Google knows what's on my mind

I just got home and I wanted to know what match is going to be played at 10pm.

I just type "worldcup", hit enter..

..and not only does Google give me who's playing the 10pm game, but also gives me details on previous matches, upcoming matches, and gives me the schedule in Philippine (local) time.

I didn't even have to go to the Google page anymore, I just typed the search parameters (or in this case the word) in my browser's address bar.

You really can do a lot with Google search shortcuts. Here are a few of my favorite Google search tips and tricks:

Currency covertion Simply type how much you have in whatever currency and value you have and what you want to convert it to and it gives you the conversion based on the day's conversion rate. Very useful when shopping online and stuff like figuring out how much plane tickets bought in another country costs. i.e. "20USD to Php"

Math Computations Similarly, you can type simple mathematical equations. No equal sign required. i.e. "square root of 100" or "25*47" or "23 to the 5th power"

International Time You want to remind your friend in the US to bring you home an EVO 4G. Is it an odd time to call? Just type the place and the word "time" in the search box and find out. i.e. "san francisco time"

Measurement Conversion Whether it be Metric to English, Celsius to Fahrenheit, or whatever else you can think of. Just type it and search. i.e. "5 feet nine inches to cm"

Word Definitions And last, my favorite thing to search on Google, word definitions. Simply type "define:" immediately followed by the word, and you get definitions from various sources. i.e. "define:slovaks"

It's simple, quick, direct, and intuitive. Yet another reason why I love Google.