Hatrack River Forum: I learned a new Google trick!

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

I'm sure Kayla and our other expert Googlers already know this, but I did not.

If you use the string

code:

 site:www.hatrack.com SEARCHTERM

Google will only search Hatrack. The only trouble is that it's bringing up threads with the pre-turnover address, but a simple snip fixes that.

Innit cool? [Big Grin]

Posted by Uncle Rico (Member # 8406) on :

Huh. I'm surprised you didn't know about that already, rivka.

MPH

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

It was not covered in my Googling 101 course. [Razz]

Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :

You know what else is cool about Google? You can use it as a calculator by typing in, say, 3452*10413. It will also give you the value of constants (mathematical and physical), if you search for, say, "e" or "electron mass" or "boltzmann constant."

Another cool thing I discovered that I can do with Google is search for my name in Google Scholar and have it come up with a hit [Wink]

Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :

Pff. Don't you have the Google toolbar? It has 'Search this site only' as an option. Plainly, technology has moved on since your day; I suggest you go sit in the corner and attend to your knitting, and let us young people do the work.

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

So someone could write a nice firefox add-in that searches hatrack only and translates the thread links for us.

*looks around for fugu*

Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :

>>Don't you have the Google toolbar?

I hate browser toolbars. Keep your GUI trash to yourself.

Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :

But it's so useful! You don't have to go to Google every time you want a search! And it does popup blocking, and you can use it instead of the Ctrl-F search, which is sloooow.

Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :

*pies dag*

Easiest way to do this would be with a greasemonkey script:

http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/

This page should help:
http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/authoring.html

Use a little url manipulation to pull out the desired values, then stick them in the new URL format in the appropriate places, then load that page.

Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :

Snip?!

[Angst]

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

quote:
Pff. Don't you have the Google toolbar?

Yes, of course.

quote:
It has 'Search this site only' as an option.

Oh, indeed it does! Neat. [Big Grin]

quote:
Plainly, technology has moved on since your day; I suggest you go sit in the corner and attend to your knitting, and let us young people do the work.

Look here, sonny! *thwaps KoM with cane*