Google Calculator

If you're not using Google's built-in calculator, you should. This is a remarkable feature that we at Internet Ad Sales constantly forget exists, so we decided to write this snippet as a reminder to ourselves.

The calculator works from the search box. You type an equation just as you would any search query.

For example, from any Google search box (www.google.com, the IE toolbar, or the standalone toolbar (which, by the way, is another amazing invention)) typing "435 - 113" gives you this neat result:

435 - 113 = 322

Search for documents containing the terms 435 - 113.

The amazing thing is that it works for more complex calculations and unit conversions using ordinary English. Another example:

24 celsius in fahrenheit

returns

24 degrees Celsius = 75.2 degrees Fahrenheit

Try it!

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&c2coff...

34 grams in pounds

34 grams = 0.0749571691 pounds

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=34+grams+in+pounds&btnG=Google+Search

And, just as Google overall is probably the most amazing internet tool known to man (and they don't have an affiliate program, so they're not paying me to write this), the calculator is exceedingly clever:

18 degrees C in F

18 degrees Celsius = 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit

18 degrees C in K

18 degrees Celsius = 291.15 Kelvin

They can even manage somewhat outmoded units:

40 cubits in meters

40 cubits = 18.28800 meters

A backyard:

800 square meters in acres

800 (square meters) = 0.197684305 acres

A house:

170 square meters in square feet

170 (square meters) = 1 829.86477 square feet

One could easily experiment with this thing for weeks, but the best approach is to simply remember that it's there, right in your google toolbar or browser bookmark, and that it works, and remarkably well.

Here's where to find more information on using Google's Calculator:

Visit Inside Google Search Features