The Most-Used Commands
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amca
Amazon.ca (Canada) Search. Search for anything, for example: amca anna karenina
3626 uses
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Created 2005-06-22 03:16:37
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2025-08-05 08:18:30
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http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/external-search?mode=blended&keyword=%s[use %20 for spaces]
noaa
Get weather for zip code from US National Weather Service. Example: noaa 90210
3625 uses
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Created 2005-07-07 19:21:12
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2025-02-09 12:54:10
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http://www.srh.noaa.gov/zipcity.php?inputstring=%s
ip
Look's up the owner of an ip address.
3620 uses
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Created 2005-06-25 07:08:19
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2025-08-29 18:00:44
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http://www.whois.sc/%s
wq
SYNOPSIS wq [keywords] EXAMPLE wq friends Performs a search in the English Wikiquote using the given keywords.
3616 uses
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Created 2006-01-11 04:43:42
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2024-03-27 10:22:22
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http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s
wpsv
Swedish Wikipedia search
3614 uses
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Created 2005-10-25 19:44:22
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2021-12-14 09:06:42
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http://sv.wikipedia.org?search=%s
emacs
Searches the EmacsWiki (http://www.emacswiki.org/) ---------- Old implementation: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki?search=%s
3602 uses
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Created 2007-06-19 06:58:29
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2025-02-20 09:52:47
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https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%s%3Aemacswiki.org
0
Truly random numbers from www.random.org -# (number of values, default 10) -\ (lowest value, default 1) -/ (highest value, default 100) -' (number of viewing columns, default 5)
3599 uses
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Created 2005-12-28 16:10:20
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2025-05-15 09:08:16
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http://jonathanaquino.com/random.php?num=${#=10}&min=${\=1}&max=${/=100}&col=${'=5}
ann
Search Anime News Network website
3595 uses
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Created 2005-12-15 05:30:06
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2025-07-28 07:51:39
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http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/search.php?searchbox=%s
lyrics
3594 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 20:08:19
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2025-04-29 05:39:00
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http://www.lyrics.com/search.php?what=all&keyword=%s
x
3587 uses
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Created 2006-08-14 13:17:43
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2025-08-04 07:52:03
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http://dexonline.ro/search.php?cuv=%s&source=
itunes
The popular 99¢ per-download music service. Owned by Apple, the same geniuses behind OS X and the iPod (which is overpriced, by the way...)
3584 uses
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Created 2005-08-15 02:20:13
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2025-08-08 13:28:36
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http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSearch.woa/wa/search?term=%s
yeah
Gateway command to Allen Ormond's YubNub-like app, YeahWay.com Example: yeah am kayak
3559 uses
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Created 2006-10-11 05:22:10
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2023-09-30 10:23:16
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http://yeahway.com/parser/run.php?query=%s
gbr
Google Brazil Search. Get only results from Brazil. Example: gbr submarino
3555 uses
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Created 2006-09-10 19:50:18
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2024-10-17 05:28:44
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http://www.google.com.br/search?q=%s&meta=cr=countryBR
vimeo
Vimeo tag search. Vimeo is a site for sharing your video clips. ---------- Old implementation: http://www.vimeo.com/tag=%s
3550 uses
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Created 2005-06-17 18:47:39
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2025-05-18 09:36:43
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https://www.vimeo.com/search?q=%s
movie
Searches for movies using movies.yahoo.com instead of Fandango (don't like those Fandango pop-ups and Fandango doesn't show all Theaters!)
3517 uses
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Created 2005-07-08 20:43:03
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2025-08-27 07:55:21
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http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/showtimes.html?z=%s&r=sim
\\
(Golden Egg)
Checks the spelling of your input of any Yubnub command. SYNTAX \\ [yubnub command] [your query to be spellchecked] EXAMPLE \\ gim cmbodia (performs a google image search for "cambodia") \\ wiki collor (performs a wikipedia search for "color") \\ gmails new prooject (performs a gmail search for "new project") RELATED COMMANDS ?> filterstring % spellcheck CREATED BY Jacob Ensor (magicjj) of jjefferydesign.com. Special thanks to Jon Aquino and Anastas for help with debugging the command. Made po…
3516 uses
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Created 2006-01-31 02:43:17
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2013-05-15 23:18:17
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http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command={% 1 %s}+{spllw {filterstring 1 %s}}[no url encoding]
blogger
Homepage of blogger.com
3515 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 00:00:53
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2024-10-03 03:16:14
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http://www.blogger.com
sinfesty
Shows the Sinfest comic for yesterday. Made by XmasBug.
3508 uses
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Created 2007-03-06 00:26:04
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2017-05-03 12:14:58
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sinview {date -format Y-m-d -offset -1}
tuc
Check dict.tu-chemnitz.de for German / English translation.
3506 uses
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Created 2005-10-17 11:40:03
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2024-07-10 22:40:28
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http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/dings.cgi?lang=de&noframes=1&o=3007$3Bcount$3D50&query=%s&service=
e
Everything2.com Search. Searches for titles in the nodegel.
