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Google Search By Number

Posted by Zonk on from the google,-where-are-my-car-keys? dept.

fizz writes "Well, Google has done it again. This time, simply enter any tracking number or id number into the Google search box, and Voila! You have a link to the shipper and tracking information. They have a funny little mom/son tech talk bit on the blog about this."

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  1. Old news... by cdrudge · · Score: 1, Redundant

    You could do this at least on February 2 of last year.

  2. I Don't Mean to be that guy, but.... by PogieMT · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I hate to be the guy who criticizes "news" items for being old, but this is definitely old news. Google has had this feature for months, at least. I have been demonstrating it in workshops for teachers for some time. It's interesting how little Google publicizes some of these features, though. Maybe the homepage needs to be a little more cluttered there.

  3. This is news? by bbzzdd · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Heck, I have been finding my UPS, FedEx, and USPS shipments via a Google search of the tracking number for the better half of a year now. If I know about it it must have been in place for some time before that.

  4. Not New by akweboa164 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I might be mistaken, but I believe this has been around for a while.

  5. Why... by Masami+Eiri · · Score: 0, Redundant

    is this news?
    Google's had this feature for quite some time now...

  6. This was old news a year ago. by Asprin · · Score: 0, Redundant


    I'm not trying to be a jerk, but this was old news a year ago, maybe even two.

    That said, here's another Google trick that's new to me. Put in the word "movies" followed by your ZIP code.

    They also take UPC codes and (if I recall correctly) ISBNs.

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