Google search engine for rescue! But how to use it like a pro ?
Do we have a day without using Google to solve and find things.Google is the most popular search engine or may say our solutionist in this busy life.Each day Google are indexing millions of websites to their search engine,So sometimes it would be very difficult to find the exact thing we are searching.In this post we are discussing some shortcuts or some search tricks which will make your Googling more easy and efficient.
These easy Google search tricks will help you to find exact thing you are looking for.So now onwards Googling became more easy.So lets start and become a pro googler.
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| Shortcut | Function |
|---|---|
| Add quotation marks (“) around the phrase you’d like to search. Ex: “not only but also” | To search for an exact phrase, with the same words in the same order |
| Add a dash (-) before the word or site you want to exclude from your search results | To exclude results that include a particular word or site when searching words with multiple meanings. |
| Add an addition sign (+) in front of the Google+ user or after the blood type Ex: +Chrome and AB+ | To search for Google+ pages or blood types |
| Add the at symbol (@) before the social tag you’d like to search Ex: @windows | To search for social tags |
| Add a dollar sign ($) before the value Ex: windows 10 $800 | To search for prices |
| Add an asterisk (*) within the search as a placeholder for any unknown terms Ex: if you give a * a * | To search for a phrase with missing words |
| Add two periods between the designated numbers you want to search between Ex: $455..$2000 | To search for a range of numbers, usually pertaining to prices and measurements |
| Add a hashtag in front of the desired topic Ex: #windows10 | To search popular hashtags for trending topics |
| Add “site:” in front of the site or domain from which you want to pull results Ex: photoshop:www.techlog360.com | To search for results from certain sites and domains |
| Add “link:” in front of the site or domain you want to find pages linking to Ex: link:facebook.com | To search for pages that link to a certain page |
| Add “related:” in front of the site or domain you want to find similar results of Ex: related:digitaltrends.com | To search for sites that are similar to a designated site or domain |
| Add “OR” between the two words you are searching for Ex: windows 10 OR windows 7 | To search for pages that just have one of several words |
| Add “info:” in front of the site or domain you want information about Ex: info:facebook.com | To search for designated information about a specific site or domain, including cached pages, and those linking to the site |
| Place “cache:” in front of the page housing the cache you’d like to view Ex: cache:digitaltrends.com | To search what a page looked like the last time Google crawled the site |
| Add “filetype:” in front of the specific file type you’re looking for Ex: iphone filetype:jpg | To search for a specific file type |
| Enter “set timer for” followed by the desired amount of time Ex:set timer for 30 minutes | To set a timer |
| Enter “weather” followed by a zipcode or city Ex:weather 744101 | To check the weather for a specific area |
| Enter “sunrise” or “sunset” followed by a zipcode or city | To search for the sunrise and sunset times for a specific area |
| Enter “define” followed by your desired term | To look up the definition for a given word |
| Enter “etymology” followed by your desired word | To look up the origins for a given word |
| Enter “time” followed by the particular region | To look up the time for a specific region |
| Enter “ip address” in the search bar | To look up your IP address |
| Enter the flight number in the search bar | To check the status of a flight |
| Enter the desired stock symbol in the search bar | To look up stock quotes |
| Enter the name of the holiday in the search bar | To look up the date for a specific holiday |
| Enter the equation in the search bar | To use the calculator |
| Enter the first amount and unit, type “to” or “in”, and then enter the second unit | To convert currency or measurements |
| Enter “movies” followed by your zipcode or city | To look up film showings |
| Enter the sports team in the search bar | To look up sports scores |
| Enter the name of the product, or enter “compare” followed by the items you want to compare | To look up nutritional facts about an item, or compare nutritional facts |
| Enter “bacon number” followed by the name of the celebrity | To look up a celebrity’s Bacon Number |
| Type “First Word”OR”Second Word” .Ex:”Hacking”OR”SEO” | Search for multiple words at once |
| Don’t worry about the little things | • Spelling:Google’s spell checker automatically uses the most common spelling of a given word, whether or not you spell it correctly. • Capitalization: A search for New York Times is the same as a search for new york times. |
| Type 94FBR followed by software name Ex:Photoshop CC 94FBR | To search Cracks/keygens/serials/keys for software |
| Click the microphone icon in the search bar and begin talking | To search Google using voice commands |
| Click the camera icon in the search bar and paste the image URL | To search Google for a specific image |
So that’s all the Google Search Engine Shortcuts to make your googling more easy,fast and efficient.If you know any shortcuts other than listed above,please comment and share them with us
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