Okay peeps, I’m sure most of you know how to use Limewire and Bittorrent these days. But, I’ll bet you haven’t used Google to perform a quick Mp3 search for the nagging song that’s been stuck in your head all day. The truth is that Google can be used to conduct a search for almost any file type, including Mp3s, PDFs, and videos. This functionality has been available for a long time, but most users haven’t caught on to it. So here’s a quick example of how to use Google to search for Mp3s. It’s like turning Google into the Napster of 2000.
The following is a Google search string for searching open web directories containing downloadable Nirvana music files. Substitute the term Nirvana in the search string for any other band of your liking. You can always bookmark the search result for future use.
With some very slight modifications the same search string can easily be used to search for ebooks in DOC and PDF format:
Or perhaps your looking for some specific video file:
You can check the official Google Advanced Search Operators page for further details on editing this search string to meet your specific needs. Enjoy yourselves!
For more awesome Google hacks and tricks, check out:
- Google Hacks: Tips & Tools for Finding and Using the World’s Information
- Google: Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks (Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks)
- Google Hacking for Penetration Testers, Volume 2
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Liz Waldner says
OMG that is awesome!
thanks so much for posting your knowledge. that Rocks!
Cheers
Chris says
Thanks for this useful info… My search results are now better and Google points out exactly what I need!
Windschief says
nice discovery and thanks for sharing!
William Gibson says
Thanks for the nice tutorial and idea!
Found through Lifehacker.
extrabreit says
Greetings from Germany, extrabreit. Perfect website! But unfortunately my music is not to be found in the Internet, probably too extravagant. Momentane Lieblingsband: such a surge
My Music: http://www.suchasurge.de
nutmilk says
Isn’t, um, Napster the Napster of 2000? Considering it was up and running in 2000?
Wouldn’t this be the Napster of 2006?
jimmysez says
Oh and you guys win the prize. My entire office is shitting their pants laughing at your about section, and my office is 100+ people.
You two are a new web sensation!!!
© 2006 Marc and Angel. Powered by Love… LOL!
rootytoot says
Google gives us everything we need.
That search string is great.
Now combine it with Google’s online mp3 player:
http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/08/google-mp3-player-found-in-gmail.html
…and you got an online self-contained mp3 player.
or better yet:
http://del.icio.us/help/playtagger
Tim says
I’ve been doing a similar google hack for over a year.
lisa mp3 says
Thanks for useful info!!!
Giovanni Costa says
Hi I would like to use this with permission in the next issue of my magazine which is released in February.
Response from Marc: As long as you reference our website name and URL as the source of the information, we don’t mind if you use our content.
Edwin says
Thanks a million for this info.
BeShelly says
Thanks, great post you guys!
Florian says
Hi, I found your blog via google by accident and have to admit that you have a really interesting blog 🙂
Just saved your feed in my reader, have a nice day 🙂
GramBorder says
Hello folks. I want to all of you know, the world is mine. Oh, and your site good. Great Google hack! Greetz from Russia.
Bye.
Brijesh Shah says
This is mini but helpful Tips for to search with google Advance search facility:
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=170880&seqNum=2&rl=1
Marc says
@Brijesh:
Thanks for the tip on that Google Hacking article. Not bad… 😉
Leoman says
Huuuv nice choice of George Orwell – 1984 for the Google PDF search. 🙂
Superb book
Marc says
@Leoman:
1984 is one of my favorite books of all time… no doubt about it! 🙂
Visitor755 says
Figured I’d let you know that I have visited your site 755 times to use this article. Cheers.
Giles says
Papaiti is my favorite by far.
AnferTuto says
Muy excelente!!! 🙂
James Smith says
I use to you g2p.org but found http://mp3frenzy.net much better for finding full albums. It’s good for searching for music posted on blogspot and file hosting sites.
Carl Butler says
If seems both of us are big fans of music. Come see my site hope you like it! 🙂