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Lifehacker Quick Searches

Handy searches that can be performed in the addressbar


Acronym Finder Quick Search

Type "acronym <acronym>" to look up what an acronym stands for in Acronym Finder. For example, "acronym WTF."

Amazon Quick Search

Type "amazon <product name>" to look up an item on Amazon.

Dictionary.com Quicksearch

Type "dict <word>" in the addressbar to perform a dictionary look-up.

Ebay Quick Search

Type "ebay <item>" to find something up for auction at Ebay.

Flickr Quick Search

Type "flickr <search term>" to search all the tags, titles and descriptions of images at photo-sharing site Flickr.

Froogle Quick Search

Type "froogle <product name>" to look up a product on shopping search engine Froogle.

Google Maps Quick Search

Type "map <address>" to get a Google map of a street address or location.

Google Image Quick Search

Type "image <search term>" to find images that match using Google Image Search.

I'm Feeling Lucky Quicksearch

Type "goto <term>" in the addressbar to visit Google's top listing for that term

Lifehacker Google Search

Type "lh <search term>" to search Lifehacker for information.

Stock Symbol Quicksearch

Type "quot <symbol>" in the addressbar to perform a stock symbol look-up

Technorati Quick Search

Type "technorati <search term>" to see what weblogs are posting about a topic.

Thesaurus Quick Search

Type "thes <word>" to find words with similar meanings in a thesaurus.

Urban Dictionary Quick Search

Type "slang <expression>" to look up a slang expression in Urban Dictionary.

Wikipedia Quick Search

Type "wikiped <person|place|thing>" to look it up in collaboratively-edited encyclopedia Wikipedia.

Yahoo! Creative Commons Quick Search

Type "cc <word>" to find Creative Commons-licensed items available for reuse with Yahoo!'s CC search.

Yahoo! Local Quick Search

Type "local <business>" to find a business listing with Yahoo! Local.

Google Quick Search