Google Hacks By Paul Bausch, Tara Calishain, Rael Dornfest ............................................... Publisher: O'Reilly Pub Date: August 2006 Print ISBN-10: 0-596-52706-3 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-59-652706-8 Pages: 543 Table of Contents | Index Everyone knows that Google lets you search billions of web pages. But few people realize that Google also gives you hundreds of cool ways to organize and play with information. Since we released the last edition of this bestselling book, Google has added many new features and services to its expanding universe: Google Earth, Google Talk, Google Maps, Google Blog Search, Video Search, Music Search, Google Base, Google Reader, and Google Desktop among them. We've found ways to get these new services to do even more. The expanded third edition of Google Hacks is a brand-new and infinitely more useful book for this powerful search engine. You'll not only find dozens of hacks for the new Google services, but plenty of updated tips, tricks and scripts for hacking the old ones. Now you can make a Google Earth movie, visualize your web site traffic with Google Analytics, post pictures to your blog with Picasa, or access Gmail in your favorite email client. Industrial strength and real-world tested, this new collection enables you to mine a ton of information within Google's reach. And have a lot of fun while doing it: Search Google over IM with a Google Talk bot Build a customized Google Map and add it to your own web site Cover your searching tracks and take back your browsing privacy Turn any Google query into an RSS feed that you can monitor in Google Reader or the newsreader of your choice Keep tabs on blogs in new, useful ways Turn Gmail into an external hard drive for Windows, Mac, or Linux Beef up your web pages with search, ads, news feeds, and more Program Google with the Google API and language of your choice For those of you concerned about Google as an emerging Big Brother, this new edition also offers advice and concrete tips for protecting your privacy. Get into the world of Google and bend it to your will! Google Hacks By Paul Bausch, Tara Calishain, Rael Dornfest ............................................... Publisher: O'Reilly Pub Date: August 2006 Print ISBN-10: 0-596-52706-3 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-59-652706-8 Pages: 543 Table of Contents | Index Copyright Foreword credits Credits Preface Chapter 1. Web Google Web Search Basics Full-Word Wildcards Special Syntax Mixing Syntax Advanced Search Quick Links Language Tools Anatomy of a Search Result Setting Preferences Understanding Google URLs Hack 1. Browse the Google Directory Hack 2. Glean a Snapshot of Google in Time Hack 3. Visualize Google Results Hack 4. Check Your Spelling Hack 5. Google Phonebook: Let Google's Fingers Do the Walking Hack 6. Look Up Definitions Hack 7. Find Directories of Information Hack 8. Cover Your Bases Hack 9. Hack Your Own Google Search Form Hack 10. Compare Google and Yahoo! Search Results Hack 11. Cover Your Tracks Hack 12. Improve Google's Memory Hack 13. Find Out What Google Thinks ___ Is Hack 14. Browse the World Wide Photo Album Hack 15. Find Similar Images Hack 16. Track Stocks Chapter 2. Advanced Web Assumptions Hack 17. Assemble Advanced Search Queries Hack 18. Like a Version: Search with Synonyms Hack 19. Capture Google Results in a Google Box Hack 20. Cook with Google Hack 21. Permute a Query Hack 22. Summarize Results by Domain Hack 23. Measure Google Mindshare Hack 24. SafeSearch Certify URLs Hack 25. Search Google Topics Hack 26. Run a Google Popularity Contest Hack 27. Scrape Yahoo! Buzz for a Google Search Hack 28. Compare Google's Results with Other Search Engines Hack 29. Scattersearch with Yahoo! and Google Hack 30. Yahoo! Directory Mindshare in Google Hack 31. Spot Trends with Geotargeting Hack 32. Bring the Google Calculator to the Command Line Hack 33. Build Your Own Google Search Feeds Hack 34. Search Google by Link Graph Hack 35. Download Google Videos as AVI Files Chapter 3. News and Blogs Google News Google Groups Blogs Beyond Google for News and Blogs Hack 36. Scrape Google News Hack 37. Visualize Google News Hack 38. Map Google News Hack 39. Track Your Favorite Sites Hack 40. Scrape Google Groups