Google Search is among the most widely used tools in the world. It’s used so often that the act of using Google Search has become its own verb. You can “Google” practically anything and the website is a popular provider. Here are some tips to search smarter so you can find what you’re really looking for.
Search Exact Phrases
If you’re looking for an exact phrase, use quotation marks around the keywords to view results containing that exact phrase. For example, “how to dual boot ubuntu and windows 10”
Exclude a word
If your search terms contain a keyword with several meanings, you can exclude one of the meanings by adding a hyphen (-) before the keyword. For example, “avengers -movie”
Search a specific domain
You can search within a particular URL by including the term site:example.com before or after your keywords
Generate similar content
To generate content like what’s found on a URL you already know, use the related: operator before adding the URL.
Search for words in body copy
To retrieve pages where all the keywords appear in the body of the page, type allintext: before the search term.
Perform calculations on Google Search
You can simply type in the equation and get the result instantly. You can use either the letter “x” or “*” as the multiply symbol on your PC, while “/” is the division symbol.
Convert between units
Whether it’s meters to centimeters, feet to yards or any other Google has you covered. Just type convert followed by the numbers and units you want to use, and hit Enter.
Find pages that link to specific URLs
Type link: before a URL name, and you’ll be shown all the pages on Google that link to it. This is particularly useful for SEOs who are searching for back-links to a specific page.
Search by file type
If you’re looking for a specific file on the Web, you can use the filetype: operator to specify the document type you’re searching for, and Google will restrict results to pages containing those document types.
Find your public IP address
Need your IP address? type my ip/ my ip address. Simple.
You don’t need a dictionary, just ask Google
Type define followed by the word you want to know the meaning of.
You can view flight schedules on Google
To find out flight schedules, simply use the keyword flight origin to destination. For example, flight bangalore to delhi.
Translate from one language to another
You can either visit Google Translate to get your translation done or just use the translate keyword in Google to translate the text to another language.
Use Google as a countdown timer
This is handy. Just search timer for x minutes and Google will automatically start the countdown for you.
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