The Most-Used Commands
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perl
shortcut to perl documentation sections; "For ease of access, the Perl manual has been split up into a number of sections" (list of contents here: http://www.perl.com/doc/manual/html/pod/perl.html) examples: 'perl func' takes you to the Perl builtin functions sections 'perl op' goes to the Perl operators and precendence section on your unix machines, the above documents can be found on your own system with 'man perlfunc' and 'man perlop', but i like the pretty html =)
2747 uses
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Created 2005-10-20 14:34:12
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http://www.perl.com/doc/manual/html/pod/perl%s.html[no url encoding]
wund
Weather Wunderground weather search. Example: wund 94107 Example: wund san francisco CA
2737 uses
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Created 2006-02-21 19:05:48
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2020-05-18 16:45:09
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http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=%s
apple
2737 uses
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Created 2006-08-06 03:08:57
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2025-04-24 11:03:50
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http://www.apple.com/
wikifr
French Wikipedia search tools
2736 uses
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Created 2007-10-12 14:07:20
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2024-11-25 17:36:53
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http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s
g-1d
Google Search last day sort by date
2735 uses
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Created 2011-10-03 00:04:22
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2025-05-03 09:28:58
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http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&tbs=qdr:d
qsl
(Golden Egg)
Generates a presentation slide, using QuickSlide. Examples: qsl Hello World! qsl Media Uploader<div class="subtitle">Simplicity. Power.</div> qsl <img width="450px" src="leaf1.png">Improvements qsl <img width="300px" src="leaf2.png"><br />Music qsl <img width="300px" src="leaf4.png" class="reflect"><br />Reflection The last example shows how to add a reflection to an image using class="reflect".
2724 uses
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Created 2008-02-13 06:28:09
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2025-05-07 06:55:16
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http://quickslide.ning.com/?q=%s
webster
Looks up a word in the Merriam-Webster online dictionary.
2719 uses
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Created 2005-06-17 13:03:55
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2022-03-25 12:01:55
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http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=%s
wo
Finds German weather information for a given postal code.
2717 uses
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Created 2005-11-01 19:51:31
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2025-04-18 01:16:49
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http://www.wetteronline.de/cgi-bin/regframe?3&LANG=de&PLZ=%s&PLZN=Postleitzahlbereich%20%s&PRG=citybild
lastfm
Last.FM User Page. Last.FM provides an overview of a user's listening habits, including recently played tracks, favorite songs and favorite artists. To look up a particular user's page, simply type the user name. Example: lastfm imran
2716 uses
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Created 2006-02-03 03:52:01
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2025-04-10 17:44:30
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http://www.last.fm/user/%s
ma
Memory Alpha Wiki Search. Memory Alpha is a Star Trek-related wiki project similar to Wikipedia. To search on a topic, type "ma" and the topic: Example: ma James T. Kirk Example: ma William Shatner
2711 uses
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Created 2005-06-22 01:16:12
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2024-09-04 01:57:17
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http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/%s[use _ for spaces]
pdf
Search for PDF files using Google. Basically uses the filetype: command for you.
2711 uses
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Created 2005-07-06 09:35:15
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2025-04-07 06:09:10
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http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=filetype%3Apdf+%s&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
top
Find the best cool sites for any type of site. Just type the word "top" followed by anything like this: top blogs
2706 uses
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Created 2005-06-28 02:33:22
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2025-03-03 06:41:45
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http://www.joetech.com/?fwd=top+%s
us
Searches the Ultisearch Directory
2702 uses
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Created 2005-06-22 08:41:14
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2025-04-15 03:32:39
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http://www.ultisearch.co.uk/search.html?q=%s
gshop
google shopping
2696 uses
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Created 2009-04-24 03:52:55
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2025-04-27 04:05:42
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http://www.google.com/products?q=%s
ukg
Search the web on Google UK
2693 uses
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Created 2008-06-17 12:03:49
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2023-05-16 09:58:05
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http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%s
yfr
Yahoo.fr localised web search
2686 uses
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Created 2005-06-30 10:13:58
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2013-01-21 14:29:01
