Top Ten smart Google search tips

Most people use Google search process is very inefficient and useless, if you just enter a few keywords, and then press the Search button, you will be those who do not get all the information Google users, in this article, Google search expert Michael Miller will show you how to smarter, Make Google's series search more efficient.

Google is a very sophisticated search engine, but most of the users do not have the ability to fully utilize it. The average person is to enter one or two keywords in Google's search box, then click on the "Search" button, waiting for Google to display its first page of search results. This is a fairly simple search for pattern matching algorithms, and unfortunately, most of the time this is often the result of unwanted results.

In fact, there are better ways to make search produce fewer, more accurate results. All you need to do is learn some simple tricks and you'll get more and better Google search results quickly.

Tip One: Use the Right method

Whether you're using a simple or advanced Google search, there are some reliable ways you should use it. You can get very accurate results by following the appropriate method, and if you ignore this suggestion, you may see a lot of irrelevant results or lack the relevant results you want.

Although there are many different (and equally effective) methods for Web search, I guarantee that this particular approach will bring the best results. This is a six-step process, as follows:

1, first of all, think about what you want to find. Which words best describe the information or concept you are looking for? What words can you use to replace them? Are there any words that you don't need to include in the better definition of what you want to search for?

2. Build your search requirements. Use as many keywords as you need, the more the better. If all is possible, try to refine your search with appropriate search operations-or, if you want, use the Advanced search page.

3. Click "Search" button to search.

4. Evaluate the degree of matching on the search results page. If the initial results are inconsistent with what you want, refine your search requirements and search again-or move to a more appropriate search site and search.

5. Select the matching page you want to view and click to browse.

6. Save the information that best suits your needs.

In other words, this requires you to think clearly before searching, and then refine your search after getting the initial results. These efforts are minor, but they are really worth it.

Tip Two: Rational use of a "and/or" search

Most users are unaware that Google automatically assumes that all words in a search request are a "and" relationship. That is, if you enter two words, it will assume that the page you are looking for contains these two words. It does not feed back to pages that contain only one of the words.

This makes it unnecessary for you to enter a "and" when you enter a search request. If you want to search for both "Bob" and "Ted", all you have to do is enter Bob Ted. Google will assume a "and" for itself and automatically include it within the internal index search.

This is different from the assumption of "or" between the required words. For example, compare the requirements of the input "Bob Ted" (Remember, this is actually Bob and Ted) with "Bob or Ted". The pages included in the results based on the first requirement refer to Bob and Ted together. The latter, the resulting pages will only mention Bob separately, and some of the pages refer to Ted separately, while others refer to both of them. This is a subtle difference, but it is very important.

So if you want a "and/or" search--search for pages that include one or the other, but not necessarily both--you have to insert an action with a "or" function between two keywords. When you enter this "or" for the "or" action, make sure that you capitalize the input, or Google will ignore it as an ignored word (stop word)--and we'll talk about it next.

Tip Three: Words that are included or not included in your search

With these "and" and "or" words, Google automatically ignores the unimportant, ordinary words in the search request that you enter. These are referred to as "ignored words", including "and", "the", "where", "how", "What", "or" (all letters are lowercase, there are other similar words-including some individual numbers or individual letters (such as "a").

It's no big deal to include ignored words in the search, but it can slow down the search, which is why Google rejects them. For example, if you want to search for "How a Toaster Works" (How the oven works), Google will remove the "how" and "a" two words and search by itself in the new shorter keyword "toaster works".

If you want these generic words to be included in your search requirements, you can make it possible for Google to include these specific words in the search so that it does not exclude "ignored words". To do this, you can add a "+" sign to the word you really need. For example, to include "how" in the search request, you should enter "+how". Make sure that you have a space character before the + sign, not after it.

On the other hand, sometimes you want to refine your search results by excluding pages that contain specific words. You can use a "-" sign to remove words that you do not want to include in your search results, and any words that are preceded by the "-" symbol in your search request will automatically be excluded from the search results. Also, remember to leave a space character before the "-" symbol.

For example, if you want to search for "bass", the page you get may include a male singer or a fish-like type. If you are only looking for a page that is a singer, enter your search request as follows: "Bass-fish".

Tip Four: Search for approximate words

Not sure you want to search for the right word in a single search? Are you worried that some pages will use alternative words to describe what you want?

Fortunately, Google allows you to search for similar words-called synonyms-by using the "~" symbol. By adding "~" to the word you want to search for, Google searches for all pages that include the word and the appropriate synonyms.

For example, to search for words like "elderly" and enter "~elderly", the resulting pages will not only include the word "elderly", but also pages that include "Senior", "older", "aged" and so on.

Here's an extra tip: if you want to just list the pages of a synonym, without having to give a page of many of the words you originally entered, you can use the "-" symbol to connect the "~" operation, such as "~keyword-keyword". In this way, the original words can be excluded from the results of the synonyms. In the previous example, to get search results with only "elderly" synonyms, enter "~elderly-elderly".

Tip Five: Search for specific phrases

When you search for a specific phrase, if you simply enter all the words in the phrase you are unable to get the best results. Google may be able to feed back the results that contain the phrase, but it will also list the results that contain all the words you have entered, but not necessarily in the correct order.

If you are searching for a specific phrase, you should put the whole phrase in a quotation mark. This allows Google to search for the exact keywords in the specified order.

