# Unlikely uses for Google

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-uses-for-google/218279>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 11, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-uses-for-google/218279 "2003-12-11T05:10:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-uses-for-google/218279/21 "2003-12-12T14:06:08Z")

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Try googling for “private and confidential” and “draft - not for release”. Yields some interesting results…

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**Author:** ![Freiheit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e8c25b/32.png) [@Freiheit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freiheit)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-uses-for-google/218279/22 "2003-12-12T18:29:10Z")

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> _Originally posted by universe.zip \*  
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> **Freiheit** , while I definitely don´t want to know why you were searching for that particular word (snigger)_\*

Hey, ich finde das Wort lustig, ok? _Mädchen_ gefallen mir.

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**Author:** ![slu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@slu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slu)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-uses-for-google/218279/23 "2003-12-12T18:47:29Z")

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> \*Originally posted by jjimm \*  
> \*\*Try googling for “private and confidential” and “draft - not for release”. Yields some interesting results… \*\*

I tried this and I thought it was boring. I am not sure what I expected though.

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**Author:** ![Mooney252](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Mooney252](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooney252)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-uses-for-google/218279/24 "2003-12-12T19:32:08Z")

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For those of you who are Google nuts, try this search:  
Google Florida

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-uses-for-google/218279/25 "2003-12-13T13:14:33Z")

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> \*Originally posted by slu \*  
> \*\*I tried this and I thought it was boring. I am not sure what I expected though. \*\*

Oh well, I did it a year or two ago and found stuff like draft press releases with comments on them like “this paragraph is bullshit” and stuff like that. Maybe people are more careful these days!

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-uses-for-google/218279/26 "2003-12-13T13:32:00Z")

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I use it to look up myself.

As it were.

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-uses-for-google/218279/27 "2003-12-13T17:38:04Z")

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I use it to reduce the number of entries in my Favorites/Bookmark folder. It is sometimes faster to enter the keyword and pluck it off Google than it is to scroll the Favorites drop-down menu.

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