A list of the most effective methods for
searching material on Google in just a couple of clicks
If you need to find websites on a given
subject rather than those that include a specific phrase, add the “~” symbol to
your search.
Use quotes to search for an exact
phrase: These quotes will yield only pages with the same words in the same
order as it is in the quotes.
You can search for images using images: You can save the image, and then
search or it on Google Images (with the camera button). Similar
images on the web will begin to pop up.
You can also use the minus sign to
eliminate results containing certain words. Figure out the word, which you are
not interested in, and rerun the search. For example, BMW –car.
Press the mic icon on Google's search
bar, and say “flip a coin” or “heads or tails”. This move lets Google flip a
coin for you when you do not have one on hand.
Searching within websites is easy too
: To do this, type the address of the site, then a keyword or entire phrase
from the article and it will show up in the top 5 results.
If you wish to find an article where
all the terms you are searching for appear in the text of that page, type in
allintext: followed by all those words or phrases.
Similarly, if you want to find pages
with your search query mentioned in the URL, type allinurl: immediately
followed by your search query.
If you have forgotten a word or
two from a specific phrase, song, or a movie quote, you can use an asterisk
sign as a wildcard to help you find the missing word. For example, Crazy *
love.
If you wish to translate a word
or phrase from one language to another, you can simply search Google for -
translate [word] to [language].
Source: DNA-29th December, 2016.
