Why didn’t anyone tell me about Google’s ability to do currency conversions before? I just learned about it at Geeky Info and think it’s a feature I’ll be using lots.
All you have to do is enter an amount that you want to convert into a normal Google search field and it’ll do a current conversion for you.
So to find out what one US dollar equals in Australian dollars (down to 8 decimal points!) you just enter:
1 USD in AUD
and here’s what you get when you ‘search’
Don’t know the country code? No problem try entering:
- currency of Britain in Australian money
- or 5 British pounds in Australian money
Handy stuff for a blogger wanting to convert their earnings into a local currency.
About Darren Rowse
My name is Darren Rowse and I’m a full time Blogger making a living from blogs like 
Not only that!
You can do Hieght, Weight, and Distance conversions as well!
you never asked :)
are you not using your Tiger’s Dashboard, Darren? Mine is hot-cornered to top right, so I just throw my mouse up there if I need a conversion (or a dictionary definition, a language translation, yellow pages, blah blah…)
Now you can charge your client’s in rupals!
Has anyone (or google) actually got a comprehensive list of all the different things you can actually do with the google search bar, other than actually do a search?
Seems theres loads of little bits and pieces that you only find by redaing someones blog :)
Now isn’t that a cool feature. what else are those guys at Google Labs up to?
I love this feature, it is helping me plan my european vacation! I just wish the dollar was worth more than the euro.
Awesome site, I added you to my favorite links, and told some of the guys at work about you and this site. Hope you get a few more hits.