7 tips for using Google intelligently

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1. Find the face behind the scenes-Flexible use of this technique, you can filter Google Images for search so that only human images are displayed. What is the use of this technique? To put it this way, if you want to find a picture of a famous person, but products with the same name, company, or geographical location will bother you, this tips will make you more comfortable. to use this method, you only need to add a suffix to the URL address after the standard image search.& Imgtype = face.For example (note the differences between URLs ):

• Image search for "google" vs. Face search for "google"
• About "Digg" Image Search vs. About "Digg" Face
• About "California" Image Search vs. About "California" Face
• More info.

2.Google + social media website = free stuff-If you are looking for a free desktop wallpaper, stock image, WordPress template, or something similar, Google search for your favorite social media website is the best choice. when you directly search for "free", a large amount of spam ads are immediately displayed. however, since a considerable number of social media websites already have a community of users filtering and ranking excellent items, why are you still using this junk information? All you need is to search for the content of these social media websites directly in Google, and then, oh, too .... you can easily find a large number of excellent resources that users can mine. for example: (the following links are not translated, because English resources are richer than Chinese. If you want to find wallpapers, templates, and so on, it is best to use English)

• Site: digg.com free "desktop wallpaper"
• Site: Reddit.com free "WordPress templates"
• Site: del. icio. us free "stock images"
• Site: netscape.com free "ringtones"
• Site: stumbleupon.com free icons
• More info.

3. find the free anonymous network proxy-a free anonymous network proxy allows any browser to access a third-party Webpage Through the proxy. the Network Proxy plays a man-in-the-middle role in your browser and the website you want to browse. why? There are two possible reasons:

• If you are surfing the Internet in a public place, such as a coffee or Internet cafe, you want to protect your privacy when you browse the Web page.
• You want to bypass a network filter or a ban on your server (such as the well-known domestic dilemma). content filtering is especially common on campus networks. This tips can usually bypass these restrictions.

There are many donor services and procedures, such as TOR and payment VPN services, can meet such requirements. however, this technique is free and convenient, and can be achieved anywhere through Google. you only need to search in the following format, select a usable one in the result, and enter the address you want to browse the Web page. for example:

• Inurl: "nph-proxy.cgi" "start using cgiproxy"
• Inurl: "nph-proxy.cgi" "start browsing through this CGI-based proxy"
• More info.

4. google searches for music, videos, and e-books-Google can search for almost all formats of files, including MP3, PDF, and video. the open network directory is one of the simplest ways to quickly find countless free downloadable files. this is an old method, but it is a good one! For example:

• Find Music:-inurl :( HTM | HTML | PHP) intitle: "index of" + "Last modified" + "parent directory" + description + size + (WMA | MP3) "Counting Crows"
• Video:-inurl :( HTM | HTML | PHP) intitle: "index of" + "Last modified" + "parent directory" + description + size + (MPG | WMV) "Chapelle"
• Find an ebook:-inurl :( HTM | HTML | PHP) intitle: "index of" + "Last modified" + "parent directory" + description + size + (PDF | DOC) "George Orwell 1984 ″
• More info.

5. Browse public cameras around the world-you can search for Google to randomly browse video streaming media on a global scale. This may not be the most effective Google trick, but it is the most interesting! (Author: you may need to install an ActiveX control or Java Runtime Environment immediately to allow your browser to obtain the video stream formats.) For example (the camera type is used before the link)

• Axis webcams: inurl:/view.shtml or inurl: View/index.shtml
• Cannon webcams: Sample/lvappl/
• Mobotix webcams: Control/userimage.html
• Flexwatch webcams:/APP/idxas.html
• JVC webcams: intitle: "v. Networks [motion picture (Java)]"
• More info.

6. judging a webpage from the perspective of images-by randomly viewing images on a page, we can have a foresight to understand the overview of this website. even if you are familiar with the content of this website, this technique will make you discover interesting things. almost certainly, you will surely see some amazing pictures. all you need to do is search by Google site: point to a website domain name in Image Search: for example

• Digg Image
• Wired Images
• Reddit Images
• More info.

7. Results Based on third-party opinions-sometimes when you read a webpage, you may want to see the comments of other websites for a more comprehensive understanding.Allinanchor:This Google search mark saves you a lot of time and directly transmits the information you want. it performs a rigorous search based on keywords. In the anchor text or link text, it queries the content of a third-party website linked to this webpage. in other words, this symbol filters your search results so that Google ignores the title and content of the page, and focuses on the reference results of other webpages. it will bring a new change to your search results.

• For example ):
• Allinanchor: "Google hacks" vs. Basic Search for Google hacks
• Allinanchor: "WordPress exploits" vs. Basic Search for WordPress exploits
• More info.

Additionally, this is a list of my favorite Google search skills:

• Link: URL= List the webpages linked to the target URL.
• Related: URL= List webpages related to the target URL.
• Site: domain.comThe search area is limited to the target website.
• Allinurl: Words= Only pages with search results in URLs are displayed.
• Inurl: Word= It is similar to allinurl, but only searches for the first word in the URL.
• Allintitle: Word= Search for the webpage title.
• Intitle: Word= Similar to allintitle, but only searches for the first word in the title.
• Cache: URL= The URL-related Google cache will be displayed (unavailable in China ).
• Info: URL= A page containing these elements will be displayed: links with similar results, reverse links, and pages with this URL. directly entering a URL in the search box will have the same effect.
• Filetype: somefiletype= Specifies the file type.
• -Filetype: somefiletype= Remove the specified file type.
• Site: www.somesite.net "+ www.somesite.net"= Shows the number of webpages on the site indexed by Google
• Allintext:= Search for text, excluding webpage titles and links
• Allinlinks:= SEARCH link, excluding text and title
• Worda or wordb= Search for a page containing one of the two keywords
• "Word" or "phrase"= Exact search for words or sentences
• Worda-wordb= Contains Word a but does not contain word B
• Worda + wordb= All contain
• ~ Word= Search for synonyms of this word and it
• ~ Word -Word= Only search for synonyms, not original words
• More info.