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Google Tips and Tricks: Google Operators

Google Advanced Search Techniques Video and Search Examples

                Some of the more common search types from the video:

Tip #1:   Use Multiple Keywords

  • use a few keywords to search for your topic

Tip #2:   Use quotes for phrases, names or similar related phrases

  • "Tommy Lee Jones"       "to be or not to be"      "imagine all the people"

Tip #3:   Negative sign   -   to exclude a term

  • Washington -DC

Tip #4:   OR         requires either of the terms to be found in results

  • drug OR abuse

  • teens OR adolescents

Tip #6:   site    use site: then website and topic

  • site:www.nasa.gov horsehead nebula

TIP #7 Use define:   

define:fishcakes

Tip #9:   Wildcard *

  • Largest*    Oldest *    Tallest *    

Tip#10:   filetype:

  • the Raven mp3

  • will also search many file formats including   .pdf       .docx       .ppt       .xls      
  • See listing of all filetypes available to search in google:    Filetypes in google

Google Search Exercise

Google Searches from the video:   

See pre-filled in search boxes.   Click 'Search' and try one.

Google Web Search

Direct Quote search

"Tommy Lee Jones"


 

Google Web Search

Wildcard    Fill in the Blank search

largest *


 

Google Web Search

OR search using synonyms

drug abuse teens OR adolescents


 

Google Web Search

Filetype search

global warming filetype:pdf


 

Google Web Search

Domain search

gun safety:.gov

 

Google Web Search

exclude a term

washington -DC

 

Google Web Search

Definition

define:fishcakes

 

Google Web Search

Site search

site:www.nasa.gov horsehead nebula

Google Web Search

@twitter environment

 

Google Web Search

The Raven mp3

Using OR in Google Searches

Implied AND

Implied AND

Important concept for internet search

The default Google search includes AND between terms.   This requires that all terms in the search are included

drug AND abuse

Google Web Search