Different techniques of searching in Google

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Things have changed so much since, the day we all were introduced to internet. In today’s world internet has become a part of our lives, anything we need is available on the internet so we just simply search it online. If we are looking for something we’ll just go to google and type our query and we’ll get the answers, but sometime things doesn’t go well sometimes we don’t get the things we were looking for. The World is growing day by day so why our search techniques are still traditional and old. It’s time to learn some new and cool search techniques which will help you to get your specific results you were looking for.

Choose your Default Browser Based on Your Preferred Search Engine

First you need to choose your default browser based on the search engine you prefer. Like chrome has google as its default search engine while internet explorer has bing powered by Microsoft. You can also change the default search engine of your browser from your browser’s settings, but you get the best integration with these search engines with these respective browsers.

Otherwise, in Safari or Firefox, just pick your favorite search engine so you can use it automatically from the address or search box, respectively.

Using Punctuation and Boolean Operators

Quotation marks mean that you’re looking for a specific phrase. Over the years, search engines have so developed at guessing what we want, quotation marks aren’t as necessary as they used to be. But they can still be helpful. For example:

“Bike riding is fun”

Will be far more likely to find that exact phrase, where searching without the quote would lead to pages talking about Bike riding is fun, but not necessarily that exact phrase.

OR and parenthesis

By default, if you search with many words, most search engines will show results where both or all of the words are found. This is known as an AND search – as though you wanted this and this. But if you want results with either (or any) of your words, use the OR keyword. It means that either (or any) of your search terms were found.
For example:

“Sachin Tendulkar” OR “Virender sehwag”

This will find pages containing either the phrase “Sachin Tendulkar” or the phrase “Virender sehwag”. Some page results will contain both.

When you place search terms in a set of parenthesis, they are treated as a single unit. So…

(“Sachin Tendulkar” OR “Virender sehwag”) (“Shahrukh” “Farah khan”)

This will find pages containing either the phrase “Sachin Tendulkar” or the phrase “Virender sehwag”, and also the name of either actor Shahrukh or director Farah khan.

Are you familiar with the Boolean NOT operator (or a minus sign)? Google still lists it in the documentation, but Google, Bing and Yahoo ignore it and it no longer works in their results.

Searching Within a Specific Site

One of my favorite search features is the site keyword, which limits a search to a specific web site. This is great if a site doesn’t have its own search form, or if it isn’t working.
For example:

“Salman khan” site: timesofindia.com

This will find references to actor Salman khan, but only on www.timesofindia.com.

You can also use the site attribute to limit searches to a particular top-level domain, like .org, .gov and so on.
For example:

"Driving license" site:.gov

This will show you government sites that contain the words “Driving license”.

Wildcard Searches

Sometimes we know part of a line or phrase you’re looking for, but aren’t sure of all the words or maybe how the words will be spelled. That’s when an asterisk (*) comes to the rescue, as a wildcard. It’s especially handy if there are several ways of expressing what you want.
For example:

The three *

It will show you results for The Three Stooges, The Three Doctors, The Three Musketeers, The Three Tenors, and more.

You can also search for numbers in a range, by using two periods as a wildcard. For example, if you’re shopping for an Android tablet and have a budget of Rs 10000 to Rs15000, do this search:

Android tablet Rs10000..Rs15000

It will show you the results for Android tablet between the range of 10000 to 150000.

Connectivity Searches

Two great keywords that show connectivity are the link and related keywords. The link keyword will show what pages link to a particular page.
For example:

link:flipkart.com

The related keyword will show what sites are similar to the one you specify. Who is to say what qualifies as being similar? Who knows! The algorithms are proprietary. For example:

related:flipkart.com

If you visit a page that doesn’t have content that you’re expecting to see – for example, a news item is no longer on the front page – Google might have it cached. So try the cache operator to see what the site looked like the last time Google crawled it:

cache:induswebi.com

An Operator That Combines All of the Above

Rather than remember all the above operators, you can remember just one, instead:info. When you run info against a web address, you’ll get a menu of operators that you can click to get the results.
For example:

info:induswebi.com

It will provide you all the informative links related to website about you were looking for

Getting info of any website in Google

Filtering Results

Sometimes, you might want to see only recent results, or results from a specific time period. After running a search in Google, click the Search Tools link just below the Search bar, then from the submenu that appears, click Any Time and make a choice. In Bing, Any Time is always visible just below the Search bar, and Yahoo has timings in the left column.

