Sunday, September 16, 2007

Google - Tricks, Tips, and Shortcuts

Here are some not so familiar google search tricks and tips that are very useful.

  • NOT MORE THAN 32 WORDS - Google will indicate in a message below the query box at the top of the page if your query exceeds the 32-word limit, so keep your search phrases as short as possible.

  • ORDER IS IMPORTANT - Google searches the words in the order they appear. So TRAVEL WORLD will get you results which are different from WORLD TRAVEL.

  • INTITLE - Search only the Webpage Titles. Example: intitle:funny pictures

  • SPECIFY FILETYPES - There are a number of file types searched by Google in addition to standard HTML-formatted pages. Example: Typing filetype:swf ninja games brings back only flash movies on the subject of ninja games. Check out more examples below.

    - Adobe Acrobat - pdf
    - Microsoft Excel - xls
    - Powerpoint - ppt
    - Rich Text Format - rtf
    - Text files - txt

  • INTEXT only, NO URL or link - Google searches only in the body text of Web pages-not in links, URLs, or titles. Example: intext:best game

  • SEARCH WITHIN A SPECIFIC SITE - Use this when you want Google's to search in particular site alone. Example: site:gamerevolution.com arcade games would return results about arcade games from gamerevolution site alone.

  • ASK GOOGLE TO DEFINE A WORD - Example define: secret

  • GOOGLE AS CALCULATOR or CURRENCY EXCHANGE CALCULATOR - its as simple as entering 4+4 or any other complex equation. In Currency conversion just put a '?' for the unknown term. Example - 34 INR = ? USD.
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