101 Google Search Skills

Maybe we have been using Google for a long time, but we still don't know that we have been cheated by the Google homepage with more than 10 links. How many secrets are hidden in the Google simple input box? Let these 101 Google search tips prompt you, maybe it can help you improve search efficiency.

1. The best way to use Google search more comprehensively is to click Advanced Search.

2. It allows you to search for more precise phrases, "All phrases", or enter a specific keyword of a phrase in the appropriate search box.

3. In advanced search, you can still customize the number of search results displayed on a page, the Information Language and file format you are looking.

4. "Search for the following websites or domains" allows you to limit the search results by entering a top-level domain such as. co. uk.

5. You can also click the "date, permission to use, number range, and more" link to get more advanced functions. (Entries in Google Chinese are displayed on the page .)

6. Save settings. Most of these advanced functions can be implemented through command line parameters in the search box on the Google homepage.

7. Google's main search can be implicitly combined with the Boolean structure "and. When you enter smoke Fire-It indicates to search for smoke and fire.

8. For Google to search for smoke or fire, you only need to enter smoke or fire.

9. You can also use | to replace or. For example: Smoke | fire.

10. boolean structures like and or are very case sensitive. They must be all capitalized.

11. Search for specific terms and enter one or more keywords enclosed in parentheses. For example, water (smoke or fire)

12. Search for phrases and place them in quotation marks. For example, "there's no smoke without fire ".

13. To search for similar information, you only need to add a wavy line in your keyword, for example :~ Eggplant.

14. Use minus signs to exclude keywords. For example, new pram-EBay allows search results to exclude baby carriage information from eBay.

15. Common Words like I, and, then, and if should be ignored by Google. They are called stagnant words.

16. The plus sign can include these stagnant words, such as fish + and chips.

17. If a stagnant word is contained in a sentence that is referenced as a phrase and marked in the middle, these words are allowed by Google.

18. You can also ask Google to perform a simple search and try: Christopher Columbus discovered *

19. Use the number range Function to search for the number range. For example, you can use the following string to search for Sony TVs that are priced between 300 and 500.

20. Google recognizes 13 major file formats through advanced search, including office, Lotus, postscript, Shockwave Flash, and text.

21. To search for these files, you only need to use the modifier filetype: [file extension]. Example: Soccer filetype: PDF.

22. to exclude the entire file format, you only need to use the same Boolean Syntax: rugby-filetype: Doc that we used to exclude keywords.

23. In fact, as long as your syntax is correct, you can use a mix of any Boolean search operators. For example, "sausage and mash"-Onions filetype: Doc

24. google also has many powerful functions but hidden search parameters. For example, "intitle" only searches for webpage titles (titles ). you can use this example to try: intitle: Webpage Design

25. If you are looking for a file instead of a webpage, you only need to use index of instead of intitle: parameter. It helps you find network and FTP directories.

26. The inurl modifier only searches for the web site. Use this example to try inurl: spices.

27. You can find an online webcam through inurl: Vien/view.shtml.

28. The inanchor modifier is very special. It only looks for texts that serve as hyperlinks.

29. I want to know how many links direct to a website. You can try this syntax: Link: URL-for example, link: www.mozilla.org.

30. Similarly, you can use related: modifier to find content that Google thinks is similar. For example, related: www.microsoft.com

31. Info: the modifier site_name returns information about a specific page.

32. Similarly, clicking "similar webpage" after a common search can link to the page results that Google considers similar.

33. If you only want to search for the content in a certain address, you may use site: for example, search tips site: www.techradar.com.

34. The above technique uses a directory website like www.dw..org to dynamically generate a website.

35. You can also directly access a limited number of manually selected database websites such as Google directory. The website is www.direcory.google.com.

36. boolean operators such as intitle and inurl are also applicable to Google directory like or.

37. When you use Google image search, you can use the site: modifier to search for only images on a website, such as a DVD recorder site: www. Amazon. co. uk.

38. Similarly, using "site:. com" will only return the results of the website with the. com domain name suffix.

39. Google News (news.google.com) has its own boolean operator. For example, "intext" can only query results from a news subject.

40. If you use the "Source:" Operator in Google news, you can get a specific News Archive. For example, Heather Mills Source: daily_mail

41. With the "Location:" filter, you can wait for news from a specific country, such as location: UK.

42. The same Google blog search (blogsearch.google.com) also has its own syntax. You can search for the title of a log, such as "inblogtitle :"

43. Google's normal search can indeed obtain accurate results. It is better to use "movie:" To find movie reviews.

44. The effect of "Film:" is the same.

45. Enter the release time in the search box. Google will prompt you to submit your zip code, and then Google will tell you when and where there will be a good show.

46. If you want a special movie search page, go to www. Google. co. uk/movies.

47. If you select "Remember location", you only need to enter the movie name next time you query the movie screening time.

48. Google has made some effort in searching movies. For example, in the search box, enter "Director:". What result will you get? You must have guessed it.

