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      apps, music files, free ebooks, comic 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.

 

  Access Blocked Sites at School or Work with Google Translate

If your school or office blocks a good portion of the web for "productivity's" sake, …Read more

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
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DJ@SG_Walther Music Charts 31 October 2014 #Top40 #Music

Dj@ SG Walther                 Also see UK top 40 link  at the end of the chart
* Cape Town *	Songs ranked firstly into Chart Playlist & then
Top 125	alphabetically by Artist within each playlist.
31 October 2014
TOP-10		Rating
Caution To the Wind	Becky Hill	100
Break the Rules	Charli XCX	100
Ghost (Switch Remix Radio Edit)	Ella Henderson	100
Imagination (feat. Katy Menditta)	Gorgon City	100
Time	Jungle	100
Crumbler	Jungle	100
Way We Are Extended Mix	Kove / Melissa Steel	100
It Was Always You	Maroon 5	100
Wicked Games (feat. Anna Naklab)	Parra for Cuva	100
Cold (feat. Fryars)	Rae Morris	100
Prayer in C (Robin Schulz Remix)	Robin Schulz & LILLYWOOD	100
No Good in Goodbye	The Script	100
Flares	The Script	100
Runaway	sElf	100
Faded	ZHU	100
TOP-25
The Rain	Biffy Clyro	100
Higher Ground (feat. Charli Taft)	Blonde	100
If U Got It (Radio Edit)	Chris Malinchak	100
Always In My Head	Coldplay	100
Ink	Coldplay	100
Midnight	Coldplay	100
A Sky Full of Stars	Coldplay	100
Lift Off (feat. Pharrell)	Conor Maynard	100
Paper Trails	DARKSIDE	100
Okay	Holy Ghost!	100
Hideaway	Kiesza	100
Always (HK Miami 2014 Edit) [feat. Alana] [Route 94 Mix (Edit)]	MK	100
Waves (Robin Schulz Radio Edit)	Mr. Probz	100
Me and My Broken Heart	Rixton	100
TOP-40
Need You Right Now (ft. Mike Tompkins)	Bethany Mota	80
Treasure	Bruno Mars	80
Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne)	Clean Bandit	100
Another's Arms	Coldplay	80
Cool Kids	Echosmith	100
One	Ed Sheeran	100
My Silver Lining	First Aid Kit	80
Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	60
Solo Dancing	Indiana	100
Busy Earnin'	Jungle	100
Son of a Gun	Jungle	80
Brand New Day Radio Mix	Kodaline	100
ARTPOP	Lady Gaga	80
Animals	Maroon 5	80
Teenage Dirtbag	Mighty Little	100
You’re Not Alone (feat. Britt Nicole)	Owl City	80
The Energy Never Dies	The Script	100
No Odda	Tafari	80
Glow In the Dark	The Wanted	100
Under the Pressure	The War on Drugs	80
Chocolate	The 1975	100
TOP-80
minipops 67 [120.2] [source field mix]	Aphex Twin	80
Reflektor	Arcade Fire	80
Things We Lost In the Fire	Bastille	100
Of The Night	Bastille	100
What I Might Do (Radio Edit)	Ben Pearce	100
So Good To Me Original Mix	Chris Malinchak	100
Dust Clears	Clean Bandit	100
True Love	Coldplay	80
Can't Say No	Conor Maynard	100
She Wolf (Falling to Pieces) [feat. Sia]	David Guetta	80
Latch (feat. Sam Smith)	Disclosure	100
Back to Love (feat. Jay Sean)	DJ Pauly D	100
Hold On, We're Going Home (feat. Majid Jordan)	Drake	100
Bloodstream	Ed Sheeran	80
Nature Trips	Eyedress	80
Invisible	FM Attack	100
Budapest	George Ezra	60
Here For You (feat. Laura Welsh)	Gorgon City	80
History (feat. Will Young)	Groove Armada	80
Permission To Love	Hayden James	80
