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[MODIFIED] Google Search Engine – Reverse Phone Number Lookup Alternatives

31 Jul

A list of services you can use to attempt to reverse lookup a business or person by their phone number.

Did you write down a phone number and forget for whom it was for? Receive a phone call and don’t recognize the number on Caller ID? While typing a phone number into Google sometimes results in useful web results, the ability to directly query white and yellow page results just by typing in a phone number has been removed.

However, various Internet services still offer reverse number lookup, each with varying results. While these may work for persons and businesses that can be found in the phone book, you may not have much luck finding telemarketers. Nevertheless, a list of a few services is below:…

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Bing Search Engine – Limit Searching to DOC, PDF, PPT, XLS, Other File Types

26 Sep

Force Bing to return not web pages but word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, or other types of files.

Instead of searching Bing for web pages, there may be times where you need to find other types of files. Perhaps you are looking for First Aid/CPR presentations, wedding checklists that can be easily printed as PDF files, or amortization tables in the form of Microsoft Excel worksheets.

While performing normal Bing searches may result in other types of files being intermixed with web pages, you can force the results to only contain files of desired types by appending the following to your search query:…

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iGoogle – Search by US Area Code, Zip Code, and Reverse Search

23 Sep

The Area / Zip Code lookup gadget lets you perform a variety of searches involving US area and zip codes, including reverse searches.

Were you recently called and you don’t recognize the number’s area code? Do you have a US address but don’t know its zip code? While you can run these and other types of searches directly via Google, if you perform such queries regularly you may prefer the iGoogle gadget “Area/Zip Code Lookup”.

Various types of searches are available. Search by a phone number to find its city and county. Enter an address to find its zip and area codes, county, and time zone. Type in a city and state to find zip codes, area codes, counties, and the time zone. Key in a zip code to display the city and state, county, time zone, and area codes. Or, search for an area code to display the region, cities and states, counties, and local time. Plus, quick links to Google Maps are available….

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Miscellaneous Software – Get Rid of Temp Files, Junk, Web Browsing Cache, Search History, More

12 Sep

Wise Disk Cleaner Free can remove usage histories, temp files, and other junk from your Windows hard drive and registry.

The longer you run Windows, the more junk accumulates on your hard drive and in the Windows Registry. This includes stuff like temporary files created by installation programs that never get properly removed, search histories, web browser cache and cookies, and most recently used file lists.

Besides clogging up your hard drive and filling up the Registry, junk can actually slow down your machine due to increased file and registry key seek times. One option for removing such files is the “Wise Disk Cleaner Free” application. This program through a tabbed interface can perform basic scans to clean junk from your system. Advanced scans allow you to select files by type. A “Slimming System” scan removes files you may not need including sample pictures, help files, and IMEs that allow for the inputting of various languages into applications….

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Bing Search Engine – Return More Desirable Search Results by Adding Ignore Words

02 Sep

Tired of web pages containing particular words or phrases appearing in a Bing search? Create search queries that ignore them.

When performing searches with Bing involving words or phrases that have multiple meanings, you might wish to prevent the results from including certain types of pages. Perhaps a word or phrase has a popular meaning but you want pages related to the alternate one.

Another example is searching for a word or phrase that matches the name of a TV show, sports team, movie, etc. These popular culture references may result in pages in which you have no interest. For example, searching for “bones” may show results relating to the TV show, restaurants, a movie, or other non-anatomical subjects….

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[MODIFIED] Google Chrome – View, Search, Delete Browsing History

02 Sep

View and search through the list of websites recently browsed with Google Chrome, or delete selected or all items.

Want to view the most recently-viewed websites browsed with Google Chrome? Pull up the History and see where you have been on the Internet. Each History item is hyperlinked so you can go back to sites with one click. Plus, you can search through your History items to find a particular site.

To view the History, either:…

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Bing Search Engine – Return More Desirable Search Results by Adding Ignore Words

31 Aug

Tired of web pages containing particular words or phrases appearing in a Bing search? Create search queries that ignore them.

When performing searches with Bing involving words or phrases that have multiple meanings, you might wish to prevent the results from including certain types of pages. Perhaps a word or phrase has a popular meaning but you want pages related to the alternate one.

Another example is searching for a word or phrase that matches the name of a TV show, sports team, movie, etc. These popular culture references may result in pages in which you have no interest. For example, searching for “bones” may show results relating to the TV show, restaurants, a movie, or other non-anatomical subjects….

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[MODIFIED] Google Search Engine – Track Earthquake Epicenters Via a Google Search

25 Aug

Display the magnitudes and locations of recent earthquakes worldwide by performing a search with Google.

When many people think of earthquakes, they only consider regions prone to these occurrences such as the Pacific Ring of Fire including the San Andreas Fault, as well as where the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami hit. However, the truth is that earthquakes occur elsewhere and more frequently.

For more information about recent earthquakes all over the world, as well as links to maps showing earthquake epicenters, perform a Google search for the word earthquakes….

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[MODIFIED] Yahoo Search – Find Cheap Gas Prices On Your Computer or Mobile Device

08 Aug

Save money pumping gas into your car. Use Yahoo! Search to find cheap gas prices around your city or neighborhood.

Trying to save money filling up your automobile? Looking to find cheaper gas prices in your city? Instead of trying to remember the URLs of websites offering cheap gas price information in the USA, just use Yahoo! Search.

Type in a search query in one of the following formats:…

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[MODIFIED] Yahoo Search – Find Cheap Gas Prices On Your Computer or Mobile Device

08 Aug

Save money pumping gas into your car. Use Yahoo! Search to find cheap gas prices around your city or neighborhood.

Trying to save money filling up your automobile? Looking to find cheaper gas prices in your city? Instead of trying to remember the URLs of websites offering cheap gas price information in the USA, just use Yahoo! Search.

Type in a search query in one of the following formats:…

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