Table of Contents



•	Table of Contents
•	Index
•	Reviews
•	Reader Reviews
•	Errata
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Google Hacks, 2nd Edition
By Tara Calishain, Rael Dornfest

Publisher	: O'Reilly
Pub Date	: December 2004
ISBN	: 0-596-00857-0
Pages	: 479

Foreword to the First Edition

About the Authors

Acknowledgments

Why Google Hacks?

How This Book Is Organized

How to Use This Book

How to Run the Hacks

Where to Go for More

Using Code Examples

How to Contact Us

Section 1.2. Google Web Search Basics

Section 1.3. Full-Word Wildcards

Section 1.4. The 10-Word Limit

Section 1.5. Special Syntax

Section 1.6. Mixing Syntax

Section 1.7. Advanced Search

Section 1.8. Quick Links

Section 1.9. Language Tools

Section 1.10. Anatomy of a Search Result

Section 1.11. Setting Preferences

Section 1.12. Understanding Google URLs

Hack 1. Browse the Google Directory

Hack 2. Glean a Snapshot of Google in Time

Hack 3. Graph Google Results over Time

Hack 4. Visualize Google Results

Hack 5. Check Your Spelling

Hack 6. Google Phonebook: Let Google's Fingers Do the Walking

Hack 7. Think Global, Google Local

Hack 8. Track Stocks

Hack 9. Consult the Dictionary

Hack 10. Look Up Definitions

Hack 11. Search Article Archives

Hack 12. Find Directories of Information

Hack 13. Seek Out Weblog Commentary

Hack 14. Cover Your Bases

Hack 15. Repetition Matters

Hack 16. Search a Particular Date Range

Hack 17. Calculate Google Centuryshare

Hack 18. Hack Your Own Google Search Form

Hack 19. Go Beyond Google's Advanced Search

Hack 20. Use Google Tools for Translators

Chapter 2. Advanced Web

Section 2.2. Assumptions

Hack 21. Like a Version

Hack 22. Capture Google Results in a Google Box

Hack 23. Build Google Directory URLs

Hack 24. Find Recipes

Hack 25. Track Result Counts over Time

Hack 26. Feel Really Lucky

Hack 27. Get Random Results (on Purpose)

Hack 28. Permute a Query

Hack 29. Weight a Query Keyword

Hack 30. Restrict Searches to Top-Level Results

Hack 31. Search for Special Characters

Hack 32. Dig Deeper into Sites

Hack 33. Summarize Results by Domain

Hack 34. Measure Google Mindshare

Hack 35. SafeSearch Certify URLs

Hack 36. Search Google Topics

Hack 37. Find the Largest Page

Hack 38. Perform Proximity Searches

Hack 39. Meander Your Google Neighborhood

Hack 40. Run a Google Popularity Contest

Hack 41. Scrape Yahoo! Buzz for a Google Search

Hack 42. Compare Google's Results with Other Search Engines

Hack 43. Scattersearch with Yahoo! and Google

Hack 44. Yahoo! Directory Mindshare in Google

Hack 45. Glean Weblog-Free Google Results

Hack 46. Spot Trends with Geotargeting

Hack 47. Bring the Google Calculator to the Command Line

Hack 48. Build a Custom Date Range Search Form

Hack 49. Search Yesterday's Index

Chapter 3. Images

Section 3.2. Google Images Advanced Search Interface

Section 3.3. Google Images Search Syntax

Hack 50. Borrow a Corporate or Product Logo

Hack 51. Browse the World Wide Photo Album

Hack 52. Google Cartography: Street Art in Your Neighborhood

Hack 53. Capture the Map

Chapter 4. News and Groups

Section 4.2. Google News

Section 4.3. Google News Search Syntax

Section 4.4. Advanced News Search

Section 4.5. Making the Most of Google News

Section 4.6. Receive Google News Alerts

Section 4.7. Beyond Google for News Search

Hack 54. Scrape Google News

Hack 55. Visualize Google News

Section 4.10. Google Groups

Section 4.11. 10 Seconds of Hierarchy Funk

Section 4.12. Browsing Groups

Section 4.13. Google Groups Search Syntax

Section 4.14. Advanced Groups Search

Hack 56. Go Deeper into Groups with Google Groups 2

Hack 57. Scrape Google Groups

Hack 58. Simplify Google Groups URLs

Chapter 5. Add-Ons

Hack 59. Keep Tabs on Your Searches with Google Alerts

Hack 60. Add Google to Your Toolbar or Desktop

Hack 61. Google Your Desktop

Hack 62. Google with Bookmarklets

Hack 63. Google from Word

Hack 64. Google by Email

Hack 65. Google by Instant Messenger

Hack 66. Google from IRC

Hack 67. Google on the Go

Hack 68. Visit the Google Labs

Hack 69. Find Out What Google Thinks ___ Is

Hack 70. The Search Engine Belt Buckle

Chapter 6. Gmail

Section 6.2. Gmail Search Syntax

Section 6.3. Additional Resources

Hack 71. Glean a Gmail Invite

Hack 72. Create and Use Custom Addresses

Hack 73. Import Your Contacts into Gmail

Hack 74. Import Mail into Gmail

Hack 75. Export Your Gmail

Hack 76. Take a Walk on the Lighter Side

Hack 77. Gmail on the Go

Hack 78. Use Gmail as a Linux Filesystem

Hack 79. Use Gmail as a Windows Drive

Hack 80. Program Gmail

Section 7.2. Google AdSense

Section 7.3. Google AdWords

Hack 81. Get the Most out of AdWords

Hack 82. Generate Google AdWords

Hack 83. Scrape Google AdWords

Hack 84. Determine the Worth of AdWords Words

Hack 85. Serve Backup Ads

Chapter 8. Webmastering

Section 8.2. Google's Importance to Webmasters

Section 8.3. The Mysterious PageRank

Section 8.4. The Equally Mysterious Ranking Algorithm

Section 8.5. Keeping Up with Google's Changes

Section 8.6. In a Word: Relax

Hack 86. A Webmaster's Introduction to Google

Hack 87. Get Inside the PageRank Algorithm

Hack 88. 26 Steps to 15K a Day

Hack 89. Be a Good Search Engine Citizen

Hack 90. Clean Up for a Google Visit

Hack 91. Remove Your Materials from Google

Chapter 9. Programming Google

Section 9.2. Signing Up and Google's Terms

Section 9.3. The Google Web APIs Developer's Kit

Section 9.4. Using Your Google API Key

Section 9.5. What's WSDL?

Section 9.6. Understanding the Google API Query

Section 9.7. Understanding the Google API Response

Section 9.8. A Note on Spidering and Scraping

Hack 92. Program Google in Perl

Hack 93. Install the SOAP::Lite Perl Module

Hack 94. Program Google with the Net::Google Perl Module

Hack 95. Loop Around the 10-Result Limit

Hack 96. Program Google in PHP

Hack 97. Program Google in Java

Hack 98. Program Google in Python

Hack 99. Program Google in C# and .NET

Hack 100. Program Google in VB.NET