Cheat Sheet #4
Google Databases, Features, and Shortcuts
Equivalents in Other Major Search Engines
SEARCHABLE DATABASES (PROPRIETARY OR CONTRACTUAL)
Where to find
Web pages
Directory
Images
News
Shopping &
Products
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& services
Maps
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Groups
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Google
Yahoo!
www.google.com
search.yahoo.com
8+ billion (1 billion not indexed)
1.5+ million
1.3+ billion
4,500 sources
Froogle: web pages + merchantsupplied catalogs & info
Catalogs: scanned & uploaded
catalogs
Local search: web pages + yellow
pages; with maps, proximity choices
Type product & US city or zip code:
cameras
berkeley
Maps: draggable, satellite view,
directions, integrated with Google
Local for businesses & services
Groups: Usenet newsgroups since
1981 plus new content; create or join
new groups
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3+ billion
2 million
1.5 billion
7,000 sources
Products: Search, browse,
compare, set price limits
Teoma/Ask Jeeves
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static.wc.ask.com/docs/
announcements/searchsmarter.html
About 1 billion (in Teoma)
No equivalent
"Pictures" from PicSearch.com
From Moreover.com
Products: from PriceGrabber.com
 Local search easier to use but fewer  No equivalent
results than in Google Local
 maps.yahoo.com: maps & driving
directions
 No equivalent
 groups.yahoo.com: Create or join
existing groups.
 No equivalent
GOOGLE FEATURES & SHORTCUTS WITH COMPARABLE EQUIVALENTS
Airline flight
tracking info
Airport info
Area codes
Google
Yahoo!
www.google.com/help/features.html
tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts
Ask Jeeves Smart Search
static.wc.ask.com/docs/
announcements/searchsmarter.html
 Flight status
 Type [airline] [ flight number]
 Flight status
 Type [airline] [ flight number]
 In Smart Results
 Delays, weather conditions, etc.
 Type [airport code or city] airport
 Delays, weather conditions, etc.
 Type [airport code or city] airport
 No equivalent
 US area code defined by maps
 Type [3-digit code]
Calculator
 Type math problem in search box:
Ex.: 5+2*2 2^20 sqrt(-4)
Conversion of
 Type problem in search box:
weights &
Ex.: half a quart in teaspoons
measures
Ex.: 15 pounds * 2 miles in calories
Definitions, facts,  Type define:[your words] (finds web
encyclopedic
pages about your word)
lookup
 Type what you want to know (various
fact books and reference tools
 Search for your term (quotes o.k.)
click in blue bar in results
Maps &
 US street maps in search box or use
directions
maps.google.com
 Type [address]
Movies
 Type [movie name]
 Type movies:[zip code]
 Type movies:[theme keywords]
Weather
 Type weather:[city, state or zip
code]
 Cities where used or code for city
 No equivalent
 Type area code [city] or 3-digit code
 Enter problem in search box
 Smart Results (in Search smarter)
Less sophisticated than Google's
Less sophisticated than Google's
 Standard conversions
 In Conversions
 Type convent [amount] to [amount]
 Type define [word]
 Many dictionaries, encyclopedias,
and other teaching tools at:
education.yahoo.com/reference
 Type [topic] facts (Columbia
Encyclopedia results
 In Dictionary Search
 US street maps
 Type [address] or map [location]
 No equivalent
 Type showtimes [zip code]
 Movie search
 Type [city] weather
 In Weather
Extreme Googling 2005 - This material has been created by Joe Barker for the Infopeople Project [infopeople.org], supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and
Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. Any use of this material should credit
the author and funding source.
GOOGLE FEATURES & SHORTCUTS WITH COMPARABLE EQUIVALENTS
Stock info
Synonyms
Translation
White pages
Yellow pages
Zip codes
Ask Jeeves Smart Search
Google
Yahoo!
www.google.com/help/features.html
tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts
 Stock reports and headlines
 Type [one or more NYSE, AMEX.
NASDAQ, or mutual fund codes]
 Use third Definitions function (above)
 Click Translate this page in results
 Type or paste [text or URL] at
www.google.com/language_tools
 Type rphonebook: [name]
[address]
 Type bphonebook: [name]
[address]
 US zip code defined by maps
 Type [zip code]
 Price, intraday chart, news headlines
 Type quote [ticker symbol]
 In Stock Search
 Type synonym [word]
 Click Translate this page in results
 Type or paste [text or URL] at
tools.search.yahoo.com/language
 People search for phone numbers or
email at search.yahoo.com
 Yellow Pages at search.yahoo.com
 In Dictionary Search
 No equivalent
 Type zip code [city]
 In Smart Results
static.wc.ask.com/docs/
announcements/searchsmarter.html
 White pages
 No equivalent
STANDARD NUMBER LOOKUPS
Google
FAA Aircraft
registration
 Who owns
 Type [the number]
FCC equipment
IDs
Parcel tracking
numbers
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Patents
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UPC codes
VIN (vehicles)
Yahoo!
 Who owns
 Type [the number]
 No equivalent
Ask Jeeves Smart Search
 No equivalent
Who owns
Type fcc [number incl. punctuation]
UPS, FedEx, USPS
 UPS: Type [the number]
Type [the number]
 FedEx: Type fedex [number]
 USPS: Type usps [number]
US Patent lookup
 US Patent lookup
Type patent [number]
 Type patent [number]
Product identification
 Product identification
Type [the code]
 Type [the code]
Vehicle info, history
 Vehicle info, history
Type [the number]
 Type [the number]
WEB PAGE LOOKUPS
Google
Page info:
Cache:
Similar pages
Who links to
you?
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Yahoo!
Find Google cached copy, links:
Type info: [URL] (no http://)
Find cached copy of a page
Click Cached or type cache: [URL]
Finds pages somehow related
Type related: [URL]
Find pages that link to a page
Type link:URL (http:// not needed)
Cannot be mixed with other terms or
syntax
Ask Jeeves Smart Search
 No equivalent
 No equivalent
 Find cached copy of a page
 Click Cached link
 No equivalent
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Find pages that link to a page (mixable)
Type link:URL (include http://)
Find pages linking to a domain (mixable)
Type linkdomain:domain.to.first/
 In Related Search
 Finds interesting related pages
 No equivalent
NOT IN GOOGLE
MORE SHORTCUTS AND LOOKUPS
Yahoo!
 Book price finder
 Type [ISBN]
 Exchange rates
 Gas prices
 Type convert [currency] to [currency]
 Sports scores
 Time zones
 Traffic reports
 Type [team] scores
 Type time in [city]
 Type [city] traffic
Ask Jeeves Smart Search
 Famous people
 Wedding registries
 Type gas [zip code]
Extreme Googling 2005 - This material has been created by Joe Barker for the Infopeople Project [infopeople.org], supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and
Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. Any use of this material should credit
the author and funding source.