Most Widely Used Google Features

12 top features of Google widely used in Google search box

1. Google Weather - To see the weather for many U.S. and worldwide cities, type “weather” followed by the city and state, U.S. zip code, or city and country.

2. Stock quotes – To see current market data for a given company or fund, type the ticker symbol into the search box. On the results page, you can click the link to see more data from Google Finance

3. Time – To see the time in many cities around the world, type in “time” and the name of the city

4. Sports scores – To see scores and schedules for sports teams type the team name or league name into the search box. This is enabled for many leagues including the National Basketball Association, National Football League, National Hockey League, and Major League Baseball.

5. Music – To listen to music, search for artists, albums, songs or lyrics.

6. Sunrise and sunset – To see the precise times of sunrises and sunsets for many U.S. and worldwide cities, type “sunrise” or “sunset” followed by the city name.

7. Calculator – To use Google’s built-in calculator function, simply enter the calculation you’d like done into the search box

8. Unit Conversion – You can use Google to convert between many different units of measurement of height, weight, and volume among many others. Just enter your desired conversion into the search box and we?ll do the rest.

9. Synonym Search – If you want to search not only for your search term but also for its synonyms, place the tilde sign (~) immediately in front of your search term.

10. Dictionary Definitions – To see a definition for a word or phrase, simply type the word “define” then a space, then the word(s) you want defined. To see a list of different definitions from various online sources, you can type “define:” followed by a word or phrase. Note that the results will define the entire phrase.

11. Spell Checker – Google?s spell checking software automatically checks whether your query uses the most common spelling of a given word. If it thinks you?re likely to generate better results with an alternative spelling, it will ask ?Did you mean: (more common spelling)??. Click the suggested spelling to launch a Google search for that term.

12. Currency Conversion – To use our built-in currency converter, simply enter the conversion you?d like done into the Google search box and we?ll provide your answer directly on the results page.