3505 uses
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Created 2005-06-20 18:40:59
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2025-08-26 15:44:59
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http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=%s
ucase
(Golden Egg)
NAME ucase - convert text to uppercase SYNOPSIS ucase [STRING] EXAMPLE ucase Hello, World! AUTHOR Jonathan Aquino <jonathan.aquino@gmail.com> (Requested by Allen Ormond)
3493 uses
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Created 2005-08-07 17:09:20
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2025-07-16 14:04:31
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http://yubnub.org/example/ucase?text=%s
hello
3464 uses
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Created 2007-01-16 15:38:36
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2025-08-18 08:25:31
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http://www.google.com
vt
(Golden Egg)
Searches Versiontracker for Mac software
3463 uses
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Created 2005-06-06 14:27:11
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2025-09-03 05:46:57
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http://versiontracker.com/php/search.php?str=%s&plt%5B%5D=macosx&mode=basic&action=search
io
Launches iGoogle personalized Google Homepage
3456 uses
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Created 2007-06-21 14:34:45
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2025-01-13 07:06:01
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http://www.google.com/ig
mcw
Looks up an entry in the Minecraft Wiki. Examples: mcw sand mcw minecart mcw axe
3442 uses
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Created 2010-10-19 20:13:20
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2022-02-16 19:53:33
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http://www.minecraftwiki.net/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=%s
1337x
www.1337x.pl torrent search
3426 uses
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Created 2017-02-05 03:35:34
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2025-09-09 17:07:46
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https://1337x.to/search/%s/1/
s.i
(Golden Egg)
Super Image Search Google Images / Yahoo Images / Flickr >||;)
3424 uses
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Created 2006-04-16 01:04:54
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2023-07-30 11:33:04
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split {url[no url encoding] gim %s} {url[no url encoding] yim %s} {url[no url encoding] flickr %s}
mlpug
Comando para buscar no Mercado livre (ml) com os filtros: menor preço (p), usados (u) e visualizando o resultado em grade (g).
3415 uses
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Created 2017-03-21 00:04:32
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2025-09-09 18:20:39
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http://lista.mercadolivre.com.br/%s_OrderId_PRICE_ItemTypeID_U_G_OrderId_PRICE_U
adobe
Search adobe.com, the newly re-launched website of Adobe Systems Inc., makers of popular software products including Acrobat, Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, and InDesign. Example: adobe indesign Returns adobe.com's pages on InDesign By Auricfuzz
3388 uses
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Created 2006-05-29 19:39:19
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2025-09-01 09:00:24
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http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/search/index.cfm?loc=en_us&term=%s
market
Google Android app market
3387 uses
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Created 2011-02-03 07:59:24
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2025-04-06 18:13:10
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https://market.android.com/search?q=%s
fortune
The classic Fortune Cookie program from UNIX! A real fortune cookie from a real unix system. Extremely light and barebones output - no advertisements, no fuss - just plain fortune. Fit even for mobile phones!
3385 uses
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Created 2006-07-04 00:25:36
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2021-10-28 01:07:22
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http://data.freeshell.org/fortune.cgi
scryf
Seaches Magic: the Gathering cards on Scryfall, using their advanced syntax. Example: scryf wood elemental Example: scryf c:r r:rare e:emn
3371 uses
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Created 2017-09-29 04:47:34
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2025-09-09 15:33:09
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https://scryfall.com/search?q=%s
rdmeta
NAME rdmeta - a tool for reddit/metareddit SYNOPSIS rdmeta [KEY] OR rdmeta [COMMAND][WORD] OR rdmeta [TOKEN] KEYS * - Go to Metareddit ? - Open Yubnub with Reddit toolbar (no key/no parameters) - Go to Reddit COMMAND ? - Reddit search ?? - metareddit search TOKEN * - Locate Metareddit(so *comics=metareddit comics) / - Add reddit url( so /dwl9l will take you to that entry) http:// - if url is from reddit call metareddit, else adds toolbar (any other) - ask for redit(so pics will send you to that…
3359 uses
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Created 2010-11-02 16:38:26
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2023-12-20 02:51:33
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echo <script> var s='%s';var p=/http:\/\/www.reddit.com/i ;var p2=/http:\/\//i;var m1='http://metareddit.com';var m2='http://www.reddit.com/';var c='';c=(s=='')? m2+'':c;c=(s=='*')? m1+'/':c;c=(s=='?')? m2+'s/http://efridge.net/yubnub/ynframes.php?args=':c;c=(p.test(s))? s.replace(p,m1):c;c=((c=='')&&(p2.test(s))) ? s.replace(p2,m2+'http://'):c;c=((c=='')&&(s.indexOf('*')==0)) ? s.replace(/\*/i,m1+'/t/'):c;c=((c=='')&&(s.indexOf('/')==0)) ? m2+s.replace(/\//i,''):c;c=((c=='')&&(s.indexOf('?? ')==0)) ? s.replace(/\?\? /i,m1+'/search?q=')+'&r=':c;c=((c=='')&&(s.indexOf('? ')==0)) ? s.replace(/\? /i,m2+'search?q='):c;c=(c=='')? m2+'r/'+s:c;document.location=c;</script>
mscb
