10 Google Search Tips to Use Google More Efficiently
1. Use the tabs
2. Use quotes
“Puppy Dog Sweaters”
if you search “Puppy Dog Sweaters”, it will search for that phrase exactly as you typed it.
3. Use a hyphen to exclude words
Mustang -cars
This tells the search engine to search for mustangs but to remove any results that have the word “car” in it.
4.Use a colon to search specific sites
Sidney Crosby site:nhl.com
5. Find a page that links to another page
link:nytimes.com
6. Use the asterisk wildcard
“Come * right now * me”
7. Find sites that are similar to other sites
related:amazon.com
8. Search a range of numbers
What teams have won the Stanley Cup ..2004
41..43
9. What is the definition of *word* or Define: *word* – This will display the definition of a word.
10. Find a specific file
*Search term here* filetype:pdf
avengers movie:Dhaka
intitle: river khulna
weather Dhaka
time Dhaka
animal sounds
flip coin
spiner
color picker
555 = English
google gravity - I am feeling lucky
play snake
[ *Search term here* filetype:pdf ] [ “Puppy Dog Sweaters” ]
[ Sidney Crosby site:nhl.com ] [ link:nytimes.com ]
[ related:amazon.com ] [ Define: *word* ]
[ Mustang -cars ] [ “Come * right now * me” ]
[ *Search term here* filetype:pdf ] [ What teams have won the ]
Stanley Cup ..2004 , 41..43
2. Use quotes
“Puppy Dog Sweaters”
if you search “Puppy Dog Sweaters”, it will search for that phrase exactly as you typed it.
3. Use a hyphen to exclude words
Mustang -cars
This tells the search engine to search for mustangs but to remove any results that have the word “car” in it.
4.Use a colon to search specific sites
Sidney Crosby site:nhl.com
5. Find a page that links to another page
link:nytimes.com
6. Use the asterisk wildcard
“Come * right now * me”
7. Find sites that are similar to other sites
related:amazon.com
8. Search a range of numbers
What teams have won the Stanley Cup ..2004
41..43
9. What is the definition of *word* or Define: *word* – This will display the definition of a word.
10. Find a specific file
*Search term here* filetype:pdf
Extra:
inurl: banglaavengers movie:Dhaka
intitle: river khulna
weather Dhaka
time Dhaka
animal sounds
flip coin
spiner
color picker
555 = English
google gravity - I am feeling lucky
play snake
Summary:
[ *Search term here* filetype:pdf ] [ “Puppy Dog Sweaters” ]
[ Sidney Crosby site:nhl.com ] [ link:nytimes.com ]
[ related:amazon.com ] [ Define: *word* ]
[ Mustang -cars ] [ “Come * right now * me” ]
[ *Search term here* filetype:pdf ] [ What teams have won the ]
Stanley Cup ..2004 , 41..43
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