40.png\")
<\/div>\n![\"Google](\"https:\/\/zappy.zapier.com\/Google%20Reverse%20Image%20Search%202019-08-2011%20at%2011.20.19.png\")
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