Get the Most out of Google

Phone Book - type a person's name, city and state into the search box and google will deliver phone and address listings.

Calculate - type a math problem and google will calculate it.

Dictionary - type define followed by any English word and google will give you a quick definition.

Maps, driving directions and satellite views - enter a city and state (or just a zip code) into the search box.

I'm feeling lucky - enter a search item and click this button on the google home page to go directly to the top matching web page for your query.

Forecast Weather - Type weather followed by a zip code or name of a city and google will give you the current conditions and a four day forecast.

Use the ~ character - put it before a word, with no space in-between to have google look for pages with both that term and its synonyms.

Use quotation marks when precision matters. Adding quotation marks around a query tells google to look for occurrences of the exact phrase as it was typed. Helpful when looking for lyrics, people's names or famous expressions.