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From
Google
tips
Ten Tricks to Using Google You Probably Don't Know
You may have mastered some of the basic
tricks of Google, but most people use only about 3 percent of
this search engine’s available power.
Dozens
of Google search guides detail the common tips, but lifehacker.org has
skipped the obvious and highlighted obscure but very useful Google Web
search tricks. Some of these are really amazing, and remind me why
Google has been my favorite search engine for nearly a decade!
10. Get Local Time:
Type in What time is it
followed by any city to get the current time.
9. Track Flight Status:
Enter the airline and flight number to find out the departure time and
estimated arrival for any flight.
8. Convert Currency,
Metrics, Bytes and More: Google has a built-in converter
calculator. You can enter quarter
cup in teaspoons, seconds in a year, 5 US dollars in Euros
and countless others.
7. Search for Pages That
are “Better Than,” “Similar
to,” or “Reminds me of”: Enter
“better than
keyword” or “similar
to keyword” to find Web pages you never knew
existed.
6. Use Google as a Free
Proxy: Enter cache:website.com
to view a Web page that’s been blocked from the computer
you’re using.
5. Remove Affiliate Links
From Product Searches: To avoid seeing search results from
certain sites, enter –site:website.com.
4. Find Related Items:
Enter ~ before any search term to find related items as well.
3. Find Music and Comic
Books: Enter -inurl:(htm|html|php)
intitle:"index of" +"last modified" +"parent directory" +description
+size +(wma|mp3) "Band or comic book name" to find music
files and comic books.
2. See Images of People,
Objects, Etc.: Type in a search term, and click on images
to see photos of the results.
1. Search for Faces: If
you’re looking for a photo of a person named Rose, and
don’t want to see photos of the flower, add &imgtype=face
to the end of your image search. It will show you only images of faces.
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| This Search | Finds Pages Containing... | |||
| biking Italy | the words biking and Italy | |||
| recycle steel OR iron | information on recycling steel or recycling iron | |||
| "I have a dream" | the exact phrase I have a dream | |||
| salsa –dance | the word salsa but NOT the word dance | |||
| Louis +I France | information about Louis the First (I), weeding out other kings of France | |||
| castle ~glossary | glossaries about castles, as well as dictonaries, lists of terms, terminology, etc. | |||
| fortune-telling | all forms of the term, whether spelled as a single word, a phrase, or hyphenated | |||
| define:imbroglio | definitions of the word imbroglio from the Web | |||
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| Operators | Meaning | Type Into Search Box (& Results) | ||
| + – * / | basic arithmetic | 12 + 34 - 56 * 7 / 8 | ||
| % of | percentage of | 45% of 39 | ||
| ^ or ** | raise to a power | 2^5 or 2**5 | ||
| old units in new units | convert units | 300 Euros in USD, 130 lbs in kg, or 31 in hex | ||
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| Operators | Meaning | Type Into Search Box (& Results) | ||
| city1 city2 | Book flights. |
sfo bos (Book flights from San Francisco (SFO) to Boston (BOS).) |
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| site: | Search only one website or domain. |
Halloween site:www.census.gov (Search for information on Halloween gathered by the US Census Bureau.) |
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| [#]..[#] | Search within a range of numbers. |
Dave Barry pirate 2002..2006 (Search for Dave Barry articles mentioning pirates written in these years.) |
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filetype: (or ext:) |
Find documents of the specified type. |
Form 1098-T IRS filetype:pdf (Find the US tax form 1098-T in PDF format.) |
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| link: | Find linked pages, i.e., show pages that point to the URL. |
link:warriorlibrarian.com (Find pages that link to Warrior Librarian's website.) |
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| Specialized Information Queries | ||||
| Operators | Meaning | Type Into Search Box (& Results) | ||
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book (or books) |
Search full-text of books. |
book Ender's Game (Show book-related information. Note: No colon needed after book.) |
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| define, what is, what are | Show a definition for a word or phrase. |
define monopsony,
what is podcast (Show a definition for the words monopsony and podcast. Note: No colon after define, what is, or what are.) |
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| define: | Provide definitions for words, phrases, and acronyms from the Web. |
define:kerning (Find definitions for kerning from the Web.) |
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| phonebook: | Show all phonebook listings. |
phonebook: Disney CA (Search for Disney's phone numbers in California - CA.) |
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| rphonebook: | Show residential phonebook listings. |
rphonebook: bill jones NY (Search for the phone number of every Bill Jones in New York State - NY.) |
