Tricks for efficient Google search:Every 9 out of 10 people
use Google to Search the content they wish, and according to a recent
survey 80-90% of people face unsuccessful searches. Today the post is on How
to Search Google more efficiently, forming a good Google query and you
end up getting the exact and relevant search results.Here i am sharing some
extremely helpful goggling skills with my readers.
Have you ever imagined how
pleasurable it would be if you get exactly what you were looking for??? the
techniques mentioned below will add value to your query. Using particular operators
along with the search terms in a specific syntax or format will provide you
with accurate and efficient content in no time.
1) Use Quotes:
Usually, when you type the
search term without quotes then Google will look for the pages containing any
of the word in the search term. Say for example, if i type “anthem of India”
without quotes, then Google will list out all the webpages containing the word
“anthem” or “India”, but it won’t show the desired search results as we want
pages containing the whole term.
Enclosing the search term
inside a pair of double quotes will display search results of only the webpages
containing that exact phrase in the same order.
Format: “Search term”
Example: Suppose, you want to search for the
term techofundas4u, then your query
must be:
2) Also search for similar
terms:
Putting
a Tild(~) symbol right before the search term will perform a search for the synonyms of the term
as well. Hence the results will contain webpages having words similar to the term.
Format:
~search term
Example:
Suppose, if you wish to search the word jail, your query looks like:
3) Use wildcard:
The *(asterisk)symbol is
called wildcard, that can be placed in the search term where we are not sure
about the word. You can replace * with any word in your search term whether it
is the name of a book, a movie, the song lyrics, and likewise.
Format:
search * term
Example:
Suppose i forgot the name “tom and jerry”, one of my favourite cartoons them I
will write whatever words I remember and will place * where I forgot the word.
My query is:
4) Check and correct spellings:
spell:
operator will check the term for spelling mistakes and perform search for the
correct word automatically.
Format: spell: Search term
Example:
Suppose if I don’t know the correct spelling of the word I will write the
incorrect spelling “enginering” proceeded by spell: operator, now Google will
perform search for the correct word “engineering”. The query must be:
5) specific file type:
Sometimes you may want the
particular file type related to the search
term. If you want only the file with .PDF, .DOCX or .XLS extension then
place the filetype: operator prior to the extension and then write the
search term.
Format: filetype: file-extension Search term
Example: Suppose you are
looking for a presentation on the search term “3G technology” then your query
looks like:
6) search word definitions:
Sometimes it may happen that
you want only the definition of the term and nothing else. Then simply place
the define: operator prior to the search term, it will serve your purpose
providing quick definitions from the webpages. And more importantly this
operator also shows an audio button, clicking on that will give the exact
pronunciation this is the most useful feature.
Format: define: Search term
Example: Suppose you want the
definition of the term “Nanotechnology” then you can simply append the term to
the define: operator. Your query must be:
7) Search for music:
The “music” operator
gives search results related to music only. Using this operator prior to the song
lyrics, or album name will show links to that song to watch and download the
song.
Format: music “song
lyrics/album name/ movie name”
Example: Suppose if you want
only the song “Chahu mein ya na”and not the lyrics, or reviews then you may
simply append this lyrics to the music operator. Your query is supposed to be:
8) Find pages containing search
term in their URL:
allinurl: operator will
search the webpages containing exactly the particular search term in their URL.
There is another operator
inurl that does the same function as allinurl but the only difference
is that inurl will look only for the URLs containing the first word of the
search term, and the remaining words will be searched in the page.
Format: allinurl: search term
Example: Suppose if the search
term is “booking event” then it will display results in whose URL “booking
event” will appear. The query looks like:
9) Find pages containing search
term in their title:
allintitle: operator will
search the webpages containing exactly the particular search term in their page
title.
There is another operator intitle that
does the same function as allintitle but the only difference is that
intitle will look only for the pages with titles containing the first word
of the search term, and the remaining words will be searched in the page.
Format: allintitle: Search term
Example: Suppose I want to find the pages
with the term “troubleshooting hardware problems” in their titles, the query
must be:
10) Use OR:
OR operator displays search
results for both the search terms on either side of it. It is best suited if
you want to look for both word but separately in different links, or if both the
words are similar in meaning. You can also use — (double hyphen) or | (Pipe) symbol
instead of OR.
Format: Search term1 OR
Search term2
Example: Suppose if I want to
search for words Pizza and Burger simultaneously, then I’ll place OR operator
between these two words and it will show links of pages having both the words in
their content. The query must be:
11) Use NOT:
This operator excludes the
word with – (minus) sign before it from the search term. The pages containing
the excluded word will not be shown. This will strongly specify that you don’t
want that word to appear anywhere in your search results.
Format: search term –term to
be excluded
Example: Suppose I want to
search for the term institutes but I don’t want the word private to appear
anywhere in the search results, then my query will look like:
12) Use Google as Calculator:
Type in the search box the
whole equation you wish to solve and here you go, it is far easier than using
your computer’s calculator because Google will solve the equation and display result
at once, instead of having to do it manually performing 1 operation each time.
This is a very fascinating
feature of Google , as it have an inbuilt Calculator. You just need to type in
the expression.
Format: Mathematical Expression
Example: Suppose I wish to
solve the expression (17*3)/(4*(6-2)-5) then I’ll simply Google it and the
result will be displayed within no time as shown below.
13) Unit Convertor:
Google have another excellent
feature called Unit convertor, that is built into it. You need to write
down which unit and in what quantity, is to be converted into which one, Google
does the necessary unit conversions for you.
Example: Suppose I have to
find out how many Rupees are there in 5.4 US Dollars, then write it in the form
of a fill in the blank question as shown below.
14) Search within a site:
If you are sure that you want
to search a term from a particular website then you can restrict your search
using site: operator. Then you will be shown the search results from that
particular website only.
Format: Search term site:
site URL
Example: Suppose you are
looking for the term “news” in the website Only4bca.com, then your query must
be:
Or you may also use site: operator to find all the website having the
same domain names like .com, .org, .edu, .in, .gov and much more.
15) Look for Area code:
If you need to find out from
where you have received the call, then simply enter the 3-digit area code from
the phone number and you will get the location, As shown below:
16) Find all the pages linked to
a specific URL:
If you want to know which all
webpages are linked to a particular site, then use link: operator. This
query will show you the links af all the webpages that links to that site.
Format: link: URL
Example: Suppose you want to
find that all the webpages that links to the website only4bca.com then the
query must be:
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