Url Hacks

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Bo.lt Shares And Remixes Web Pages

5:00AM September 11, 2011 | David Galloway

We’ve talked about URL shrinking, web page remixing using custom CSS, and social link sharing before, but free webapp Bo.lt offers all three services in one convenient package. Use it to make custom landing pages, creative wish lists, or just share and comment on nyan cat pics with your friends. More »

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Set Bookmarks To Open In A New Tab In Chrome

11:30PM March 23, 2011 | Java-Princess

Chrome: If you have a few sites that you visit particularly often but you want them to open up in a new tab every time you visit them, reader Java-Princess shows us how to make them do so. More »

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Switch Between Multiple Gmail Accounts With A URL Hack

2:00AM January 15, 2011 | Whitson Gordon

We were pretty stoked when Google debuted its multiple account sign-in feature, and reader Sam has discovered a way to switch between accounts faster using a small URL tweak. More »

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Make Dropbox Public Files Download Instead Of Viewing In Browser

6:00AM November 4, 2010 | Whitson Gordon

While Dropbox public links are very useful for sharing files with your friends, a lot of files (text files, MP3s, PDFs and others) will automatically open up in their browser. Here’s how to get them to download to their hard drive instead. More »

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Get Back The Old Google Image Search With A URL Hack

4:30AM July 24, 2010 | The_Doc

If you’re not happy with the new Google Image search and would prefer to stick with the old search as your default, Lifehacker reader The_Doc offers this simple URL tweak. More »

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Shorten URLs From Your Address Bar

10:00PM May 25, 2010 | Kevin Purdy

There are loads of extensions and bookmarklets that create shortened links from long URLs, but the bit.ly and j.mp services don’t need them. Add them with a slash before the URL in your address bar, and you’re good to go. More »

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View Thru Displays The URL Behind The Shrunken URL

6:30AM April 28, 2010 | Jason Fitzpatrick

Chrome: If you prefer to see the site you’re clicking through to before clicking on a shrunken URL, View Thru displays the source URL as a mouse-over pop-up display. More »

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Make QR Codes In A Jiffy With Goo.gl

5:30AM April 8, 2010 | Adam Pash

Google’s official URL-shortening service, Goo.gl, just added a very cool trick to its shortening arsenal: Quick QR-code creation with a simple URL tweak. More »

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3outube Downloads YouTube Files With A Single URL Change

1:00AM January 20, 2010 | Kevin Purdy

You’ve found a great set of bloopers and want to download them for future screenings. If you change the “Y” in the youtube.com address to “3,” 3outube provides links for downloading that video in MP4 or FLV formats. More »

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Use Goo.gl URL Shortener Without Google Toolbar

3:30AM January 14, 2010 | Jason Fitzpatrick

If you like the idea of a URL shortener powered by Google but you’re not really sold on the idea of having to install the Google toolbar to get access to it, the Goo.gl Bookmarklet takes care of that problem. More »