MusicBrainz search. This combines the six other commands into one and provides features the others don't. By default, the command searches MusicBrainz by artist without advanced query syntax, limited to 25 results per page. The -type switch can be used to search for release group (-type release_group), release (-type release), track (-type track), label (-type label), CD stub (-type cdstub), FreeDB (-type freedb), or by annotation (-type annotation). The default is -type artist The -limit switc…
3357 uses
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Created 2006-11-08 23:29:21
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2025-09-02 01:47:49
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http://musicbrainz.org/search/textsearch.html?query=%s&type=${type=artist}&limit=${limit=25}&adv={ switch ${adv=off} | off => 0, on => on}
mefi
Goes to Metafilter
3342 uses
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Created 2006-09-10 03:18:16
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2021-08-01 08:54:39
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http://www.metafilter.com/
bmn
SYNOPSIS bmn [url] EXAMPLE bmn nytimes.com Returns a login from bugmenot.com - useful for sites with free but compulsory registration. ---------- Old implementation: http://www.bugmenot.com/view.php?url=%s
3339 uses
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Created 2005-06-22 21:24:49
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2025-07-30 08:54:19
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http://bugmenot.com/view/%s
fcs
Google site search of Fidelity.com
3335 uses
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Created 2009-11-29 20:41:28
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2021-03-07 17:33:43
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http://www.google.com/search?q=%s+site%3Afidelity.com
glx
Google Linux Search. To search just type what you need: Example: glx Debian.
3333 uses
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Created 2006-03-23 13:17:54
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2021-02-24 07:25:43
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http://www.google.com/linux?hl=en&lr=&q=%s&btnG=Search
gui
(Golden Egg)
NAME gui - A graphical user interface (GUI) for YubNub commands. SYNOPSIS gui [YUNUB_COMMAND] EXAMPLES gui scrape gui change gui ifthen This command is the anti-YubNub. It takes any yubnub command name as a parameter and displays a graphical user interface (GUI) for it. Who needs command lines anyway?! AUTHOR Allen Ormond - aormond (at) gmail (dot) com Thanks to Sean O'Hagan, whose 'scrape' command is doing some behind the scenes work.
3327 uses
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Created 2006-04-01 05:16:02
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2025-07-01 17:09:58
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ifthen -value1 %s -value2 {scrape -tokens <h1> </h1> -dirs 0 0 -url http://www.yubnub.org/kernel/man?args=%s} -test NOTEQUAL -then http://www.yubnub.org/kernel/man?args=gui -else http://fromrocks.com/yubnub/abbreviate/gui.php?input=%s -redirect true
lies
Search EN>ES on Linguee
3320 uses
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Created 2014-11-10 11:42:35
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2022-04-19 08:34:06
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http://www.linguee.es/espanol-ingles/search?source=ingles&query=%s
translate
traductor
3317 uses
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Created 2005-06-27 07:10:22
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2025-09-09 17:48:52
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http://babelfish.altavista.com/
hype
Search for audio tracks on The Hype Machine website, an aggregator for mp3 blogs. To find Pink Floyd mp3s, simply type the following: hype Pink Floyd
3314 uses
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Created 2006-05-09 21:57:09
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2024-05-15 13:57:12
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http://hypem.com/search/%s/
npm
Search the node package manager registry
3311 uses
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Created 2014-03-05 06:25:41
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2025-08-11 04:47:10
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https://www.npmjs.org/search?q=%s
lart
Go directly to an artist page on Last.fm
3309 uses
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Created 2007-05-02 21:49:01
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2025-07-31 05:24:51
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http://www.last.fm/music/%s
gprint
Google Print Search. Use this to find a book indexed by Google. To find books about Freud. Example: gprint Freud
3298 uses
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Created 2005-06-20 19:46:33
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2024-04-19 05:03:37
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http://print.google.com/print?q=%s
ign
(Golden Egg)
Searches IGN for the specified text.
3295 uses
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Created 2005-06-10 21:00:13
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2024-07-01 20:03:48
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http://my.ign.com/my/sb?pageID=2003&nuaction=gameSearch&gameTitleSearch=%s
yarr
Search thepiratebay.org
3288 uses
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Created 2005-06-22 04:14:28
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2025-09-09 14:06:05
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http://thepiratebay.org/search/%s/0/7/0[use %20 for spaces]
yf
(Golden Egg)
Takes you to the Yahoo Fantasy Sports home page.
3277 uses
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Created 2005-06-15 21:55:03
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2024-11-03 05:20:59
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http://fantasysports.yahoo.com/
gspot
Search GameSpot for, um, games. Example: gspot bard's tale
3271 uses
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Created 2005-06-24 20:48:39
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2013-11-17 13:05:50
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http://www.gamespot.com/pages/search/index.php?type=11&stype=all&qs=%s&x=0&y=0.
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