{"id":1184,"date":"2006-04-24T22:54:26","date_gmt":"2006-04-24T17:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2006\/04\/the-big-google-search-tools-collection\/"},"modified":"2022-12-28T20:08:36","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T14:38:36","slug":"the-big-google-search-tools-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2006\/04\/the-big-google-search-tools-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Google Search Tools Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are so many Google search tools, Google services, extensions, and toolbars. Google indexes and searches billions of web pages and is the premier search engine on the internet. A quick analysis of the search page is helpful to understand and analyze the search results. Learn the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/websearch\/answer\/134479\" rel=\"noopener\">how to do Google Search<\/a> and remember to set your preferences.<\/p>\n<p><em>Note: The tools which are not linked below are mostly discontinued and listed here for archival purposes.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Official Google Search Tools<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-44141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/google-trends-1024x488.png\" alt=\"google trends\" width=\"970\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/google-trends-1024x488.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/google-trends-150x71.png 150w, https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/google-trends-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/google-trends-768x366.png 768w, https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/google-trends.png 1154w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/?gws_rd=ssl\" rel=\"noopener\">Google<\/a> &#8211; The Search Engine.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/advanced_search?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Advanced Search<\/a> &#8211; search google based on specific parameters<\/li>\n<li>Google Suggest &#8211; As you type into the search box, Google Suggest guesses what you&#8217;re typing and offers suggestions in real-time. Now, this has been incorporated into the Google search Omnibox.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/trends\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Trends<\/a> &#8211; Graphically see and compare what the world is searching for.<\/li>\n<li>Google My Activity\u00a0&#8211; Keeps a record of all searches and clicked results while a user is logged into a Google Account.\u00a0You can change the setting for better privacy and security.<\/li>\n<li>Google Blog Search &#8211; Google search technology focused on blogs<\/li>\n<li>Blogger Blog Search &#8211; Search for blogs all over the web<\/li>\n<li>Google Directory &#8211; Search the web organized by topic into categories.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/alerts\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Alerts<\/a> &#8211; sends emails automatically when there are new Google results for your search terms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Special Searches<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30994\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/google-search-qot.png\" alt=\"Google Search\" width=\"484\" height=\"199\" border=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/google-search-qot.png 484w, https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/google-search-qot-150x61.png 150w, https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/google-search-qot-300x123.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/video.google.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Video<\/a> &#8211; Search TV programs and videos<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Image Search<\/a> &#8211; comprehensive image search on the web<\/li>\n<li>Google Music Search &#8211; Search for music<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Book Search<\/a> &#8211; Search the full text of books (and discover new ones).<\/li>\n<li>Google Catalogs &#8211; helps you browse and search merchant-provided catalogs<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/shopping\" rel=\"noopener\">Froogle<\/a> &#8211; Google&#8217;s shopping search engine. Now called Google shopping.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Google News<\/a> &#8211; Search and browse 4,500 news sources<\/li>\n<li>Google News archive search &#8211; provides an easy way to search and explore historical archives.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scholar.google.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Scholar<\/a> &#8211; search for the most relevant research across the world of scholarly research.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/patents\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Patent Search<\/a> &#8211; find the full text of the U.S. patent corpus and find patents that interest you.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Maps<\/a> &#8211; View maps, get driving directions, and search for local businesses and services.<\/li>\n<li>Google Public Service Search &#8211; offers educational institutions and non-profit organizations worldwide free SiteSearch, which enables users to search your website, and free WebSearch, which enables users to search the Internet.<\/li>\n<li>Google&#8217;s University Search &#8211; enables you to narrow your search to a specific school website for things like admissions information, course schedules, or alumni news.<\/li>\n<li>Google Base &#8211; submit all types of online and offline content that is hosted and made searchable online.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Google Topic Specific Search<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/options\/specialsearches.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Google&#8217;s Special Searches<\/a> &#8211; enable you to narrow your search to a specific topic.<\/li>\n<li>Google Apple\/Macintosh Search &#8211; Search for Apple\/Macintosh-related sites using Google<\/li>\n<li>Google Microsoft Search &#8211; Search Microsoft-related sites using Google<\/li>\n<li>Google Linux Search &#8211; Search all penguin-friendly pages<\/li>\n<li>Google U.S. Government Search &#8211; Search all .gov and .mil sites<\/li>\n<li>BSD Unix &#8211; Search web pages about the BSD operating system<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Google For Webmasters<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/adsense\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Google AdSense for search<\/a> &#8211; Opportunity to earn money by Google whenever your users click on the targeted Google AdSense ads on search results pages.<\/li>\n<li>Google Free &#8211; provide Google search results to users who want to search the web or just your website.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/google.com\/coop\/cse\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Custom Search Engine <\/a>&#8211; Specify the websites that you want to be searched and integrate the search box and results into your own website. Previously also called Site-flavored Google search that delivered web search results that are customized to individual websites.