10 Google Tricks You Didn't Know About : Search By Filetype

By Cyrus Farivar , published on May 1, 2009 at 11:50 AM
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Let's say you want to search for some obscure BitTorrent file, like the new Jay-Z + Radiohead mashup album: "Jaydiohead." Sure, you could just do a regular Google search for it, but there's a faster way to filter out all the stuff that's not a .torrent file. Google allows you to search by file type, so if you type in "filetype:torrent jaydiohead" you'll be rockin' out to some minty fresh beats in no time. Use at your own risk, people!
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mrfisthand 05/01/2009 9:11 PM
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"Beware though, if your friends start direct messaging you in Twitter you Google Chatting with you at the same time, your brain might explode."

You guys really need to hire some proofreaders

bill gates is your daddy 05/01/2009 9:41 PM
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That was nice showing the folks how to lookup a torrent. Be careful...the RIAA might come sue you for showing that saying that its Tomsguide.com fault that people are pirating music.

Tomsguiderachel 05/01/2009 11:13 PM
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bill gates is your daddy :
That was nice showing the folks how to lookup a torrent. Be careful...the RIAA might come sue you for showing that saying that its Tomsguide.com fault that people are pirating music.


That is a good point. I guess you could say we are taking a risk.

Tomsguiderachel 05/01/2009 11:15 PM
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mrfisthand :
"Beware though, if your friends start direct messaging you in Twitter you Google Chatting with you at the same time, your brain might explode."You guys really need to hire some proofreaders


Thanks, good catch.

michaelahess 05/02/2009 7:11 AM
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Nice, what about doing algebra, I know live search can do it, will Google? I tried the same basic thing with no success: 5x=25

anamaniac 05/02/2009 7:40 AM
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How about calculus?
Int[(e^-x)(sinx)dx]=q
Then Int[(q)dx]
Double integrals are a pain...
I suck at integration by parts.

anamaniac 05/02/2009 7:44 AM
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Undo button for email... I could have used that twice recently...
Kinda told a teacher to F' off via school email... ha.

BigBurn 05/02/2009 3:14 PM
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It will not only convert money, you can convert units with
"X whatevertypeofunits in whatevertypeofunits" (like: 3423423 meters in nanometer)

ssr 05/03/2009 10:42 AM
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few of my google searches after reading this guide
filetype:torrent TERA PATRIC
filetype:torrent LISA ANN

Shadow703793 05/03/2009 6:01 PM
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Ok, I knew about all of these things except the Twitter one. Then again I don't use twitter. Also see:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/maste [...] save-time/

eklipz330 05/04/2009 2:38 PM
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anamaniac :
How about calculus?Int[(e^-x)(sinx)dx]=qThen Int[(q)dx]Double integrals are a pain...I suck at integration by parts.



....e^x*cos(x)?

im failing math too lol, and im in calc 3! i shud know this! lmfao hahaha

Anonymous 05/04/2009 4:20 PM
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Hi, have you tried www.doodle.com ? o couple of fellows end me are using it at home and at work not only to answer questions but also to set appointments for mettings.
Easy to set, easy to use with no knowledge about html or whatever.
Just for dummies!

Miguel

Evolution2001 05/11/2009 5:23 PM
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One of the (basic?) features I like is the site: filter.
When I need to find out something, but want to keep the results limited to a particular site, that's what it's for. Let's say that I want to find a review for a video card, but I only want to search TomsHardware and not every review site out there, the syntax would be site:www.tomshwardware.com nVidia Quadro comparison.

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