Get the Most out of Google

1. Phone Book- type a person's name, city and state into the search box and google will deliver phone and address listings.

2.Calculate- type a math problem and google will calculate it.

3.Dictionary- type define followed by any English word and google will give you a quick definition.

4.Maps, driving directions and satelite views- enter a city and state (or just a zip code) into the search box.

5.I'm feeling lucky- enter a search item and click this button on the google home page to go directly to the top matching web page for your query.

6.Forecast Weather- Type weather followed by a zip code or name of a city and google will give you the current conditions and a four day forecast.

7.Use the ~ character- put it before a word, with no space in-between to have google look for pages with both that term and its synonyms.

8.Use quotation marks when precision matters. Adding quoation marks around a query tells google to look for ocurences of the exact phrase as it was typed. Helpful when looking for lyrics, people's names or famous expressions.