Now just need something of the form: 1262307721 to date, that and ip are my 2 main lazy uses of Google.
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Re: Google now tells you your IP when you ask it in search
#82Just trying out some other features type "time" into the address bar in chrome Returns: 8:44am Wednesday (PDT) - Time in Vancouver, BC
Someone asked me what day Thanksgiving falls on in 2012; I just realized I could type "thanksgiving date 2012" and get the answer.
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#83This is something that's been going on for a while - Google killing small web apps; Convertors, calculators, movie listings, ip finders, weather stats, stocks. It's not all low-hanging fruit. I'm not saying they shouldn't be doing this, nor that it's intentional. Their goal is to be the best search engine which means connecting searchers with answers as quickly as they can. But even so, it sucks for the web apps who…
Well, a lot of those webapps fall in the "feature, not a product category" and were pretty clearly living life on the edge.
I await the day I can anagram via the search bar.
Re: Google now tells you your IP when you ask it in search
#84This is something that's been going on for a while - Google killing small web apps; Convertors, calculators, movie listings, ip finders, weather stats, stocks. It's not all low-hanging fruit. I'm not saying they shouldn't be doing this, nor that it's intentional. Their goal is to be the best search engine which means connecting searchers with answers as quickly as they can. But even so, it sucks for the web apps who…
Actually the only way for a "my IP" application to make some money is be indexed as first result in Google I guess. At least I never remember the domain of one of that 200 trivial apps and search on google. So makes a lot of sense they showing you the result if you search for "ip" or "my ip".
I bet some of them find alternative ways to get visitors and that a decent number of people use the bookmark feature. Now, how valuable a visitor is to a page like that is another matter.
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#85I'm slightly amazed at how inconsistent these special queries work. For international users (I simply assume it's not just me), this trick only works if I add &hl=en to the URL. Any explanations?
Re: Google now tells you your IP when you ask it in search
#86I'm slightly amazed at how inconsistent these special queries work. For international users (I simply assume it's not just me), this trick only works if I add &hl=en to the URL. Any explanations?
They haven't yet rolled it out to all the localised versions.
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#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
http://www.wunderground.com/ has worked by geoip for a while now.
Pretty sure they got that after google. For years, wunderground was the best of a bunch of terrible web sites. They're still about 40% ads by pixel though, and have a hugely cluttered UI. I'll use them as a second step (Google's "detailed forecast" link) after typing "weather" into the chrome address bar. But broadly, they still suck compared to Google.
http://www.wund.com/
less typing and a much cleaner interface.
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#88Great, this saves me that agonizing click on whatismyip.com.
I like http://icanhazip.com
Great for scripts too.
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#89Up next: What ports do I have open?
http://nmap-online.com
I've always used ShieldsUp![1]; I remember using it before I even had my own computer!
Re: Google now tells you your IP when you ask it in search
#90Google can also do currency conversions for you http://tinyurl.com/6zzoqmt
Don't use shortened URLs here, please. People like to know where they're going ;) Especially since trolls use them to get people on goatse pages.