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a query (FindForward supports all basic and advanced Google search options and syntax) and select the type of search desired from the pulldown list. As you can see from the list below, there are many possible types of searches available. Try the Search Grid option, in which you can enter up to five keywords to create a grid showing inter-relationships of the terms. Try [iran korea nuclear terror], for example. Then there is the potentially dangerous Just Files option for searching website directories that were (probably) not meant to be browsed.

Fagan Finder's Google Ultimate Interface. A useful and friendly Google interface that allows users to maximize Google power without learning the syntax that it deserves to be on this list.

http://www.faganfinder.com/google.html (for Internet Explorer)
http://www.faganfinder.com/google2.html (for Mozilla browsers)

Soople. A Google interface that makes Google's advanced features so easy to use it's amazing. The main page offers lots of query boxes that enable users to run complex Google queries without knowing anything about Google. But I think the best Soople tool is the calculator page. Did you know Google has a very powerful calculator function as a basic part of the search engine? Most people don't, and even if they did, they wouldn't use it because it is not what I would call intuitive. Therefore, the Soople calculator interface to the Google calculator is a godsend for the mathematically impaired such as yours truly.

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