The Road to Mastery: 28 Tips to Make Google Search More Effective
For millions of people, Google is an indispensable search tool that they use every day and in every aspect of their lives. From work, school, and research to finding movies, celebrities, news, and gossip, Google is a search engine that does it all.
Instead of just typing in a phrase and wading through pages of search results to find the answer, there are ways to make your search more effective.
Some of these methods are well known and may be familiar to you. But some methods are not well known, and others are known but rarely used. This article will help you learn more or remember some of the best ways to find answers faster and more accurately.
or
Google usually looks for pages that contain all the words entered in the search box, but if you want the page to contain only this or that word (or both), use the “OR” operator – Or use the “|” symbol (pipe symbol), which can save you a few keystrokes. For example [dumb | little | man].
Double quotes
If you want to search for an exact phrase, add double quotes to it. [“dumb little man”] will find pages containing only the entire phrase. [dumb “little man”] will list pages containing the word dumb and the phrase “little man”.
Does not contain
If you don’t need a word or phrase, add a “-” sign in front of it. [-dumb little man] will return pages containing “little” and “man” but not “dumb”.
Synonyms
Use the “~” sign to return words with similar meanings. [~dumb little man -dumb] can get pages containing “funny little man” and “stupid little man” but not “dumb little man”.
Wildcard
The “*” sign is a wildcard character. This method is useful if you want to look up the lyrics to a song but can’t remember the exact lyrics. [can’t * me love lyrics] will return the Beatles lyrics you are looking for. In addition, you can also use this method when you want to search only in a certain field (such as educational information): [“dumb little man” research *.edu]
Advanced Search
If you have trouble remembering these operators, you can always use Google’s advanced search.
Definition
Use the “define:” operator to quickly get the definition of a word. [define:dumb] will give you a list of definitions for the word “dumb” from various links.
Calculator
This is one of the convenient uses of Google. You can quickly get calculation results by entering a calculation in the search box. Most of the time it’s faster than calling the calculator program on your computer. You can make a calculation using the symbols +, -, *, / and brackets.
Number range search
This little-known technique is used to search for a range of numbers. For example, [“best books 2002..2007] will list the best books from 2002 to 2007 (note that there are two English periods between the two numbers).
Site search
Use the “site:” operator to search only within the specified website. [site:dumblittleman.com leo] will only search for pages containing the word “leo” in this website.
Backlinks. The “link:” operator can find pages linked to a certain web address (URL). You can use it to check a main URL or even a specific web page. But not all backlinks will be listed.
Vertical search
This technique is used to search within a certain professional field, rather than all web pages on the Internet. Google provides several specific search methods, which can be searched in blogs, news, books, etc.:
Blog search
Book Search
Academic Search
Product catalog
Code search
Web Directory
Financial information
Image search
Local map
News
Patent search
Product Search
Video Search
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