For example, if you are searching for "Monty python", you can enter Monty python as your search request, and you may get an acceptable result that includes pages with two words "Monty" and "Python". But the results not only included pages on the British comedy community, but also the snake named Monty and the guy named Monty, who kept snakes as pets and other pages that included words like "Monty" and "Python," even if they seemed unrelated.

In order to limit the search results to only about Monty Python, that is, the pages you want to search are in the specified order, including these two words as a phrase, you should enter "Monty Python" when you enter your search requirements-make sure the phrase is within the quotation marks. In this case, if you do not match these two times to an exact phrase in the specified order, the page will not be listed in the search results.

Tip Six: List similar pages

Have you ever found a webpage that you really like and want to know if there are other pages like it? No need to think again; You can use Google's relevance to look for: This operator operator displays pages that are similar in some ways to a particular page. For example, if you like the article on Informit, you can find a similar page by typing "related:http://www.informit.com".

Tip Seven: Adjust your search with other operator operators

Using related operator operators is just one of the many ways you can adjust Google search results. All of these input operator operators work in the same way, input these operators as part of your search request, and then immediately follow the colon (not a space) after these input operator operators, like this: "' operator ': ' Variable '".

What are the search operator operators you can use? Here is a short list:

operator	Use	Usage
Allinanchor:	Words that restrict search are keywords contained within links in a Web page (multiple keywords can be used)	Allinanchor:keyword1 keyword2
Allintext:	Words that restrict search are keywords contained within a Web page (multiple keywords can be used)	Allintext:keyword1 keyword2
Allintitle:	Words that restrict search are keywords contained in the title of the page (multiple keywords can be used)	Allintitle:keyword1 keyword2
Allinurl:	Words that restrict search are keywords contained in web page URLs (multiple keywords can be used)	Inurl:keyword1 keyword2
FileType	Limit the files you search to a specific format	filetype:extension
Inanchor:	Words that restrict search are keywords contained within links in a Web page	Inanchor:keyword
Intext	The words that restrict search are the keywords contained in the text of the page	Intext:keyword
Intitle:	Words that restrict search are the keywords contained in the page title	intitle:keyword
Inurl:	Limit the address of a search page	Inurl:keyword
Site	Limit the search you make to a specific domain name or site	Site:Domain

Tip Eight: Search for specific facts

Google may be able to help if you want to search for some objective facts. Yes, Google is always able to give you a list of matching search requirements that you specify, but as long as you can properly describe your search requirements, and then search for the fact that Google has pre-identified the amount, you can get the exact information you need at the top of the search results page.

What types of information are we talking about here? It is factual information, such as birth date, birthplace, population, etc. All you need to do is enter the search requirements that you want to know to describe the facts. For example:

To inquire about the population of San Francisco, enter "population San Francisco".

To find out where Mark Twain was born, enter "birthplace Mark Twain".

To inquire about when President Bill Clinton was born, enter "birthday Bill Clinton".

To inquire about when Raymond Chandler died, enter "dead Raymond Chandler".

To inquire who is the president of Germany, enter "President Germany".

The answers to these questions are displayed at the top of the search results page. You can get the right answers to your questions based on the associated website. Clicking on the relevant link also allows you to learn more from this resource.

Tip nine: Search Google Directory

Google indexes thousands of pages in its search database-which makes it less likely to produce overwhelming amounts of search results. It's enough, but sometimes you might be more willing to get some high-quality results.

Because quality is more important than quantity, you can bypass the main Google search engine and use Google directory instead. Google directory is a relatively small database of web pages that are handpicked manually by a human editing team. Google directory has been annotated and organized into related topic categories. You can browse the Web directory by category or search for a specific item.

Google Directory is a useful choice for searching a large number of Google page indexes. The results of Google directory are more focused and qualitative than your search results in the larger search index range, and can help you better understand what information is available in any given class. In addition, if you like, you can also use the Browse category to replace the search.

To access Google Directory, click the "More" link on the Google home page to select a category on the next page. Of course, you can also go directly to Google's directory, as long as you enter directory.google.com in the browser.

Tip Ten: Use Google's other professional search

Google Directory is not the only option Google offers except the main search engine. Depending on the type of search you make, you can also get better results by using one of Google's more specialized search sites. They include:

Froogle can be used to search for online shopping sites that have the lowest price for a particular item.

Google answers provides services that directly target your search needs to professionals, most of which are used when you have more complex questions that cannot be answered with a simple search.

Google Apple Macintosh Search is primarily searchable in the Apple.com domain name and other Apple-related sites.

Google Blog Search is for blogs and blog posts.

Google Book Search searches for the full text of thousands of novel and non-fiction books.

Google BSD Unix Search can find a number of specialized sites dedicated to the BSD version of the UNIX operating system.

Google Groups can search for articles about Google Groups archives.

Google Linux Search searches for a large number of Linux-related sites.

Google Search searches for content that is primarily microsoft.com domain names and other Microsoft-related sites.

Google News can be used to search a large number of news sites with the latest news and headlines, as well as to search historical news materials, dating back two centuries.

Google scholar searches in a database of scholarly journals, articles, newspapers, papers and books, and can choose universities or research stacks.

Google U.S. government search is for the U.S. government's website – the best place to search for official government initiatives, information, reports, and so on.

Google University search can be searched in a database of more than 600 university websites--can be used to query for course arrangement, admission information and so on.