#7 Daily dose of tech - find out how to become master of Google search (PART 2)

in #technology7 years ago

 In the second part we will look at the search operators for Google Search.

Excluding a word

Searches for first search term but excludes all results related to -term.

-<word>

Example = moneyball -movie

Searching for words in URL

Finds sites which include search words in URL

allinurl:<words>

Example = allinurl: steemit technology

Searching for words in title

Finds sites which include search words in title.

allintitle:<words>

Example = allintitle: steemit tutorial

Search for number range

Finds sites that contain numbers in given range.

..

Example = ford mustang $5000..$10000

Search with wildcard

Wildcard helps when searching for unknown phrase or word.

*

Example = good artists * great artists *

Search with OR

OR helps finding results that include only one of search terms. Without OR it would return results that include both.

OR

Example = steve jobs OR wozniak

Search for file type

Shows only results that end in search suffix.

filetype:<suffix>

Example = steem filetype:pdf

Search based on location

Shows only results that include search location or come from it.

location:<location name>

Example = steem location:australia

Search for words in text

Shows results that contain search words in their text.

allintext:<words>

Example = allintext: best cryptocurrency

Search within a site

Shows result that include search term and come from specific site only.

site:<site url>

Example = memechallenge site:steemit.com

Search exact phrase

Shows result that include search term and come from specific site only.

"phrase"

Example = "to be or not to be"


 Note that some features work only in certain countries. Follow for next parts and comment your thoughts about those features. You can also suggest a topic you want me to cover in the future :) 

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