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http://fr.search.yahoo.com/search?ei=UTF-8&fr=sfp&meta=vl%3Dlang_fr&p=%s
eebay
Search ebay Spain Busca en ebay España
2685 uses
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Created 2005-07-20 09:40:20
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2025-03-04 07:04:58
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http://www.ebay.es/sch/items/?_nkw=%s
ptube
Enter keyword for pornotube content
2685 uses
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Created 2006-09-09 00:43:36
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2019-03-27 02:02:21
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http://www.pornotube.com/media.php?mode=tag&tag=%s
feedly
2683 uses
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Created 2009-12-22 06:14:45
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2025-05-05 04:08:39
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http://www.feedly.com/home
gnote
NAME gnote - Search Google Notebook SYNOPSIS gnote [SEARCH TERM] EXAMPLES gnote flickr (this returns a search of your personal Google Notebook for the term flickr. Must be logged in for it to work) gnote -p flickr (searches all public Google Notebooks for the term flickr) gnote (takes you to the main Notebook page) This commands lets your search the Google Notebook tool. http://www.google.com/notebook/ If you use the flag "-p" before your search term it will search public pages. Without the "-p…
2667 uses
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Created 2006-05-16 16:56:31
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2019-09-12 09:30:25
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http://www.google.com/notebook/{ifempty -value ${p} -then fullpage?q=%s -else search?q=${p}}
strLcase
(Golden Egg)
An alias for lcase. I thought it would be handy to have all the string manipulation commands prefixed by "str"
2664 uses
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Created 2005-08-13 19:52:58
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2023-07-26 04:01:20
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http://www.yubnub.org/parser/parse?command=lcase+%s
gst
Gets you to www.gatheringstatic.com
2653 uses
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Created 2010-02-24 02:22:46
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2021-01-03 13:37:29
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http://www.gatheringstatic.com
godaddy
Check availability of domain name on GoDaddy.com Usage: godaddy [domainName] godaddy [domainName] -tld [.com/.org/.net ...] -tld - top-level domain, default to .com
2652 uses
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Created 2006-01-29 00:01:36
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2024-12-24 05:42:00
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https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/registrar/search.asp?se=%2B&ci=164&domainToCheck=%s&checkAvail=1&tld=${tld=.com}
qub
Search Queen's University Belfast through Google
2633 uses
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Created 2006-10-02 11:59:58
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2015-01-16 12:42:48
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http://www.google.com/search?q=%s%20site%3Aqub.ac.uk
giphy
Animated GIF search using Giphy.com To find animated gifs of the TV show Arrested Development, just type your search. Example: giphy arrested development
2631 uses
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Created 2013-12-11 09:07:16
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2025-04-16 13:26:22
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http://giphy.com/search/%s[use - for spaces]
paview3
Jumps to last week's Penny Arcade comic. Like paview2, but more flexible because you can optionally specify the age of the comic that you want (in days). Demonstrates how you can type command combinations directly into the URL box to create a new command from existing ones. Example: paview3 Example: paview3 -age 14
2629 uses
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Created 2005-07-17 08:44:43
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2025-05-03 00:41:33
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paview {date -format Y-m-d -offset -${age=7}}
f1s
search www.freeones.com. just enter the name of porn star they are looking for.
2627 uses
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Created 2005-06-30 12:59:48
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2023-12-11 06:41:23
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http://www.freeones.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?b=%s
what
blogger in the ATL
2613 uses
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Created 2005-07-08 16:38:15
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2025-05-03 23:42:26
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http://www.whadoiknow.org
e-f
(Golden Egg)
Tanslate form En to Fr (Fr to En via f-e command)
2610 uses
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Created 2010-05-12 19:42:28
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2025-04-24 08:33:50
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http://translate.google.fr/#en|fr|%s
brain
(Golden Egg)
Ask Brainboost a question, and it will search the internet to find a precise answer to your question. Sponsored by NASA. Example: brain how far is sidney from victoria bc?
2609 uses
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Created 2005-07-18 02:46:31
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2025-02-25 13:59:10
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http://www.answers.com/bb/bbsearch.jsp?Q=%s
ggcache
Google Cache Lookup
2609 uses
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Created 2005-11-28 16:49:26
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2025-03-10 16:16:55
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http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:%s
wunderground
Wunderground provides weather forecasts similar to Weather.com but does so in a more "raw" format if a user so chooses. This command provides a shortcut to entering the zipcode in the search bar on the actual website. Example: wunderground 90210 Would query wunderground with the Beverly Hills areacode.