Also from Google’s submenu, you can choose a reading level from All Results, and choose a location on the right. Google will try to detect your location automatically, but it doesn’t always guess correctly. It tends to use the location where your Internet provider’s equipment is. If you want to change the location, click the Down Arrow and enter the location you want. Entering a Zip or Postal code usually works.

Filtering Results in Google

Undocumented Google Keywords

Page Title, Content and URL

If you want to search for words specifically in a page title, and ignore page content, use the intitle keyword. For example, if you’re looking for articles that compare Android with iOS, try this:

intitle: android AND iOS

If you’re searching for multiple words and want results where all of the words are in the title, not just some of them, use allintitle instead.

The opposite of searching titles is searching page content and ignoring the title. For that, use the intext keyword, as follows:

intext:android AND iOS

Keep in mind that many pages will have the same phrases in the titles and content, so many of the results from the previous two searches will be the same.

You can also search for a word that appears in a page’s URL, with the inurl keyword, like this:

inurl:photoshop

When searching for multiple words, you can also use allinurl to make sure that all the words or phrases are in the URL.

Google also has similar keywords specifically to search blogs. They are:

·         Inblogtitle

·         Inposttitle

·         Inpostauthor

·         Blogurl

Finding Files of a Specific Type

With the filetype keyword, you can restrict search results to display a particular type of file, like image or archive files, or Adobe and Microsoft documents. For example, if you want a sample expense sheet in Excel and don’t like Excel’s built-in templates, this search will find some for you:

expense sheet filetype:xlsx

Weather

Need a quick weather forecast? Use the weather keyword and Zip or Postal code to get current conditions and a graph for the next several hours:

Weather 08822

Definitions

You can also get a quick dictionary definition, using the define keyword. It isn’t as extensive as using dictionary.com, but it’s a lot faster.
For example:

define:solenoid

Math, Measurement and Language Conversions

If you need to do some quick calculations or convert measurements from one unit to another, Google and Bing have you covered.

Basic Arithmetic Searches in Google and Bing

Examples:

1549 + 6900

952337 – 3215

123 * 587

204/24

When you enter a calculation into the Search/Address bar, both Google and Bing will display a handy calculator. You can click the buttons or use the numbers on your keyboard. If your keyboard has a number pad, this is especially nice.

 

How to use Calculator in Google

Language Translation

Google can translate in and out of approximately a dozen languages. How do you say “wind” in french or what does the French word "vent" mean? Run these searches:

wind in French

vent in English

Converting Between Imperial and Metric Units

If you’re converting a recipe from Imperial to Metric measurements (or vice-versa) or converting distance, temperature, weight and more, you can do this with a simple search in Google or Bing. Most units you can abbreviate (like g instead of grams oroz instead of ounces).

Examples:

·         2 cups in ml

·         500g in oz

·         200 miles in km

·         80F in C

Similar to doing arithmetic, when you search for a unit conversion, Google and Bing will display a conversion calculator, with your search displayed in it. Click the top drop-down list to choose different types of conversions (temperature, length, etc.) and click the lower drop-downs to choose different units.

How to Change different units of temperature in Google

Google does several other alphanumeric searches that don’t require a keyword. Just enter the numbers to search for:

·         Zip code

 

·         ISBN

·         VIN (Vehicle ID number)

·         FAA airplane registration number

·         Phone number

Search in the google search bar

110092

It will show its detail

Searching PinCode Details in Google

Search Mars and Beyond

This isn’t a search as much as it’s an undocumented feature, courtesy of NASA as well as Google. Just go to:

www.google.com/mars

…and have a look around! The default view is a false-color elevation map, and you can also choose infrared and real-life visible surface. There’s also an option to explore Mars using Google Earth.

Searching about Mars in Google

SO DONT STOP GOOGLING :)

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