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Hack Google

written by Rael Dornfest on Wednesday, April 09, 2003

Learn how to search faster and more effectively with Google -- and have fun while doing it.

On tonight's show Leo and Patrick demonstrate tips and hacks that will let you get more than you ever imagined out of everybody's favorite search engine.

These tricks and scripts will allow you to use the advanced search interface and the Google API (Application Program Interface).

Get around the ten word limit
There are some clever ways around Google's limit of ten words to a query.
Scrape Google results
Save your Google search results into a text file.
Google whack
This hack tries to come up with a successful "Google whack" for you -- that is, a search query that only comes up with one result.
NoXML
A substitute for the SOAP::Lite Perl module, which is the backbone of many of these Google hacks.
Measure Google Mind share
Measure the Google mind share of a particular person within a query domain.
Remove your materials from Google
How to remove your content from Google's various Web properties.

Get more of these Google tips, tricks and scripts in the book Dornfest co-authored with Tara Calishain, Google Hacks.

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