2605 uses
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Created 2008-02-13 02:25:25
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2024-11-28 13:40:21
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http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=%s
2del
Send url to deliciious.Usage: 2del [url]
2603 uses
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Created 2011-03-24 00:01:52
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2016-09-04 19:41:25
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http://delicious.com/save?url=%s
in
Search Info.com
2601 uses
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Created 2005-07-07 17:31:42
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2025-05-04 20:47:23
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http://web.info.com/infocom.us/search/web/%s
trz
Search http://www.torrentz.com Example: trz family guy
2588 uses
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Created 2007-03-13 13:17:05
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2021-03-25 04:55:26
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http://www.torrentz.com/search?x=0&y=0&q=%s
froo
Froogle Search!
2586 uses
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Created 2005-06-24 00:40:22
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2016-11-19 11:12:08
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http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=%s&btnG=Search+Froogle
new
(Golden Egg)
Makes new command and you and make do what you like
2585 uses
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Created 2005-06-11 23:16:12
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2025-03-17 04:02:26
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http://yubnub.org/command/new?name=
fliccr
(Golden Egg)
Search Flickr for photos licensed under a Creative Commons (cc) licence.
2579 uses
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Created 2007-11-12 09:10:58
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2023-04-24 01:27:47
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http://flickr.com/search/?q=%s&l=cc&ss=1&ct=6
lipsum
(Golden Egg)
SYNOPSIS lipsum [options] EXAMPLES lipsum -f html -a 6 lipsum -f html -a 100 -t words Generates "lorem ipsum" text. OPTIONS -f FORMAT Generate output in the given FORMAT. FORMAT is html or xml. -a NUM Generate NUM paragraphs (or words, bytes, or lists, depending on the type of unit specified) -t TYPE (Optional) TYPE is paragraphs, words, bytes, or lists. Defaults to paragraphs. -s START (Optional) START is yes or no, indicating whether to start with "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..." Defaults to n…
2577 uses
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Created 2005-07-06 06:20:40
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2023-09-06 14:19:34
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http://www.lipsum.com/feed/${f}/?amount=${a}&what=${t}&start=${s}
dpts
Debian Package Tracking System. Query the Debian QA for the complete (quality) status of a package. To find a source/binary package, just type the package name. Example: dpts ruby1.8
2576 uses
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Created 2005-07-01 13:57:52
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2023-11-08 14:24:46
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http://packages.qa.debian.org/common/index.html?src=%s
ssc
Scroogle SSL Search (copy of sscr) no cookies | no search-term records | access log deleted after 7 days
2574 uses
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Created 2010-07-28 10:47:15
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2024-03-24 10:29:15
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https://ssl.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/nbbwssl.cgi?Gw=%s
blub
(Golden Egg)
blub - Bloglines Subscribe. Subscribe to the given blog using the Bloglines RSS reader. Auto-discovers the feed, if any. Example: blub http://jonaquino.blogspot.com
2571 uses
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Created 2005-07-29 06:08:19
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2021-02-03 06:42:59
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http://www.bloglines.com/sub/%s[no url encoding]
gita
Cerca su Google Italia in pagine in italiano.
2570 uses
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Created 2005-10-19 13:34:34
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2024-10-22 22:47:25
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http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&q=%s&btnG=Cerca&meta=lr%3Dlang_it
af
Where do lost acronyms go? Find yours here!
2566 uses
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Created 2005-06-13 18:01:51
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2025-01-07 10:38:32
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http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?Acronym=%s&String=exact
2html
converts text into html characters (might work best when called within {})
2564 uses
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Created 2006-09-14 03:04:25
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2021-10-16 04:37:29
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http://efridge.net/yubnub/2html.php?t=%s
lfm
Last.fm music search. ========== Old implementation: http://www.last.fm/explore/?artistname=%s&submit.x=0&submit.y=0
2557 uses
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Created 2005-08-24 12:01:57
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2024-06-08 14:01:26
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http://www.last.fm/music?m=all&q=%s
walpha
Wolfram Alpha search. Example: walpha half-life of tritium
2557 uses
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Created 2009-05-07 20:46:45
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2025-04-27 06:45:19
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http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%s
sxc
(Golden Egg)
Searches stock.xchng [sxc.hu]. ========== Old implementation: http://sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=search&txt=%s&w=1
2551 uses
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Created 2005-06-09 03:18:32
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2022-03-16 12:59:13
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http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=search&txt=%s&w=1&x=0&y=0
amm
Amazon Music CDs search
2550 uses
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Created 2007-06-14 16:10:11
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2021-10-05 13:15:05
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http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_m/102-8357939-2696105?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=%s&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go
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