Although Google is the most used website in the world, a lot of people don’t truly know the best way to find exactly what they are looking for on the site. Below are a List of practices you can use to refine your Google search, taken straight from Google; Just a little something I learn at the Internet Expo at The Learning Annex…
OPERATOR EXAMPLE | FINDS PAGES CONTAINING… | |||
vacation hawaii | the words vacation and Hawaii . | |||
Maui OR Hawaii | either the word Maui or the word Hawaii | |||
“To each his own“ | the exact phrase to each his own | |||
virus –computer | the word virus but NOT the word computer | |||
+sock | Only the word sock, and not the plural or any tenses or synonyms | |||
~auto loan | loan info for both the word auto and its synonyms: truck, car, etc. | |||
define:computer | definitions of the word computer from around the Web. | |||
red * blue | the words red and blue separated by one or more words. | |||
I’m Feeling Lucky | Takes you directly to first web page returned for your query. | |||
CALCULATOR OPERATORS | MEANING | TYPE INTO SEARCH BOX | ||
+ | addition | 45 + 39 | ||
– | subtraction | 45 – 39 | ||
* | multiplication | 45 * 39 | ||
/ | division | 45 / 39 | ||
% of | percentage of | 45% of 39 | ||
^ | raise to a power | 2^5 (2 to the 5th power) |
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ADVANCED OPERATORS | MEANING | WHAT TO TYPE INTO SEARCH BOX (& DESCRIPTION OF RESULTS) | ||
site: | Search only one website | admission site:www.stanford.edu (Search Stanford Univ. site for admissions info.) |
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[#]…[#] | Search within a range of numbers |
DVD player $100..150 (Search for DVD players between $100 and $150) |
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link: | linked pages | link:www.stanford.edu (Find pages that link to the Stanford University website.) |
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info: | Info about a page | info:www.stanford.edu (Find information about the Stanford University website.) |
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related: | Related pages | related:www.stanford.edu (Find websites related to the Stanford University website.) |