Posted Thursday February 18th, 2010 at 3:00 pm in Technology.

1.    Calculator: type an equation into the search bar to solve it.

•    simple arithmetic: 1 + 1
•    calculating a tip: 42.12 * .20
•    calculating a car payment: 20000 * ( 0.005 / (1 – (1 + 0.005) ^ -60))
•    Gravity times pi: G * pi
•    speed of light – speed of sound

2. Unit Converter: ask Google a question to convert units.

•    7 cups = ? ounces
•    How many liters in one gallon

3. Website search engine: search a website without visiting it.

•    site:nytimes.com “winter olympics”

4. Movie times: find movies playing at a theater near you.

•    movie times 32830

5. Shipment tracker: just type any tracking number into the search bar

•    729445714998577

6. Flight tracker: type in a flight number to see the real-time status.

•    DL 1884

7. Link tracker: see how many pages link to another page.

•    link:nytimes.com
•    link:http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/us/politics/05elect.html

8. Dictionary: type a word or abbreviation into the search bar to define it.

•    define:seo
•    define:quantum mechanics

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Benjamin Thompson is the owner of Wonderstruk Media an online marketing and social engagement consultancy in Orlando, Florida. Wonderstruk designs, develops and executes online social engagement and brand immersion campaigns against specifically defined consumer insights.

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