New Google tricks

Google Searches
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Phrases can be grouped with quotations, like this:

"Bunker Hill Monument"

you can also use parenthesis
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Putting a + in front of the word means it will be added to the search results

"George Washington" +history +bio



Putting a - in front of the word means it will be removed to the search results

"George Washington" -carver

You would get no George Washington Carvers

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This symbol (|) means OR


so a search could be:

cars (Ford|Chevy)


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Google will take up to ten words so
you can really narrow in
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In google the wildcard is *
you can use this in a phrase
if there is a word you can not remember
Like:

"The * * of Christmas"
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Looking for sizes try this:

Nike Sneakers size 8..11

this will give sizes 8, 9, 10 11
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With dollars,

digital camera 3..5 megapixel $500..1000

this gives you cameras from 500 to 1000


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The Google synonym operator
the tilde (~)

try putting in

~ape

you get,

gorilla
monkey
chimp

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Other google syntax for narrowing searches



define w/ semi colon is Dictionary

define:

To find something related,...

related:


to find filetype,

filetype:

And Phonebook to look up numbers,

phonebook:
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if you know the domain
looking for computers,
search only the Dell site

site:Dell.com
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Next just what it says,
In the Web pages title

intitle:Dining
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Also there is,

intext:cheeseburger
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put them together, this is a real general search
but,......

intitle:dining intext:cheeseburger
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There is also

inurl:

inanchor:

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Here is a combination:

intitle:search intitle:records .gov

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