Google Search Hacks

Posted on May 20, 2008 by Captain Johnny Bowen | Google Hacks

Here is a list of some quick and dirty Google Search Hacks. It will be updated as more hacks are found.

Last updated: 5-27-2008

General Hacks

Do a number/year search | Ex: GTO 1966…1967
Get the local movie listings | Ex: Pirates of the Caribbean 90064
Get the local time anywhere | Ex: what time is it seoul
Search within a site | Ex: site:yaarg.com hacks
Track FedEx, UPS, USPS packages | Ex: 1Z14662R0340419XXX
Track flight status | Ex: virgin america vx0420
Convert almost anything | Ex: 100 us dollars in euros

Map Hacks

If your on Google Maps looking something up but it doesn’t zoom in far enough you can try manually changing the level of zoom. To do this, start by clicking on the “Link to this page” button which gives you a URL. Paste the URL into the address bar of your browser and look towards the end of it where you will find the characters “h&z=19″, increase that number to 20, 21, or 22 to get more zoom. (**This doesn’t work on all areas of the map so YMMV**)

Picture Hacks

This one isn’t really a hack but if you’re bored you can see what picture people took first with their digital cameras. Or if you get creative you can change the numbers up and see someones 666th picture or 420th.

Sony | Ex: DSC00001.jpg
Canon | Ex: IMG_0001.jpg