Google Search fast Tips

[danijel99]

1. Exact phrase:

You are most probably to get better results when you put your search phrase in double quotes. Than Google will give you results with that exact phrase instead of synonyms. For an example if you type in: "marketing forum" Google will give you pages that contain those two words together.

2. Exclude word

When you put minus (-) in front of some word Google will give you search result excluding that word. For instance: ebook -free will give you pages that contain word ebook excluding word free.

3. Search for Keywords with Similar Meaning

Using sign ~ before some word will give you synonyms of that word. For instance if you type: shoes ~inexpensive Google will give you page results cheap shoes, affordable shoes...

4. Any word in phrase

Operator * tells Google to give you any word on that place in phrase. For example: If you type: music * online Google will give you results like music education online, music radio online, music streaming online...

5. File type search:

If you are using for specific file type like PDF just type filetypedf after your query. For instance: "how to paint" filetypedf will give you PDF documents with query how to paint.

 

[zerocool7]

Awesome thanks for the tips, this stuff is very useful^^

 

[pawpoint]

I find that you should not search for words in the plural. For example, if you wanted to look up "computers", you should type "computer" as you will get more direct hits (and these will also include "computers") but if you type "computers" your hits will not be directly linked to "computer" as it is a mis-match (even though a relevent one)

 

[Tigayo]

Hi . Thanks for awesome information , I didn't know about this .
I specially like this - 2. Exclude word .

 

[Jenny Lin]

Nice tips!

I think I am lucky to have learned, early on in my education, how to use Boolean operators when searching databases. It definitely helped me search through academic journals and now helps me find the RIGHT information in news and blogs.

Here's a quick tutorial I go back to at times:
Boolean Searching on the Internet

 

[laura2013]

Another tip would be to type slow, so Google can recommend you most popular searches that might interes you.