Self Machine (Coconut Candy ‘No Need For Plastic Palm Trees’ Elly Jackson Remix)	I Blame Coco	100
Right Here	Jess Glynne	80
Tough Love	Jessie Ware	80
My Love	jj	100
Drops	Jungle	80
The Big Bang	Katy Tiz	80
Fall For You (feat. April) [Sandy Rivera's Classic Mix]	Kings of Tomorrow	100
Cool	Le Youth	80
Team	Lorde	60
Maps	Maroon 5	80
Love Never Felt So Good	Michael Jackson	80
Slave to the Rhythm	Michael Jackson	80
Us	Movement	80
Destination	Nickel Creek	80
Counting Stars	OneRepublic	100
Miss Jackson (feat. LOLO)	Panic! At the Disco	100
Trying to Be Cool	Phoenix	100
My Love	Route 94 / Jess Glynne	100
Paranoia, Ghosts & Other Sounds	Safia	80
Veil	Samantha James	80
Six Degrees Of Separation	The Script	80
Good Morning, Sunshine	Shortstraw	100
24 Hours	Sky Ferreira	80
Look Right Through	Storm Queen & MK	80
Every Breaking Wave	U2	80
This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now	U2	60
My Head Is a Jungle (Radio Edit)	Wankelmut & Emma Louise	100
Red Eyes	The War on Drugs	80
TOP_125
Leave Me Alone	Alexander Rybak	80
I’ll Show You	Alexander Rybak & Seling	100
This Is What It Feels Like ( Trevor Guthrie)	Armin van Buuren	80
One Day (Vandaag) [Radio Edit]	Bakermat	60
Pompeii	Bastille	80
Dangerous (feat. Joywave)	Big Data	80
Bottoms Up	Brantley Gilbert	60
Animal	Conor Maynard	100
Turn Around (feat. Ne-Yo)	Conor Maynard	80
I Got U (feat. Jax Jones)	Duke Dumont	100
Need U (100%) Original Mix	Duke Dumont ft. A*M*E	100
Kemosabe	Everything Everything	80
One More Day (Stay with Me)	Example	80
Call	Francesco Yates	60
Friend Crush	Friends	100
Go All Night (feat. Jennifer Hudson)	Gorgon City	80
Wings	HAERTS	60
Curse Curse	James	80
The Answer	Josh Kumra	100
All Bad	Justin Bieber	100
Flatline	Justin Bieber	60
Roller Coaster	Justin Bieber	80
Jubel	Klingande	80
Brokenhearted No Rap Version	Lawson	80
Let Your Hair Down	MAGIC!	60
Rude	MAGIC!	80
Sunlight (feat. Years and Years)	The Magician	80
Take Yours, I'll Take Mine	Matthew Mole	60
You and I (Deadmau5 Remix)	Medina	80
All About That Bass	Meghan Trainor	60
La La La	Naughty Boy / Sam Smith	100
Chains	Nick Jonas	80
Am I Wrong	Nico & Vinz	80
If I Lose Myself	OneRepublic	100
Back and Forth	Operator Please	80
Hoyle Road	Pedestrian	80
Happy (from "Despicable Me 2")	Pharrell Williams	80
Kingfisher	PHOX	60
Please Forgive Me	The Pierces	80
Chain My Name	POLIÇA	80
Boom Boom (Heartbeat)	Ray Foxx	60
Diamonds	Rihanna	80
Blurred Lines (feat. T.I. & Pharrell)	Robin Thicke	60
Money On My Mind	Sam Smith	80
Man on a Wire	The Script	80
Aviation High	Semi Precious Weapons	80
Ishq Da Rogh	SK-1	80
Don't You Worry Child	Swedish House Mafia	100
Trouble's Lament	Tori Amos	60
Reminder	Travis	80
The Troubles	U2	80
Wild Heart	The Vamps	80
Bullit	Watermät	60
It’s My Birthday (feat. Cody Wise)	will.i.am	60
The Fox (Extended Mix) http://siegfriedwalther.blogspot.com/2014/10/creating-radio-station-playlist-from.html   Everything you need to know about iTunes, volume levelling, and creating a "radio Station playlist of your own using Smart Playlists on iTunes. http://siegfriedwalther.blogspot.com/2014/11/uk-top-40-singles-chart-26-oct-2014.html              The Link for the Official UK Top 40 Singles & then on to the Album charts from there	Ylvis 80