20 tips for googling better at google search
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Google serves some 80 percent of all search queries on the Internet, making it by far the most popular search engine. Its popularity is not only due to excellent search effectiveness. So do you know how to master the art of searching on google ?, how to find what you are exactly looking for ?, do you know that google can search titles, webpages name or even URLs of given query ?, have you ever tried and find website similar to one you love the most ?, do you know that google can even do some amazing calculations for you and in amazingly milliseconds speed. If your answer is NO, then it’s your time to get yourself introduce to some of the most amazing features offered by google in that 31 character text box. You might also like to see the services offered by google. So go ahead and enjoy.
- Explicit Phrase:
If you are searching for a phrase or a half sentence then you should type it in google search bax as a explicit phrase. For example you are looking for belly fat burner instead of just typing belly fat burner into the Google search box, you will likely be better off searching explicitly for the phrase. To do this, simply enclose the search phrase within double quotes.
Example: "belly fat burner" - Exclude Words:
Lets stick with first example belly fat burner, but you want to exclude any results that contain the term Pills. To do so, simply use the "-" sign in front of the word you want to exclude.
Example Search: belly fat burner -pills - Site Specific Search:
Lets say you find what you are looking for at a particular site, but that site doesn’t offer built-in search, in that case you can use Google to search the site for your term. Simply use the "site:somesite.com" modifier.
Example: "fat burner" site:www.healtharticles.com - Specific Document Types:
If you’re looking to find results of your search in typical file format, you can use the modifier "filetype:". For example, you might want to find only PowerPoint presentations related to fat burners.
Example: "fat burners" filetype:ppt - Calculator:
Google also have built-in calculator in their search box. You can work with these basic operators
+ addition
- subtraction
* multiplication
/ division
% modulus
% of percentage of
^ raise to a power
Example: 48512 * 1.02
Example: 528-33
Few more Google Calculator examples
12*13
0x23 in decimal
40 in hexadecimal
(1+i)*(2+i)
212 F in C
1.21 gigawatts / 88 mph
the speed of light in miles / s
the speed of light in knots
two fortnights
days in a year
two plus two
au/c
m_earth
r_earth
G
1-0.9-0.1 = -2.77555756 × 10-17
kibibyte in bytes
kbit/s in bit/s = 1,024 bit/second
1.5 LTL in EUR
29.95USD in U.A.E Dirhams
100 Chilean peso in Brazilian real
2 Euros per liter in British pounds
per Imperial pint
5+2*2
2^20
sqrt(-4)
half a cup in teaspoons
160 pounds * 4000 feet in Calories - Word Definitions:
If you need to quickly look up the definition of a word or phrase, simply use the "define:" command.
Example: define:crux - Site Cache:
If you are looking for cache of particular site.
Example: cache: www.nrikerala.com - Site Link:
List of websites that link to example.com.
Example: link: www.nrikerala.com - Related:
This command list all websites that are similar to example.com.
Example: related: www.nrikerala.com - Site:
This command list all WebPages hosted by example.com.
Example: site: www.rimitinternational.com - Site:
This command list all WebPages hosted by example.com
Example: site: www.rimitinternational.com - allintitle:Query
If you use this command you restrict the result to only sites that has your query in their title.
Example: allintitile:nrikerala - intitle:Query
If you use this command you restrict the result to only documents that has your query in their title.
Example: intitile:nrikerala - allinurl:Query
If you use this command you restrict the result to URL that has your query in it.
Example: allinurl:nrikerala - inurl:Query
If you use this command you are restricting your results to documents containing that query in the URL.
Example: inurl: fat burn - safesearch:Query
If you are using google with safe search off and for some reason you want google to filter your particular search from explicit contents for that particular query, you should use this command.
Example: safesearch: sex educaiton - Product search with range
Use this command for googling products with range you have in mind.
Example: Iphone $100…500 - Adjacent words
Looking for results that have query words adjacent to each other try this.
Example: honey*bee - Special Web Searches
Some special Web Searches powered by google.
http://www.google.com/unclesam
http://www.google.com/linux
http://www.google.com/bsd
http://www.google.com/mac
http://www.google.com/microsoft
http://www.google.com/firefox - Search by Number
You can even search with some special numbers like UPS tracking numbers, FedEx tracking numbers, Vehicle ID (VIN) numbers, Telephone area codes, Patent numbers, FAA airplane registration numbers.
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Informative hub.....try to read "Understand the features included in Google Search Result Page"
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bobcat says:
6 months ago
Thats cool ..
Thanks a lot for the info