49. If you want to get an actor list, enter "cast: name_of_film"

50. Add "MUSIC:" Before the band name, song name, or album name to get related music information and comments.

51. If you enter "Weather London" in the search box, you can get the complete weather forecast for London over the last four days.

52. Google also has a built-in dictionary. Use "define: the_word" in the search box.

53. goolge saves the previous content of the website. You can directly search for the cache of a page on the Google server. The syntax is "keyword cache: site_url"

54. Enter "cache: site_url" in the search box to go To the cache page.

55. If you do not have a calculator at hand, remember that Google also has such a function. Enter "12*15" and click search.

56. Google's built-in calculator not only converts the size but also understands the natural language. Search for "14 stones in kilos"

57. exchange rate conversion is also applicable. Try "200 pounds in euros"

58. If you know the code of a currency, you will get more reliable results, such as "200 GBR in EUR"

59. What about the temperature? Google did not let it go. Input "98 F to C" to convert Fahrenheit to Celsius.

60. How smart is Google? Enter 2476 in roman numerals and click search.

61. You can also save your Google preferences by registering an account on www.google.com/account.

62. Once you have a Google account, you can get a Gmail account for free. The most important thing is that you can freely access the world of Google.

63. log on to your Google account and use "igoogle" to personalize your Google homepage.

64. Click "add a tab" on "igoogle" to add multiple Content modules. Google will adapt to the entire page based on the modules you have added.

65. "igoogle" allows you to change templates for the Home Page. Click "select theme" to change the existing default themes.

66. Some "igoogle" themes will change with time. For example, "Sweet Dreams" is a theme that changes with the change of day to night.

67. Click "more" under "try something new" to see a more complete Google website list and some new features.

68. "Custom Search" helps you build a Google search engine for your website.

69. In addition, the list also forgets a very useful service "personalised search", but you can access www.google.com/#archto use tags. (A service that stores your search records-Translator's note)

70. This page lists your recent searches and classifies them by specific category. Click "pause" to prevent Google from recording your search history.

71. Click "Trends" to view the most visited websites, the most searched entries, and the most frequently clicked links.

72. Personalized Search also includes a bookmarks service that helps you save bookmarks online and get them anywhere.

73. You can add a bookmarks module on igoogle to add or access them more conveniently.

74. Do you know you can search for the results returned by Google? Click the link at the bottom of the search result page.

75. Add your zip code after your query to search for local information.

76. Find a map? You only need to write a "map" after the search keyword, such as "Leeds map"

77. google search for images (this refers to Google homepage rather than Google map page, Translator's note) is very simple, as long as you write more "image" after keywords ", you will see the relevant image results at the top of the search results.

78. What's amazing is that Google image search can recognize faces. After "& imgtype = face" is added to the URL of the search result page in the browser's address bar, Google filters out all images that are not human.

79. Want to pay attention to the stock market? You only need to fill in the company's stock code after "stock:" to get the results returned from Google finance.

80. Enter the airline or flight number in the Google search box to obtain the relevant flight information.

81. What time is it now? Add "time" before the location to get the time of the task location.

82. You may have noticed that Google will alternately prompt you for spelling when entering keywords, And the built-in spelling check is working.

83. You can add "spell:" Before the keyword to directly call Google's spelling check function.

84. Click "I'm feeling lucky" to directly access the web page of the first keyword search result.

85. Enter a keyword for statistics-based query, such as population of Britain. Google will tell you the answer at the top of the result.

86. If any non-English search result is displayed, click "translate this page" to view the English content translated by Google.

87. You can also search for the content of a foreign website, click the language tool, and select the country you want Google to help you translate and query.

88. Another feature of the language tool is that it can help you translate text blocks that can be freely cut.

89. There is also a region where you can directly enter the URL and translate Google into the desired language.

90. You can see a "preference" link on the "language tools" link. This is a page containing some private settings.

91. You can clearly tell Google the language in which you want to return results. You can select multiple options based on your preferences.

92. Google's secure search can protect you from pornography. You can choose to make the filtering system stricter or disable it completely.

93. In your preferences, you can change the number of results displayed on a single Google search page. The default value is 10.

94. You can also set it to open Google search results in a new window.

95. if you want to know what others are searching for or increase the PageRank value of your own website (Google's self-developed webpage quality ranking evaluation algorithm, the higher the PageRank value, the higher the webpage's top search results, note by the translator )? Go to www.google.com/zeitgeist.

96. Another powerful experimental feature can be found at www.google.com/trends. you can tell which one is a popular search item.

97. Enter multiple keywords separated by commas in the Google Trends search box to compare their search performance.

98. Would you like to search in klingun? Go to www.google.com/intl/xx-klingon.

99. Maybe the Swedish chefs in your puppets are your example? Click www.google.com/intl/xx-bork.

100. Enter "answer to life, the universe and everything" in the search box, and you will be shocked by the result.

101. Google can also tell you how many horns a unicorn has (funny enough ). Enter "Number of horns on a unicorn.