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The Top 25 Searches of the Decade - what are they?

Tuesday December 8, 2009
top searches of the decade

What did we search for the last ten years? As 2009 draws to a close, it's time to take a look back at the first decade of the 00's and see what we, the Web community at large, searched for online. The results here are pulled from a handpicked variety of search engines and search lists, and represent the most searched for topics over the longest period of time. Keep reading for the Top 25 Searches of the Decade.

Track a package on the Web

Monday December 7, 2009
track a packageGot a precious package you need to track this holiday season? You can do this easier than ever before using the Web. Here's a couple ways you can accomplish this:

Use Google. Type in the tracking number of your UPS, Fedex or USPS package and Google will be able to tell you where it's at, approximately. Neat!

Use specific package tracking sites. UPS: Tracking Information, USPS - Track & Confirm, DHL: Track (By number), FedEx Tracking all make it easy for you to track that package.

Use a meta-tracking site. More of these all-in-one package tracking sites are popping up all the time; try isnoop,TrackThePack, PackageMapper.com, TrackThis, Boxoh, or PackageTrackApp.

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Web search news roundup for Nov.30-Dec.4, 2009: End of the year lists, new Bing maps, Google finance update

Saturday December 5, 2009

You know all those chores on your list that need to be done today? Getting the Christmas lights up, baking 12 dozen cookies, frantically signing 124 holiday cards....yeah, those can wait. Here's the news this week from the world of Web search:

Did I miss something? Let us know in the comments!

How to find a Christmas word search online

Friday December 4, 2009

christmas word search

The long winter break for school kids is almost upon us, and one way to keep them busy is to print out a few Christmas word searches. Here's how you can find high quality printables for kids year round:

  • Navigate to your favorite search engine. These search modifiers will work in Google, Yahoo, Ask, and (most of the time) in Bing.
  • Next, type in intitle:"christmas word search" inurl:"christmas" filetype:pdf. This brings up results that have Christmas Word Search in the title of the page, Christmas in the URL, and the results are all .pdf files, ready to print out.
  • You can modify this, easily. Try intitle:"word search" filetype:doc. This opens up your search to all kinds of word search puzzles, all of them in MS Word format.
  • Let's try one more. How about intitle:"christmas word search" (doc|pdf). This REALLY narrows your search down; you'll only get results with the words "christmas word search" in the title, and the filetypes will only be Word documents or PDF files.

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