Hack 41. Seek Out Blog Commentary Hack 42. Glean Blog-Free Google Results Hack 43. Find Blog Commentary for Any URL with a Single Click Hack 44. Track Topics on Blogs over Time Hack 45. Blog from Your Desktop Hack 46. Program Blogger with PHP Chapter 4. Extending Google Hack 47. Keep Tabs on Your Searches with Google Alerts Hack 48. Google Your Desktop Hack 49. Google with Bookmarklets Hack 50. Google from IRC Hack 51. Google on the Go Hack 52. Google over IM Hack 53. Googlify Your Browser Hack 54. Search with Google from Any Web Page Hack 55. Customize the Firefox Quick Search Box Hack 56. Build a Google Screensaver Hack 57. Add a Feed to Google Quickly Hack 58. Tame Long Google URLs Hack 59. Autocomplete Search Terms as You Type Hack 60. Refine Your Google Search Hack 61. Make Google More Accessible for Low-Vision Users Hack 62. Search for Lyrics on Google Chapter 5. Google Maps Hack 63. Think Global, Google Local Hack 64. Get Around http://maps.google.com Hack 65. Find Yourself (and Others) on Google Maps Hack 66. Build Your Own Google Map Hack 67. Add a Google Map to Your Web Site Hack 68. Map Flickr Contacts Hack 69. Fly Across the Earth Chapter 6. Gmail Signing Up Gmail Search Syntax Gmail Chat Additional Resources Hack 70. Create and Use Custom Addresses Hack 71. Import Your Contacts into Gmail Hack 72. Import Mail into Gmail Hack 73. Export Your Gmail Hack 74. Gmail on the Go Hack 75. Use Gmail as a Linux Filesystem Hack 76. Use Gmail as a Hard Drive Hack 77. Program Gmail Hack 78. Force Gmail to Use a Secure Connection Chapter 7. Webmastering Google's Importance to Webmasters The Mysterious PageRank The Equally Mysterious Ranking Algorithm Tools for Webmasters Keeping Up with Google's Changes In a Word: Relax Hack 79. A Webmaster's Introduction to Google Hack 80. Get Inside the PageRank Algorithm Hack 81. 26 Steps to 15 KB a Day Hack 82. Be a Good Search Engine Citizen Hack 83. Clean Up for a Google Visit Hack 84. Remove Your Materials from Google Hack 85. Get the Most Out of AdWords Hack 86. Generate Google AdWords Hack 87. Scrape Google AdWords Hack 88. Add Search to Your Site Hack 89. Feed News to Your Web Site Chapter 8. Programming Google Signing Up and Google's Terms The Google Web APIs Developer's Kit Using Your Google API Key What's WSDL? Understanding the Google API Query Understanding the Google API Response Beyond Web APIs A Note on Spidering and Scraping Hack 90. Program Google in Perl Hack 91. Install the SOAP::Lite Perl Module Hack 92. Program Google with the Net::Google Perl Module Hack 93. Loop Around the 10-Result Limit Hack 94. Program Google in Java Hack 95. Program Google in Python Hack 96. Program Google in C# and .NET Hack 97. Program Google in VB.NET Hack 98. Program Google with ColdFusion Hack 99. Program Google with PHP 5 Hack 100. Program Google with VBScript Appendix 1. Track News About Google Google Sources Outside News Sources Google Employee Blogs Grassroots Sources Colophon Index Copyright © 2006, 2005, 2003 O'Reilly Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Published by O'Reilly Media, Inc., 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472. O'Reilly books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use. Online editions are also available for most titles (http://safari.oreilly.com). For more information, contact our corporate/institutional sales department: (800) 998-9938 or [email protected]. Nutshell Handbook, the Nutshell Handbook logo, and the O'Reilly logo are registered trademarks of O'Reilly Media, Inc. The Hacks series designations, Google Hacks, the image of locking pliers, and related trade dress are trademarks of O'Reilly Media, Inc. Google, PageRank, AdSense, AdWords, Gmail, and I'm Feeling Lucky are trademarks of Google Technology, Inc. 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Your use of these hacks is at your own risk, and O'Reilly Media, Inc. disclaims responsibility for any damage or expense resulting from their use. In any event, you should take care that your use of these hacks does not violate any applicable laws, including copyright laws. Foreword Working at Google means that you're exposed to technologies that are nothing short of amazing. When Google Maps was deployed for internal testing, I really couldn't believe my eyes.