HTTP:: Search for Results from the Past Minute with Google URL Trick
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Google got a little outflanked when the whole “real time†thing started becoming big. It's the theme of the year in tech terms. But Twitter is stealing all the limelight, real time is all about the microblogging platform. Google even admitted to this several months back. But don't mistake this for giving up or backing down. A trick put forward by the search startup Omgili's CEO Ran Geva, which enables users to limit their Google searches to the past minute, even the past second, hints at more fundamental changes underneath the surface. The trick itself is a simple URL hack that manipulates the time frame for the searches with more flexibility than that allowed by the regular GUI. When a query is made using one of the date filters available in the new options bar, the “tbs =qdr†argument is added, where Ran figures 'qdr' stand for query date range. For example, when looking at results for the past two days, it would be “tbs =qdr:d2,†where 'd' stands for days. !
But replace the 'd' with an 'n' and you're now seeing the results for the past two minutes. Replace it with an 's' and you'll get the results for the past two seconds. 'N' stands for minutes presumably because 'm' was used for months. The actual syntax is tbs=qdr:[name][value] and the...
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