24 Ways You Can Be Using Google Search More Efficiently
Nathan Johnson
Published
08/26/2015
These will help you search the internet better.
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By placing quotations around a phrase, Google will search exactly for that phrase. -
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Using asterisks as placeholders is useful if you’re searching for a phrase and you can’t remember a few of the words. -
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You can exclude terms by placing a hyphen directly in front of them. -
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To only search for GIFs, just click on “Search Tools” while you are in Google Image Search. Now select “Type” and choose “Animated”. -
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If you’re searching for a price, use two periods to set a range. -
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To only get results from a specific website preface your search with “site:put-name-of-site-here.com”. Then leave a space and put what you are searching for. -
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To only get results from a specific website preface your search with “site:put-name-of-site-here.com”. Then leave a space and put what you are searching for. -
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In the same way you can search related sites by replacing “site:” with “related:” -
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Need help calculating a tip? Just quickly type ‘tip’ followed by the amount of the bill. -
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By typing ‘OR’ you can look for pages that might use one of several of the words you are looking for. -
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If you add the word “facts” after any food item then Google will display all of its nutrition facts. -
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One of the newer features Google’s search engine offers is specific information about health conditions. For example, searching Bronchitis will return critical information that you need to know. -
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info:website (website being the site’s URL) will print out everything Google can tell you about that site. -
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You can quickly learn your public IP Address by searching for “ip address”. -
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If you search for “weather” followed by the name of a city or location Google will return a convenient weather app. -
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Easily convert units or currencies by using the ‘in’ keyword. -
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Google makes tracking down customer service simple. By adding ‘customer service’ before the business name, you’ll pull up relevant information you need to know. -
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Add “origin” after a word to learn about its etymology (for example “robot origin”) -
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You can restrict your search to a specific type of file by using the keyword “filetype:” -
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You can limit your search results according to date of publication by selecting “Search Tools” and then clicking “Any Time”. -
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Safeguard your kids’ search by turning on ‘Safe Search’. -
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To find something around you (like a bank or a coffee shop) just type what you are looking for followed by the phrase “near me”. -
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If you go to Google Image Search and drag an image file into the search bar, Google will search for that image on the web. -
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To define any word just preface it with the word ‘define’ itself. -
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If you need to figure out what there is to do around town just type “attractions” followed by where you are.
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