Google Search Tips

21 Google Search Tips
After playing around with Google's Advanced Search Made Easy, I came across two great pages on using Google's Search features better: via Dumb Little Man and Sell IUS, I culled this collection. These are my favorite Google search engine tips:
1. Use quotation marks to search for the exact phrase "co-op board rejection"
2. Movies. Use the "movie:" operator to search for a movie title along with either a zip code or U.S. city and state to get a list of movie theaters in the area and show times.
3. Music. The "music:" operator returns content related to music only.
4. Use the pipe () for an either/or search (or use the word "or"): fsboby owner.
5. Use two periods (..) to find information within a number range, including years: worst housing markets 1980..2006.
6. Not. If you don't want a term or phrase, use the "-" symbol. will return pages that contain "little" and "man" but that don't contain "dumb".
7. "Not X" Exclude search terms with a minus sign (-): worst housing markets 1980..2006 -best. (since the prior search usually includes best and worst, use the minus sign if you only want the bad news)
8. Find similar terms with the tilde (~): ~cheap homes. You get auctions, foreclosures, etc.
9. Use the wildcard symbol (*) if you don’t know the missing word: a man’s home is his *.
10. Location of term. By default, Google searches for your term throughout a web page. But if you just want it to search certain locations, you can use operators such as:
"inurl:"
"intitle:"
"intext:"
"inanchor:"
Those search for a term only within the URL, the title, the body text, and the anchor text (the text used to describe a link).

11. Get a list of definitions with "define:" define:foreclosure.
12. Site-specific. To search a particular site use "site:". Useful if a website or blog doesn’t have a search box: site:bigpicture.typepad.com.
13. Backlinks. The "link:" operator will find pages that link to a specific URL. You can use this not only for a main URL but even to a specific page. Not all links to an URL are listed, however. link:http://bigpicture.typepad.com
14. Type in the area code to find out the city: 212.
15. File types: If you just want to search for .PDF files, or Word documents, or Excel spreadsheets, for example, use the "filetype:" operator.
16. Vertical search: Instead of searching for a term across all pages on the web, search within a specialized field. Google has a number of specific searches, allowing you to search within blogs, news, books, and much more:
* Blog Search
* Book Search
* Scholar
* Catalogs
* Code Search
* Directory
* Finance
* Images
* Local/Maps
* News
* Patent Search
* Product Search
* Video
Numerical related searches:
17. Numrange: This little-known feature searches for a range of numbers. For example, ["best books 2002..2007] will return lists of best books for each of the years from 2002 to 2007 (note the two periods between the two numbers).
18. Use Google as a calculator: 472*92. Full calculator instructions are here
19. Unit converter: Use Google for a quick conversion, from yards to meters for example, or different currency: 12 meters in yards
20. Types of numbers: Google algorithms can recognize patterns in numbers you enter, so you can search for:
* Vehicle ID number (US only)
* Federal Communications Commission (FCC) equipment numbers (US only)
* UPC codes
* Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airplane registration number (US only)
* Patent numbers (US only)
* Even stock quotes (using the stock symbol)
* weather forecast regarding the next five days
21. Advanced search. If you can't remember any of these operators, you can always use Google's advanced search.

Essential Software Config For PC

Typical PC Application Checklist:

1. Editpad
2. PFE32
3. HP12C
4. SnagIt32
5. iFTP
6. Palm Desktop
7. Documents To Go
8. Adobe Reader
9. Winzip
10. MSOffice
11. Verizon Data Card Program
12. PDF Printer Drivers
13. HP1020 Print Driver
14. Lexmark Print Driver
15. Tetris
16. rbTray
17. MathEquation
18. Microsoft Office
19. Trillian
20. Mute.exe and shortcuts
21. Visual Basic
22. Windows Media Player
23. Internet Explorer
24. Vice Versa
25. WM Recorder 11
26. Camtasia
27. Mathematica 4.1
28. MathType 5
29. Visual Studio

Tax Tips Links

TaxTips:

at irs.gov
at money.cnn.com
at (1) smartmoney.com and (2) smartmoney.com
at taxes.about.com
at turbotax.intuit.com
at (1) forbes.com and (2) forbes.com
at (1) allbusiness.com and (2) allbusiness.com

Canada Related Information

Health Insurance Agent in Toronto:
Doris Malek, Insurance Broker #201-3034 Palstan Rd, Mississauga/ Tel: 905 848-4667#500-150 Consumers Rd, Toronto/Tel: 416 491-1240Cell : 416 505-6807Specializing in Benefits for RMT's - Health, Dental, Disability, Sickness & Life Insurance

Importing Car To Canada - Some informational links
Buffalo Border Site For Import Information
Another Site With Info On Importing to Canada
US Customs Info About Exporting Motor Vehicles
Canadian Site With Vehicle Info About Vehicle Import and Registration

