BTT XIX
  • 01 Welcome
  • 01 Word Processing Tips
  • 02 Google Search
  • 03 Digital Footprint
  • 03 Oops . . . What did I do?
  • 04 Social Media Facts
  • 05 Citing the Web
  • 06 More on Google Search ...
  • 07 Financial Terms
  • 08 Spreadsheet Note
  • 08 Spreadsheet Tasks
  • 08 Spreadsheet Formating
  • 08 Financial Literacy
  • 08 Spreadsheets and Charts
  • 09 Spreadsheets What if...
  • 10 One BIG Document
  • Coding
  • Coding: Talking Calculator

More you can Do with The Google Search Bar

There are other tasks you can perform in the Google search bar

Google returns more than websites:

Feature
Food Choice
Enter in the search bar
cheeseburger vs spaghetti
Comments
not all foods work
Stock lookup
aapl
type in the ticker code of a stock
US Stock only (?)
songs by
songs by bono
books by
books by goodkind
flight information
ac7719
Enter in any flight code
sunrise
sunrise
sunset
sunset
dictionary
define: word
origin of words
“your word” etymology
does not do proper names
returns Stats and graphs
how many people are in canada
Returns stats and graphs

Google Search and Google Maps

These search terms work in both Google web search and Google Map search
These features are very handy while traveling and not in a familiar location
Feature
Enter in the search bar
Comments
church
church
chruches in your local area will appear, including a map of their locations
hotels
hotels
hotels in your local area will appear, including a map of their locations
movies
movies
movies in your local area will appear, including a map of their locations
restaurants
restaurants in your local area will appear, including a map of their locations
shopping
shopping
shopping mall

Google as a Calculator / Timer

Feature
Enter In search bar
Comments
Calculator
7+3-5
(-2 +sqrt(2^2 - 4(1)(1)))/2*1
will do simplest to scientific calculations
Timer
17 second timer
2 minute timer
  • seconds or minutes will work
  • day did not work
Tip Calculator
Tip Calculator
a tip calculator will be first search result
convert units
7 lbs to kg
10 us gallons to litres
12" to cm
240 kpa to psi
60 degrees to radians 
pi radians to degrees

will convert units of measure for:
  • weights: pounds to kilograms
  • liquids: Us Gallons to Litres
  • length:  feet to cm
  • pressure
  • time
  • angle measurement
imperial, metric and US

Search by Image

Picture
Find the webpage that is image is on.
  • Drag and drop this image to your desktop
  • go to Google search image page.
  • drag and drop the image from the desktop to the image search box



Fun but useless Google searches

Enter In search bar
Comments
tilt
works in Chrome
do a barrel roll
works in Chrome
recursion
unless you know what recursion is, the search results will not mean anything
anagram
define anagram
festivus
unless you know the festivus reference, the results screen will not mean anything
zerg rush
results changeo over time, but how useful are the results


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