Hack 28 Googling with Bookmarklets
 
Create interactive bookmarklets to perform
Google functions from the comfort of your own browser.
You probably know what bookmarks are. But what are
bookmarklets?
Bookmarklets are like bookmarks but with an extra bit of JavaScript
magic added. This makes them more interactive then regular bookmarks;
they can perform small functions like opening a window, grabbing
highlighted text from a web page, or submitting a query to a search
engine. There are several bookmarklets that allow you to perform
useful Google functions right from the comfort of your own browser.
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If you're using Internet Explorer for Windows,
you're in gravy: all these bookmarklets will most
likely work as advertised. But if you're using a
less-appreciated browser (such as Opera) or operating system (such as
Mac OS X), pay attention to the
bookmarklet requirements and instructions; there
may be special magic needed to get a particular bookmark working, or
indeed, you may not be able to use the bookmarklet at all.
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Before you try any other site, try Google's Browser
Buttons (read: bookmarklets). Google Search queries Google for any
text you've highlighted on the current web page.
Google Scout performs a related: [Section 1.5][in
"The Special Syntaxes"] search on
the current web page.
Google's bookmarklets are designed for the Internet
Explorer browser.
- Google Translate!
- (http://www.microcontentnews.com/resources/translator.htm)
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Puts Google's translation [Hack #2] tools into a bookmarklet,
enabling one-button translation of the current web page.
- Google Jump
- (http://www.angelfire.com/dc/dcbookmarkletlab/Bookmarklets/script002.html)
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Prompts you for search terms, performs a Google search, and takes you
straight to the top hit thanks to the magic of
Google's I'm Feeling
Lucky Section 1.4[in "Google
Basics"] function.
- The Dooyoo Bookmarklets
- (http://dooyoo-uk.tripod.com/bookmarklets2.html) collection
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Features several bookmarklets for use with different search
engines—two for Google. Similar to Google's
Browser Buttons, one finds highlighted text and the other finds
related pages.
- Joe Maller's Translation Bookmarkets
- (http://www.joemaller.com/translation_bookmarklets.shtml)
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Translate the current page into the specified language via Google or
AltaVista.
- Bookmarklets for Opera
- (http://www.philburns.com/bookmarklets.html)
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Includes a Google translation bookmarklet, a Google bookmarklet that
restricts searches to the current domain, and a bookmarklet that
searches Google Groups [Hack #30]. As you might
imagine, these bookmarklets were created for use with the Opera
browser.
- GoogleIt!
- (http://www.code9.com/googleit.html)
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Another bookmarklet that searches Google for any text you highlight
on the current web page.
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