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On a related note, and probably obvious to many, I've just discovered I can make a nice little link to a one-result search, handy for a bookmark. Things like c

by exodust 10y ago

On a related note, and probably obvious to many, I've just discovered I can make a nice little link to a one-result search, handy for a bookmark. Things like current temperature and forecast I don't want a dedicated app for when a simple search is more efficient... https://www.google.com/search?num=1&q=temperature+london https://www.google.com/search?num=1&q=temperature+london

notriddle 10y ago
https://www.google.com/search?num=0&q=temperature+london https://www.google.com/search?num=0&q=temperature+london it's pretty funny
ww520 10y ago
That's pretty neat. Didn't know that. Thanks!
- chrisb 10y ago
  And if you set num=0 then it returns the normal "did not match any documents" page: https://www.google.com/search?num=0&q=temperature+london https://www.google.com/search?num=0&q=temperature+london Which seems like it could be used to fool someone into thinking there really are no results for a subject. Or to pretend Google search is broken ;)
  - roberthensing 10y ago
    Or tell the truth about the truth ;) https://www.google.nl/search?num=0&q=the%20truth https://www.google.nl/search?num=0&q=the%20truth
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_andromeda_ 10y ago
So cool.
piyush_soni 10y ago
Yes, and if you're using Firefox, you can this with the knowledge of its Smart Keywords to create super quick shortcuts! https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-search-from-address-bar https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-search-from-address... For example, I directly go to Wikipedia's page on "India " by typing wp India in my address bar using these search keywords, or search images of birds on google by typing gi birds in it. (There's a rather cumbersome way to do the same in Chrome as well)
- notzorbo3 10y ago
  It's not that cumbersome in Chrome. Right click the URL bar -> "Edit search engines" -> Find the search engine you'd like to easily search, double click the second column and enter a keyword for it. For example, for wikipedia, I have "wp" as a keyword. In the URL bar, you can just type "wp<tab>" and you can search wikipedia.
  - notatoad 10y ago
    you don't even have to do any configuration. after you've used a search box that's correctly formatted (like wikipedia's is) chrome automatically offers you the option to "press tab to search" when you start typing that's site's url.
    - Ajedi32 10y ago
      Yep, I use this feature all the time and I think there's only ever been one or two sites I've had to set it up for manually. For most sites, Ctrl+T <First 2-3 Letters of Site Name> <Tab> <Search Query> <Enter> works just fine without me having to configure anything.
  - MiddleEndian 10y ago
    The level of customization offered in Firefox is a nice benefit though, as you can add a wildcard to any portion of a URL. I have some specific shortcuts like wdir (walking directions from my home address) and some shortcuts that allow me to quickly jump to subsections of specific sites.
Dragonai 10y ago
Very cool, thanks!
kevin2r 10y ago
You still get the google "applet" + 1 search result, any ways to get only the "applet"?

by exodust 10y ago

notriddle 10y ago

https://www.google.com/search?num=0&q=temperature+london https://www.google.com/search?num=0&q=temperature+london it's pretty funny

ww520 10y ago

That's pretty neat. Didn't know that. Thanks!

chrisb 10y ago
And if you set num=0 then it returns the normal "did not match any documents" page: https://www.google.com/search?num=0&q=temperature+london https://www.google.com/search?num=0&q=temperature+london Which seems like it could be used to fool someone into thinking there really are no results for a subject. Or to pretend Google search is broken ;)
- roberthensing 10y ago
  Or tell the truth about the truth ;) https://www.google.nl/search?num=0&q=the%20truth https://www.google.nl/search?num=0&q=the%20truth
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_andromeda_ 10y ago

So cool.

piyush_soni 10y ago

Yes, and if you're using Firefox, you can this with the knowledge of its Smart Keywords to create super quick shortcuts! https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-search-from-address-bar https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-search-from-address... For example, I directly go to Wikipedia's page on "India " by typing wp India in my address bar using these search keywords, or search images of birds on google by typing gi birds in it. (There's a rather cumbersome way to do the same in Chrome as well)

notzorbo3 10y ago
It's not that cumbersome in Chrome. Right click the URL bar -> "Edit search engines" -> Find the search engine you'd like to easily search, double click the second column and enter a keyword for it. For example, for wikipedia, I have "wp" as a keyword. In the URL bar, you can just type "wp<tab>" and you can search wikipedia.
- notatoad 10y ago
  you don't even have to do any configuration. after you've used a search box that's correctly formatted (like wikipedia's is) chrome automatically offers you the option to "press tab to search" when you start typing that's site's url.
  - Ajedi32 10y ago
    Yep, I use this feature all the time and I think there's only ever been one or two sites I've had to set it up for manually. For most sites, Ctrl+T <First 2-3 Letters of Site Name> <Tab> <Search Query> <Enter> works just fine without me having to configure anything.
- MiddleEndian 10y ago
  The level of customization offered in Firefox is a nice benefit though, as you can add a wildcard to any portion of a URL. I have some specific shortcuts like wdir (walking directions from my home address) and some shortcuts that allow me to quickly jump to subsections of specific sites.

Dragonai 10y ago

Very cool, thanks!

kevin2r 10y ago

You still get the google "applet" + 1 search result, any ways to get only the "applet"?