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Saturday, 1 November 2014

20 tips to max your #GOOGLE search results: #googlesearch +searchengine


Maximizing results on +Google -
 Here is a crib sheet of  20 top tips I sourced from various sites on the internet.  +Search Engine Watch 
 
1.      To search for a phrase or words in exact order -
 

put the phrase inside quotation marks.

 

2.      To search for a file type eg PDF documents: 

enter search terms followed by filetype:PDF

 
3.      To Define a word -

 Type  define:  and the word
 

4.      To exclude a word or words,
 

use a - (minus) sign after the words you want and then add the word, words you don’t.
  
5.      To search for missing words within a known phrase

 add an * in place of the missing word.  You can use more than one asterisk if you like. Google will try to replace the asterisk with possible words.   

6.      Search within range of dates or prices.

 Separate the two dates or prices by using two full-stops or periods  -    ..     You can use this to search for an article between these two dates. 

7.      Searching for an article within a web-site 

Type  site: followed by URL of the website. Then add your search terms eg   site:news24.com technology 

8.      Set a timer - to take a break, time a phone- call, boil an egg, time a worktask, anything 

Type Timer into the search Bar 

9.      Reverse Image Search - You may not have noticed the word Image on the Google page just below the task bar.

Click on it, upload an image, and then get the likely source. If you move away from the Image results to the ordinary web page results of the reverse search, you will find more sites or information relating to that image. PURE MAGIC 

10.   MATHS - Type in an equation & get the answer 

11.   CURRENCY:    Type US $10 to Pounds 


12.   FIND A GIF:
 
Go to Google Images. Click search tools and then TYPE
 

13.   Search by TITLE:   

Type intitle:  and the word you want. All results will include that word in the title. 

14.   Free Downloads of any type:   

            For example, to find free Android APKs, you'd search for -inurl:htm -inurl:html             intitle:"index      of" apk to see site indexes of stored APK files. You can use this             to         find Android      appsmusic filesfree ebookscomic books, and more. Check             out the linked posts for more     information.


15.   Alternatives to sites, products, apps etc 

Type Iphone vs                    leave it blank. Google will try to autocomplete and may surprise you.

 Also try Better than Iphone  to see alternatives. 

 

16.   Searching or retrieving a page from GOOGLE CACHE:
TYPE:
The following into the search bar 

cache:http://News24.com 

17.   Blocked sites:

               Sometimes one can use Google Translate or Google Mobiliser as a proxy server to get into        blocked

               keeping a few URLs on hand.   You may already know that you can sometimes             bypass paywalls, get around blocked sites, and download files by funneling a site      through Google Translate or Google Mobilizer. That's a clever search trick in and of itself, but just like Google Cache, you can make the process a lot faster by keeping a        few URLs on hand. Just add the URL you want to visit to the end of the Google URL   (e.g. http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&u=http://examp    le.com/and you're good to go. Check out the full list of proxies, along with      bookmarklets to make them even easier, here.
 


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18.   Search for people on Google Images: 
Go to search tools, TYPE and choose …….. 

19.   Time based results on a site:

               Type the URL and then add:              
               &tbs=qdr:n10

               n is for minutes.  n10 restricts the search to the last ten minutes 

               use h for hours eg   h5 for five hours  

20.   AROUND(2)

 If you type two words and AROUND(2) it will allow for the words to be within two words of each other in your search. Increasing the number increases the allowable gap between the words.
Hope you find these tips as useful as I did.  iTunes tips link  & DJ @Sg_walther's TOP 125 song listing for 31 Oct 2014 follows below:
http://siegfriedwalther.blogspot.com/2014/10/creating-radio-station-playlist-from.html
HUMOUR Link:
http://siegfriedwalther.blogspot.com/2015/01/political-humour-we-see-your-jihad.html

#MH370 Article
http://siegfriedwalther.blogspot.co.za/2015/10/mh370-clive-irvings-deadly-cargo.html

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