<\/li>\n<li>Customizable Google Search &#8211; you can customize your results display to include the background, text, and link colors you select.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/enterprise\/gsa\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Enterprise Search Appliance<\/a> &#8211; is a hardware and software product designed to offer large businesses the productivity-enhancing power of Google search.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/enterprise\/mini\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Mini<\/a> &#8211; Google search for your website and intranet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Google Desktop Search Tools<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Google Desktop &#8211; a desktop search application that provides full-text search over your email, files, music, photos, chats, Gmail, and web pages that you&#8217;ve viewed. Discontinued.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Google Mobile Search Services<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/mobile\/sms\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Google SMS<\/a> &#8211; Send a text message with your search query, and receive a text message with search results<\/li>\n<li>Google SMS UK &#8211; enables you to send queries as text messages from your mobile phone or device and easily get precise answers to your questions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Google Search Toolbars<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44140\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/google-toolbar.jpg\" alt=\"google toolbar\" width=\"623\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/google-toolbar.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/google-toolbar-150x30.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/google-toolbar-300x60.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/toolbar.google.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Toolbar<\/a> &#8211; Add a search box to your browser<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/toolbar.google.com\/T4\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Toolbar Beta<\/a> &#8211; Test the latest version on IE.<\/li>\n<li>Google Toolbar for Firefox &#8211; Add a search box to your browser. Discontinued.<\/li>\n<li>Google Toolbar for Enterprise &#8211; provides powerful productivity features including easy access to Google, customized search buttons, instant search suggestions, and a pop-up blocker.<\/li>\n<li>Google Browser Buttons &#8211; add to a personal toolbar giving you access to Google search technology without taking up extra screen space.\u00a0Discontinued<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Third Party Google Search Tools<\/h2>\n<h3>Search Google with Firefox Extensions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>CustomizeGoogle &#8211; enhances Google search results by adding extra information (like links to Yahoo, Ask Jeeves, MSN etc) and removing unwanted information (like ads and spam).<\/li>\n<li>Googlebar Lite &#8211; A lightweight Google search toolbar for Firefox.<\/li>\n<li>GoogleTabs &#8211; Adds a context menu option to open Google search results in tabs.<\/li>\n<li>Advanced Dork &#8211; Highlight a word or phrase, right-click, and choose from over 15 Advanced Google Operators, A google search page is opened in either the same tab or a new tab, the results contained in the search will contain the highlighted text inside the chosen Operator.<\/li>\n<li>GooglePreview &#8211; Inserts preview images (thumbnails) of websites and Amazon products into the Google and Yahoo search results pages.<\/li>\n<li>Feeling Lucky &#8211; Performs Google&#8217;s &#8220;I&#8217;m Feeling Lucky&#8221; search with any selected text and opens the result in new a tab.<\/li>\n<li>Aggregate Yahoo! and Google &#8211; Search Yahoo and Google simultaneously<\/li>\n<li>GooglebarL10N &#8211; is the localized version of Google bar with Menus &amp; Texts in German, Italian or Spanish.<\/li>\n<li>Google Advanced Operations Toolbar &#8211; provides a shortcut to some of Google&#8217;s advanced search functions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Google Page Modules \/ Scripts \/ Widgets \/ Bookmarklets<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Search History &#8211; View your search history. Google Personal Module.<\/li>\n<li>Random Site Image &#8211; Displays a random image from a given website (via Google Images site search). Google Personal Module.<\/li>\n<li>Google Search Yahoo Widgets &#8211; collection of Google search widgets in various formats<\/li>\n<li>Milly&#8217;s Bookmarklets &#8211; Bookmarklets that use the Google search engine to search for stuff.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Multi Search Tools<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Simply Google &#8211; search all Google services on one page. Lots of forms.<\/li>\n<li>HotDaddy &#8211; search all Google services on one page. Lots of icons.<\/li>\n<li>Google Total &#8211; search all Google services on one page. Drop down menu.<\/li>\n<li>GahooYoogle &#8211; search multiple Google and Yahoo services together side by side.<\/li>\n<li>Twingine &#8211; Google and Yahoo search side by side.<\/li>\n<li>Soople &#8211; performs all advanced search functions of google in separate forms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Miscellaneous Google Search Tools<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Google Cloud &#8211; displays search results as a tag cloud<\/li>\n<li>Google Current &#8211; airs every half hour on Current TV and provides a look at what the world is searching for on Google.<\/li>\n<li>Googlewhack &#8211; a query consisting of two words (without quotation marks) entered into Google&#8217;s search page that returns a single result.<\/li>\n<li>Google Fight &#8211; Compare the number of results for two competing keywords.<\/li>\n<li>GoogleDuel &#8211; a popularity contest using the Google search engine.<\/li>\n<li>Random Web Search &#8211; it generates a random word, then searches that word on the web using Google.<\/li>\n<li>Googlematic &#8211; Enables searching of Google via AIM or MSN Messenger.<\/li>\n<li>Google Tool &#8211; Search multiple google data centers simultaneously.<\/li>\n<li>elgooG &#8211; a mirror image of Google<\/li>\n<li>LostGoggles &#8211; adds search site preview images, Amazon pricing, site info links and the Open-in-New-Window button. Formerly &#8220;More Google&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the end, this amazing list of Google Web Search Features lists the many special features to help you to find exactly what you&#8217;re looking for. Google Zeitgeist lists the current Google Search patterns, trends, and surprises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are so many Google search tools, Google services, extensions, and toolbars. 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