No one would argue the fact that Google is one of the most useful sites on the Internet.

Unfortunately, most people only use about 3% of its power.

Smart Google users, on the other hand, know how to turn Google into a quick calculator,
translate foreign sites, create their own customized search engine, and search for movie reviews
and stock quotes with special search queries. In this article, we’ll show you how to do all of that
and more.

Turn Google Into a Quick Calculator

Google enables you to perform a number of math operations including

addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and percentages.
All you have to do is use some calculator operators, which include:

 + (addition)
 - (subtraction)
 * (multiplication)
 / (division)
 % of (percentage of)
 ^ (raise to a power)

Here a few example queries to get you started.

 23 + 34
 120-43
 36*20
 27/3
 36% of 134
 3^9 (3 to the 9th power)

Take Notes while Browsing the Web with Google Notebook.

This note taking application allows you to organize all of your online research quickly and
easily. With Google Notebook, you can clip text, images, and links from web pages while
browsing. Your notes and clips are saved to an online “notebook” that you can access from any
computer, and may also be shared with others. So whether you’re planning a vacation or writing
a school paper, Google Notebook makes it easy. To get started, go to Google Notebook’s main
site.

Translate Foreign Sites

A large portion of the web sites on the Internet are not in English. This means that you’re missing
out on a big portion of the Web. Fortunately, Google has provided a solution.

First, translate the word you want to search for into the desired language. You can do this at
BabelFish. Next, go to Google, enter your search query, and press enter.
On the results page, you should see a link that says, “Translate this page” to the right side of the
search results. Click on that link and Google will automatically translate the page to English
for you.

I have used just this one tip to discover a number of great new sites that I never would have had
access to if it weren’t for Google’s translation tools