Google Search Tips: Part Three

Some daily use applications of Google search:

1) Dictionary:

By using define operator Google can be use as a dictionary. Just type define: word (whose meaning to be search in web dictionary.)

Examples:

a. define: introvert It will give definition of word introvert

b. define: Google It will give definition of Google from web dictionary

2) Calculator:

Google can be use as a calculator with the help of operators like +, -, *, /, % of, ^

Examples:

a. 5 % of 2 It will give first search result as 5% of 2 = 0.1

b. 2^5 It will give search result as 2^5 = 32

3) Movie Times:

To know reviews and show times for movies playing near your area, type movies in Google search. If you've already saved your location on a previous search, the top search result will display show times for nearby theaters. If You want to find out show times of some other city then type :

movies New York (movies city name)

4) Weather:

To know whether of your area type weather and city name in Google search

weather New York

5) Time:

To see the time in many cities around the world, type in time and the name of the city

For example: time New York

6) Local Businesses:

If you're looking for a shop, restaurant, or other local business you can search for the category of business and the location and Google will return the results along with a map, reviews, and contact information.

For example: New York Chinese food

7) Airline Travel Info:

To see flight status for arriving and departing U.S. flights, type in the name of the airline and the flight number into the search box.

For example: American airlines 18

I hope you will find this information useful. After reading this I hope you will be master in search techniques so  Click here and check for yourself.

Google Search Tips: Part Two

How to use operators and some common mistakes a lot of users make while using them.

opERATOR USED FOR SEARCH	If you will type (examples)	Google will SEARCH FOR PAGES cONTAINING	COMMON MISTAKES
No Operator (Simple search)	a. rental hotel b. world war Hitler	a. Words rental and hotel b. Words world and war and Hitler
OR	a. rental OR buy b. world OR war OR Hitler	a. Either word rental or buy b. Either word world or war or Hitler	a. Use of lowercase i.e. writing or instead of OR between two words. b. Leave a space before and after OR.
AND	a. rental AND buy b. Microsoft AND Google AND best	a. Both words rental and buy b. All three words Microsoft, Google and best.	a. Use of lower case i.e. writing and instead of AND. b. Leave a space before and after AND.
“ ” (Quotes)	a. “Love is blind” b. “I feel lucky”	a. Return pages with Love is blind phrase in exact order. b. Search for pages with phrase I feel lucky in the same order.	a. Use of single inverted comma ‘’instead of double inverted comma” ”
-(minus sign)	a. Virus –computer b. world –human -tree	a. Word virus but not computer. It will give results of biological viruses. b. Word world but not human and tree	a. Word1(space)-word2 i.e. Virus –computer There has to be a space before using minus sign and do not add a space between minus sign and word to be excluded. Do not write as Virus–computer (- will work as hyphen sign) or Virus – computer (simple search)
+(plus sign)	a. world +win	Plus sign will make sure that word win must be included in the search with word world and plus sign tells Google to search for pages containing word win precisely not for plural, any tenses, or its synonyms.	a. Do not add a space after the plus sign. Otherwise, it will be a simple search.
*(star sign whereas I call it fill in the blank sign)	a. Obama *award	Google considers * as a blank and it finds pages that can fill this blank with best matches. Search for pages that can fill the blank between words Obama and award
~	~auto loan	loan info for both the word auto and its synonyms: truck, car, etc.	a. Do not add a space after ~ sign.
site:	a. admission site:www.harvard.edu b. recession site:www.cnn.com	a. Search only within Harvard University site or domain for word admission b. Search for word recession only within cnn website.	a. Don’t add any space between operator site: and www. b. Use operator site: in lowercase
link:	a. link:www.harvard.edu b. link:www.cnn.com	a. Find pages that link to the Harvard University website b. Search pages that link cnn website.	a. Don’t add any space between operator link: and www. b. Use operator link: in lowercase
info:	a. info: www.harvard.edu b. info:www.cnn.com	a. Find information about the Harvard University website b. Find information about the cnn website.	a. Don’t add any space between operator info: and www. b. Use operator info: in lowercase
related:	a. related:www.harvard.edu b. related:www.cnn.com	a. Find websites related to the Harvard University website b. Search websites related to the cnn website.	a. Don’t add any space between operator related: and www. b. Use operator related: in lowercase
I'm Feeling Lucky radio button		By clicking on it, this will take you directly to the first page returned for your query.

Google Search Tips continues in next post.....

Google Search Tips: Part One

Searching in Google is very easy. Just type in whatever comes in your mind about the stuff you want to search and Google will search it for you. But with the internet database increasing at an exponential rate daily, sometimes we get lot of results out of which some of which are not even related. To make a search efficient and time saving I will tell you some basic things about ‘How to search in Google’. According to a survey, 95% of Google users do not have knowledge regarding using Google efficiently. After reading this file, I am sure you can save a lot of your searching time.

Some points to keep in mind before we start:

a) Search is case insensitive. Therefore, whether you search for computer software or COMPUTER SOFTWARE both will give same result.

b) All the words put for search matters. So pay attention for what word to search. Google generally ignores stop words or fillers like a, an, the, for etc.

c) Google search ignores @#$ %^&*() =+ []\ and other special characters. But they will not be ignored if their use changes the meaning of the whole search like home rent $ 400 and home rent 400.

Google Search Tips continues in next post.