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Many millions of people use “Google” to find things on the web. But 99.9% of them only ever type a simple search string and leave it at that. Sure it works, but it’s like only drive your car in first gear. It’ll get you there but you could do better. Google can do a lot more than most people know.
These simple things could help refine your search.
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Function |
Description |
Example |
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OR |
If you want to look for the combination of 2 searches. |
“ |
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* |
To search for a phrase but allow any word to be in it. |
"to * or not to *" |
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.. |
If you are looking for something between a range of numbers |
Sony TV $300..$500 |
Here are a few things you can do with Google that you might not have known about.
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Function |
Description |
Example |
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Time |
If you need to know the time in a certain place you can just type time and the location. (Time by itself will tell you the local time) |
time berlin |
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Weather |
Similar to Time except it shows you the weather forecast. |
weather berlin |
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Similar to Time except it shows you when the sun is expected to rise. |
sunrise berlin |
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Sunset |
Similar to Time except it shows you when the sun is expected to set. |
sunset berlin |
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Movie |
Will list all the movies in your area. If you add a location it will show the movies in that area. |
movies |
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Define: |
To get a definition of a word |
Define: conundrum |
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Maths |
Google can do most of your maths for you |
5*9+(sqrt 10)^3 |
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Conversions |
You can easily convert between various units |
20kg in lbs 100 usd in nzd 8.5 inches in cm |
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Site: |
If you want to limit the search to certain sites like only education sites, or only yahoo.com |
site:edu cosmology site:yahoo.com nuclear meltdown |
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Related: |
If you know a good webpage and want to find other ones like it you can precede the url with related: |
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Filetype: |
If you only want to look for a certain filetype. |
myopia filetype:ppt |
Google often change the way the search engine works so some of the tips and tricks may not work as expected. For example, I found the following tips online but they don’t seem to make as much difference as I would have thought.
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Function |
Description |
Example |
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- |
Sometimes you want to exclude certain words from a search. E.g. “laptop comparisons |
“laptop comparisons –dell” |
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* |
if there’s a word that can be missing |
“war between * and |
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+ |
Google will often look for synonyms of words you use. If want to be sure the exact work is used you should put the “+” in front. |
“chocolate +pudding” |
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~ |
If you want google to use any synonym of a you can use the tilde (“~”) |
“chocolate ~pudding” |