Google Search Hacks

[Wahesh]

 

[Wahesh]

 

[BomberBurton]

and that's just scratching the surface!

 

[spiritofaslan]

I knew quite a few of these, but it's still quite hit and miss at times.

 

[Captain Ibis]

I always run the quotation marks, it's one of the best features

 

[Captain Ibis]

here's a good one for ya @Wahesh

https://www.google.com/search?q=ask...i512l2j0i271.788j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

 

[Captain Ibis]

So Google have finally begun using infinite scroll for regular search. It took them long enough

 

[Wahesh]

So Google have finally begun using infinite scroll for regular search. It took them long enough

Do you mean that all search results come through on one page?

 

[Captain Ibis]

Do you mean that all search results come through on one page?

yeah. And actually I just realised they've had that on mobile for a while. They still have the original format on desktop

 

[spiritofaslan]

So Google have finally begun using infinite scroll for regular search. It took them long enough

Wonder how that will impact memory usage in browsers.

Sometimes infinite scroll can cause high memory usage.

 

[Captain Ibis]

Wonder how that will impact memory usage in browsers.

Sometimes infinite scroll can cause high memory usage.

yeah hard to say. But knowing Google they would have put a lot of time into the optimisation of it.

 

[Wahesh]

I find it rather odd that this has been implemented on mobiles before computers.

 

[spiritofaslan]

On a side note, if your car has Android Auto, did you know you can use Google to search anything you can normally?

It's pretty nifty actually to be driving along and go "Hey Google what time does BCF at Penrith close today", and it'll tell you the time it closes.

Or like "Hey Google, whats the score in the Bulldogs game today" and it'll look it up for you.

Really handy/neat.

Oh and you can even go "Hey Google, Did you fart?" and it'll give a number of replies ranging from "Yep you got me, and heres another one to confirm it", to "Well if you are going to claim I did one, I may as well let one slip", all the way to "Nope, not me!".

I was killing myself laughing when I figured that one out.

 

[Wahesh]

On a side note, if your car has Android Auto, did you know you can use Google to search anything you can normally?

It's pretty nifty actually to be driving along and go "Hey Google what time does BCF at Penrith close today", and it'll tell you the time it closes.

Or like "Hey Google, whats the score in the Bulldogs game today" and it'll look it up for you.

Really handy/neat.

Oh and you can even go "Hey Google, Did you fart?" and it'll give a number of replies ranging from "Yep you got me, and heres another one to confirm it", to "Well if you are going to claim I did one, I may as well let one slip", all the way to "Nope, not me!".

I was killing myself laughing when I figured that one out.

I get that with Siri a lot lol. It's amazing how machines can talk back to you. I ask Siri to tell me some knock knock jokes and honestly, they have to be the lamest there is lol.

 

[Captain Ibis]

I made this little observation off of a text section from a Google website. It's a bit of a mess, as it was a rush job, but I hope it makes sense.

Very interesting! It's a great way to approach typesetting, and has a good organic flow and feel to it. It's no surprise why most people feel very comfortable using Google products.