13 Quick Tips To Search Google Like An Expert And the use of Firefox can be better to Google

[fermin25 3]

13 Quick Tips To Search Google Like An Expert

Note: many of these tips work on all search engines, but if they don't you'll have to go back to Google.

 

1. Explicit Phrase: Let's say you are looking for content about internet marketing. Instead of just typing internet marketing into the Google search box, you will likely be better off searching explicitly for the phrase. To do this, simply enclose the search phrase within double quotes. Example: "internet marketing"

 

2. Exclude Words: Let's say you want to search for content about internet marketing, but you want to exclude any results that contain the term advertising. To do this, simply use the "-" sign in front of the word you want to exclude.

Example Search: internet marketing -advertising

 

3. Site Specific Search: Often, you want to search a specific website for content that matches a certain phrase. Even if the site doesn't support a built-in search feature, you can use Google to search the site for your term. Simply use the "site:somesite.com" modifier. Example: "internet marketing" site:https://www.hubspot.com/

 

4. Similar Words and Synonyms: Let's say you are want to include a word in your search, but want to include results that contain similar words or synonyms. To do this, use the "~" in front of the word. Example: "internet marketing" ~professional

 

5. Specific Document Types: If you're looking to find results that are of a specific type, you can use the modifier "filetype:". For example, you might want to find only PowerPoint presentations related to internet marketing. Example: "internet marketing" filetype:ppt

 

6. This OR That: By default, when you do a search, Google will include all the terms specified in the search. If you are looking for any one of one or more terms to match, then you can use the OR operator. (Note: The OR has to be capitalized). Example: internet marketing OR advertising

 

7. Phone Listing: Let's say someone calls you on your mobile number and you don't know how it is. If all you have is a phone number, you can look it up on Google using the phonebook feature. Example: phonebook:617-555-1212

 

8. Area Code Lookup: If all you need to do is to look-up the area code for a phone number, just enter the 3-digit area code and Google will tell you where it's from.

Example: 617

 

9. Addresses. Type in any address into Google, including the city and state and Google will provide a map of the area, as well as the ability to get directions to the location. Example: 880 Hermann Rd, North Brunswick, NJ

 

10. Numeric Ranges: This is a rarely used, but highly useful tip. Let's say you want to find results that contain any of a range of numbers. You can do this by using the X..Y modifier (in case this is hard to read, what's between the X and Y are two periods. This type of search is useful for years (as shown below), prices or anywhere where you want to provide a series of numbers.

Example: president 1940..1950

 

11. Stock (Ticker Symbol): Just enter a valid ticker symbol as your search term and Google will give you the current financials and a quick thumb-nail chart for the stock. Example: GOOG

 

12. Calculator: The next time you need to do a quick calculation, instead of bringing up the Calculator applet, you can just type your expression in to Google.

Example: 48512 * 1.02

 

13. Word Definitions: If you need to quickly look up the definition of a word or phrase, simply use the "define:" command. Example: define:plethora

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some benefits to Firefox

Security: Hackers are more likely to attack IE than Firefox, which appears to have a tighter security protocol built in.

Built in SpellChecker: If you type words into a field, you can simply right click on the Word and it will offer you suggestions for alternatives.

Built in search: if you type in any search term into the address bar, Firfox will take you to the first result on a Google search. (the same as click ing the I'm Feeling Lucky button).

Shortcut Search: You can search for information directly on a web page shortcut.

Go to any webpage that has a search box (like the NEw York Times (nytimes.com)) Right click on the search box and click add a keyword for this search. A new window will open. Type the name of the site you are at (New York Times) and add the shortcut you'd like to use (nyt). Then the next time you want to find something on that website, you can just type into the address bar: nyt search term and it will go right to the results page of a search on that website.

Addons: a slew of things to help you customize your browser.

 

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

Pop Up Prevention: Firefox automatically blocks pop ups unless you allow them to come (some sites require them for new windows) To allow them: When a pop up is blocked, a window shows you that along the top of you window. Click preferences and you can choose from a menu of options like, allow pop ups from this site.

Blocking Ads: This is one of the addons meantioned above. It is installed on all of the machines. If you compare a site with ads from IE to Firefox you will see that the ads are not displayed. If you wish to download this yourself, Search online for Firefox Adblock Plus and download it. Then subscribe (when the new window pops up) to EasyList (USA).

[yordan 10]

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[nimd4 0]

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Gosh darn it, that's pretty lame 2 not quote the actual source.. Anyway, here's the Google query & you can view it as HTML directly online (without Office ):

 

https://www.google.com/search?as_q=http://www.northbrunswicklibrary.org/ADVANCED Internet.doc

[zenia 0]

Those are very helpfull tips to improve the search results and to decrease the search time.It would have been so conveniant when those tips would have been known earlier.Especially the feature to exclude search terms seems to be very helpfull.And the feature to search in a specific website seems handy too.