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| movie: | Find reviews and showtimes. |
movie: traffic (Search for information about this movie, including reviews, showtimes, etc.) |
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| stocks: | Given ticker symbols, show stock information |
stocks: goog (Find Google's current stock price.) |
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| weather | Given a location (US zip code or city), show the weather |
weather Seattle WA,
weather 81612 (Show the current weather and forecast. Note: No colon after weather.) |
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| Alternative Query Types | ||||
| Operators | Meaning | Type Into Search Box (& Results) | ||
| cache: | Display Google's cached version of a web page. |
cache:www.irs.gov (Show Google's cached version of the US Internal Revenue Service home page.) |
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info: (or id:) |
Find info about a page. |
info:www.theonion.com (Find information about The Onion website.) |
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| related: | List web pages that are similar or related to the URL. |
related:www.healthfinder.gov (Find websites related to the Healthfinder website.) |
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| Restrict Search to Sites where Query Words Appear | ||||
| Operators | Meaning | Type Into Search Box (& Results) | ||
| allinanchor: | All query words must appear in anchor text of links to the page. |
allinanchor:useful parenting sites (Search for pages that are called useful parenting sites by others.) |
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| inanchor: | Terms must appear in anchor text of links to the page. |
restaurants Portland inanchor:kid-friendly (Search for pages on Portland restaurants for which links to the page say they are "kid friendly.") |
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| allintext: | All query words must appear in the text of the page. |
allintext:ingredients cilantro chicken lime (Search for recipes with these three ingredients.) |
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| intext: | The terms must appear in the text of the page. |
Dan Shugar intext:Powerlight (Find pages mentioning Dan Shugar where his company, Powerlight, is included in the text of the page, i.e., less likely to be from the corporate website.) |
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| allintitle: | All query words must appear in the title of the page. |
allintitle: Google Advanced Operators (Search for pages with titles containing "Google," "Advanced,", and "Operators".) |
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| intitle: | The terms must appear in the title of the page. |
movies comedy intitle:top ten (Search for pages with the words movie and comedy that include top ten in the title of the page.) |
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| allinurl: | All query words must appear in the URL. |
allinurl:pez faq (Search for pages containing the words pez & faq in the URL.) |
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| inurl: | The terms must appear in the URL of the page. |
pharmaceutical inurl:investor (Search for pages in which the URL contains the word investor.) |
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| Restrict Search to Google Groups | ||||
| Operators | Meaning | Type Into Search Box (& Results) | ||
| author: | Find Groups messages from the specified author. |
flying author:Hamish author:Reid (Search for Hamish Reid's articles on flying.) |
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| group: | Find Groups messages from the specified newsgroup. |
ivan doig group:rec.arts.books (Search for postings about Ivan Doig in the group rec.arts.books.) |
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| insubject: | Find Groups messages containing crazy quilts in the subject. |
insubject:"crazy quilts" (Find articles containing crazy quilts in the subject line.) |
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| Restrict Search to Google News | ||||
| Operators | Meaning | Type Into Search Box (& Results) | ||
| location: | Find News articles from sources located in the specified location. |
queen location:uk (Find British news articles on the Queen.) |
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| source: | Find News articles from specified sources. |
peace source:ha_aretz (Show articles on peace from the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz.) |
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| Restrict Search to Froogle | ||||
| Operators | Meaning | Type Into Search Box (& Results) | ||
| store: | Find Froogle products from the specified store. |
jeans store:gap (Find Gap jeans.) |
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| About This Cheat Sheet | |||||
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For
more tips, tricks, & examples, visit
www.GoogleGuide.com. By Nancy Blachman, Tasha Bergson-Michelson, & Jerry Peek who don't work for Google. Thank you Matt Vance for the idea of creating a Google Guide cheat sheet. |
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