Now Search by Reading Level
The Google Advanced Search page now adds reading level as another criterion for narrowing down your search.
Maybe I need to return to writing run-on sentences and using adjectives other then “epic”.
So, how much time did you spend playing with this? I’m halfway to figuring out a drinking game.
[via: Google Operating System and the Official Google Blog]
Another Google Protip
How Google’s New Search Index Works
More free stickers from Google!
Get more free stickers from Google by playing their 10 Days in Google Books game. Use Google Books to search for the answers to a few trivia questions and write a sentence or two about the “future of reading” (dundundadun!). The first 20,000 people to do so get a Google Books sticker. I’m all about free stickers!
Today’s the first day! Go for it!
[via: Google Blog -> Announcing the 10 Days in Google Books game]
This Sexy Girl Is Labeled for Reuse
Google Image Search now has the option to search for images in the public domain or labeled for reuse. Great for bloggers, great for artists, great for everyone.
[via: Google Blog -> Find Creative Commons images with Image Search]
Finding Cell Phone Wallpapers With Google Image Search
Google Operating System notes that by using the parameter “imagesize:WIDTHxHEIGHT” you can find images of specific dimensions. I’m finding this useful for discovering 240×320 wallpapers for my phone. In addition to using this parameter, you must also add a search term: such as “imagesize:240×320 kitty“.
Gmail Stickers!
I’m a bit late hearing about this, but the folks at Gmail want to send you some free, shiny Gmail stickers.
You just need to send a self-addressed envelope to:
Send me some Gmail stickers already
P.O. Box 391420
Mountain View, CA 94039-1420
Sounds like which of the bookplate-style stickers you get is random. I really have my heart set on that unicorn one.
Full details at the Gmail Blog.
Stephen Fry Has an Interesting Fact For You
Google finds over 278,000,000 results for “quotes” but only 22,000,000 for “pornography“.
You could check it out for yourself but remember: “Thou shalt not question Stephen Fry.”
[via: Fry's English Delight, find it on bittorrent]
Get Rid of Google’s SearchWiki
Return to those simple days when your Google search results were uncluttered by “Promote” and “Remove” icons with the No SearchWiki Greasemonkey script. Hurrah!
New to Greasemonkey? Here is a helpful link.
Moshi Moshi
Go check your Gmail settings. You may have ninja.
If the Gmail theme feature hasn’t rolled out to your account yet, you can always say hello to the ninja temporarily by using the Konami Code in Google Reader.