Google Search Tips
I read an article today that reminded me of how to search Google to come closer to just the results you're looking for.
There are a small handful of tips that you can employ that are easy to remember, and easy to execute.
1. Use quotes around your search string. This tells Google to look for only this string, exactly as written.
2. Use a minus sign before terms you want to exclude. Very often, savvy website owners will use a popular term or terms to get you to their site - but the real content of the site is something other than what the key words imply. To avoid those sites in your search results, tell Google to exclude words at the same time it's including the words you're interested in.
3. Search a particular website for the term or terms you're interested in. Say you want to search a news site for anything they've written about a subject. Type "subject terms" site:www.nameofsite.com
4. Want a quick calculation? Google will do it for you. Type 1234*2 in the search box, and you'll get your answer!
5. And finally, here's one I used constantly - word definition. Type define:word in the search box to get the meaning of a word.
There are a small handful of tips that you can employ that are easy to remember, and easy to execute.
1. Use quotes around your search string. This tells Google to look for only this string, exactly as written.
2. Use a minus sign before terms you want to exclude. Very often, savvy website owners will use a popular term or terms to get you to their site - but the real content of the site is something other than what the key words imply. To avoid those sites in your search results, tell Google to exclude words at the same time it's including the words you're interested in.
3. Search a particular website for the term or terms you're interested in. Say you want to search a news site for anything they've written about a subject. Type "subject terms" site:www.nameofsite.com
4. Want a quick calculation? Google will do it for you. Type 1234*2 in the search box, and you'll get your answer!
5. And finally, here's one I used constantly - word definition. Type define:word in the search box to get the meaning of a word.
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