Everyone uses Google yet few know just how powerful and convenient it can be. Check out these little-known tips and tricks to make your online search that much easier.
1.
Search for an exact word or phrase
Putting your search terms
in double quotation marks will only bring up searches for those words or
phrases. It’s a great option to search quotes or song lyrics. For example
“Imagine all the people”
2.
Exclude certain words from a search
Add a dash or minus sign
(-) before the words you want to exclude. For example, if you want to find a
recipe without nuts because of an allergy search “Chocolate cake recipe -nuts”.
3.
Search within a website
You can use Google to
search within a specific website by typing in your search term followed by
“site:” and then the URL of the website – a handy option if you remember
reading an article from a website but can’t find it. For example, if you found
a recipe on Over60 but can’t find it anymore search “recipe
site:oversixty.com.au” and all recipes on Over60 will come up.
4.
Do two Google searches at once
Add OR (must be capitalized)
between words. Without the OR, results would only show pages that match both
terms. For example, “World cup location 2018 OR 2022”.
5.
Fill the blank
If you’ve blanked on some
phrases, quotes or lyrics and it’s bothering you, never fear Google will work
it out for you. Fill in the blanks of any searches with asterisks (*). For
example “a * saved is a * earned” and Google will tell you it’s “a penny saved
is a penny earned”.
6.
Define a word
If you’re after a quick
definition type “define:” followed by the word. It will also show you synonyms
and origins of the word. For example “define: preposterous”.
7.
Search for a number range
Separate your number range
by two periods without any spaces (..) to return results within your specific
number range. You can do it with dates, prices or measurements. For example, if
you want to search for digital cameras within a price range you would search
“camera ₹ 50.. ₹150”. If you are looking for news about eclipses you would search
“eclipse 2008..2014”.
8.
Set a timer
If you’re watching a movie
on your laptop or tablet but need to remember to pick someone up, you can always
set a timer on Google. Type in “set timer for” and the Google timer will
appear. Enter times you want and Google will beep at you when the time runs
out.
9.
Do maths
Type your equations in
Google and it will do the work for you. For example “33% of 2000”.
10.
Similar words
Google can search for words
and all of its synonyms by adding a ~ before the word. For example, if you type
“~mobile phone”, you will also get results that include “cellular” and
“wireless” and so on.
Via:- http://www.oversixty.com.au/
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