Thread: Google search metods

Google is probably the most used search site used in the world , but sometimes people don't know how to search and how to use google well so i create this mini-guide to help people on they searchs.

For example you want search topic about Linkin Park :
“Linkin Park"



If you use this method google it will show only the results correspondent to what is inside of "" and in that order of words.But if you search without the "" Google will show you all topic's that contains the words Linkin and/or Park.

This is very helpful when you want so search about something , and want to refine the search. For example you want search about exotic cars and for example it will appear maseratti spider , but you dont want to search info about maseratti cars instead of that you want to search a car that i don't know/remember the brand or the model, so to do that you have to write exotic cars - maseratti , the minus signal "force" google not recovering search with the word maseratti.

Define:

The function Define is used when you want to know the meaning of one word or a sigla , if you search define:NASA, google it will retrieve us the mining of this sigla;


site:

with this we can search things only in one site , for example Anime site: deviantart.com , google it will retrieve all searchs that includes the word anime on the website deviantart.com ;

+,-,*,/,^

Google works like a calculator when we use this functions , if you search 2 + 2 the answer of google it will be 2+2=4 ;

..

It useful with dates , for example you want to know wich game is the best game betwenn 2001 and 2009 . so the syntax to this function is best game 2001..2009 ;

Link:

For example link:deviantart.com, this it will retrieve all the sites that have a link to deviantart.com ;

filetype:extension

For example ciscoCCNA filetype:pdf , google it will search for all pdf's with the name CiscoCCNA ;

1 pound to dollar:
Google do currency conversions , for exemple 20 euros to dolar;

You can do direct questions to google that he can answer for example : Who have won the last Football Mundial?

domain:domainname

You can use this function to search for websites that uses a specific domain for example domain:org will show all pages that contain .org on their url.

host:ho***ame

you can use this function in a specific host .for example host:www.test.com it will find pages that is inside test host.

title:text

Search pages containing the word or phrase in the page title (which appears in the title bar of most browsers). The search title: night will find pages that contain in its title the phrase "nightt".

inurl:text

Search pages with a specific word or phrase in the URL. Use inurl: Sun to find all pages on all servers that contain the word Sun anywhere in the host name, path, or file name.

This is a list with some google simple function but exists much more function.
I hope you like this tutorial .

Cheers
Shining


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