One of the fastest ways of getting to Google (or any other *.com) domain is to type the name, then press Ctrl+Return. This will put “http://www. - - - .com” around anything, e.g. http://www.google.com
Pretty slick yeah? Works in IE and FF

Ever searched in Google and got tons of none relevant results? Then these search tips will come in handy for narrowing down your searches.
| Google Shortcut | Finds Pages That Have… |
| fax machine | the words fax and machine |
| car OR racing | either the word car or the word racing |
| “rise like a phoenix” | the exact phrase rise like a phoenix |
| fax -paper | the word fax but NOT the word paper |
| superman +2 | movie title including the number 2 |
| ~auto | looks up the word auto and synonyms |
| define:love | definitions of the word love |
| how to * video | the words how to video separated by one or more words |
| + | addition; 789+765 |
| - | subtraction; 654-789 |
| * | multiplication; 789*765 |
| / | division; 789/987 |
| % of | percentage; 50% of 100 |
| ^ | raise to a power; 3^19 (4 to the nineteenth power) |
| old in new (conversion) | 45 celsius in Fahrenheit |
| site:(search only one website) | site:websearch.about.com “how to” |
| link:(find linked pages) | link:www.riselikeaphoenix.com |
| info: (find info about a page) | info:www.surfunblocked.com |
| related: (related pages) | related:www.surfunblocked.com |
| cache: (view cached page) | cache:www.surfunblocked.com |
| filetype:(restrict search to specific filetype) | football filetype:doc |
| allintitle: (search for keywords in page title) | allintitle:”addidas” running or allintitle:”www.surfunblocked.com/” proxy |
| inurl:(restrict search to page URLs) | inurl:star or inurl:www.surfunblocked.com |
| site:.edu (specific domain search) | site:.edu, site:.gov, site:.org, etc. |
| site:country code (restrict search to country) | site:.br “rio de Janeiro” or site:www.surfunblocked.com |
| intext:(search for keyword in body text) | intext:theatre or intext:www.surfunblocked.com |
| allintext: (return pages with all words specified in body text) | allintext:capital city or allintext:www.surfunblocked.com |