Some Worthwhile Sites

Some Interesting Sites I Visit Often

www.blogger.com/ Google's Blog
www.wordpress.org/ WordPress - Blog Tool and Weblog Platform
www.sixapart.com/ OpenSocial initiative for social applications on the web
www.bloglines.com/ A web-based personal news aggregator
http://www.audioblog.com/ Hipcast - Podcast, audioblog and videoblog creation tool.
http://del.icio.us/ All your bookmarks in one place
http://www.sethsblog.com/ Blog by a techie guy who served in Iraq
http://paul.kedrosky.com/ Blog Called "Infectious Greed" - Commentary on the Investments World
http://accruedint.blogspot.com/ Bond portfolio manager's blog
http://www.paidcontent.org/ The site claims to be about "The Economics of Content"
http://www.marketwatch.com/ Market News and Data from Dow Jones
http://www.footnoted.org/ Navigate through footnotes in SEC filings, such as 10-Ks, 10-Qs.
http://gizmoproject.com/ Commenatry on latest in tech gadgets
http://www.raketu.com/ Online IM for MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, AOL, Skype and Google.
http://www.meebo.com/ Another online IM for various internet chats
http://www.jajah.com/ Web-activated VOIP calls between two landline or mobile phones
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7205700@N05/519601508/ Some beautiful pictures of Ships
http://www.sec.gov/xbrl SEC Online Annual Reports
http://www.hedgefundcenter.com/ Hedge Fund Information Site

Various Online Games Sites
Yahoo! Games
Pogo
Shockwave
AOL Games
Newgrounds
MSN Games*
www.iwin.com*
runescape*


Various Sites About Health
SparkPeople*
Everyday Health
WebMD
MSN Health & Fitness
Yahoo! Health
NIH.gov
dadamo.com*


Various Humor Sites
The Onion
The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/
Ask a Ninja http://www.askaninja.com/
The Joy of Tech http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/
Rocketboom http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/
Funny or Die* http://www.funnyordie.com/


Various Job Search Sites
LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/
Monster
Hot Jobs
SimplyHired
Jobster
Craigslist*
Xing.com*

Various Satellite Map Mashups
Flash Earth
Goocam
Doggdot
Weather Bonk
FindNearby

Various Photosharing Sites
Flickr
Snapfish
Kodak Photogallery
Shutterfly
Webshots
Photobucket*
Picasa*


Various Social Network Sites
Facebook
MySpace
Twitter
Stumbleupon
Bebo
LinkedIn
Orkut

Various Podcasts Sites
NPR http://www.npr.org/
Diggnation http://www.techcrunch.com/
This Week in Tech http://www.twit.tv/
Ask A Ninja http://www.askaninja.com/
Adam Curry's Daily Source Code http://www.dailysourcecode.com/

Various Real Estate Sites
Zillow
Craigslist
Trulia
Curbed.com
MyNewPlace
Redfin*

Social Networking Tools
Ning
CollectiveX
GoingOn
KickApps
CrowdVine
Orkut


Various Sports Sites
ESPN
CBS Sportsline
Fox Sports
NFL.com
MLB.com


Various Tech News Sites
CNET News.com
Digg
Slashdot
GigaOM
Techmeme
engadget*

Various Travel Sites
Expedia
Kayak
Trip Advisor
Sidestep
Farecast
HomeAway*
Orbitz*
Travel Zoo*


Various Video Sharing Sites
YouTube
Heavy
Metacafe
Sharkle
Revver
blinkx*
ON Networks*


Various Web Mail Sites
Gmail
Yahoo! Mail
MSN Hotmail
AOL Webmail
TempinBox

Some Reading Material Sources

Mumbai Source of Study Materials
=========================
The zerox copy of original Schweser notes for 2007 FRM exam is available in Mumbai at the following address:
Laxmi Copy centre Shop 1,
VM Mehta RoadOpp. Rasraj Hotel,
Near Mithibai College,
Vile Parle (West) Mumbai - 56
Ph - 022 2613 4350/5051. Mob 9820541867

This is the same guy who also gives zeroxed Schweser notes for the CFA exams.

http://www.ebookee.com/Futures-Options-Trader-August-2007_122808.html
http://www.esnips.com/web/Financial-Stuff

Investment Jobs Info

Some Link to Investments Jobs:

http://mutualfunds.about.com/od/hedgefundjobs/Hege_Fund_Jobs.htm
http://www.hedgefundcenter.com/employment/job_list.cfm
http://jobs.seekingalpha.com/
http://www.nbn-jobs.com/jobs/jInvestmentManagement-Jobs.cfm
http://www.hedgefundintelligence.com/Jobs.aspx