Google search tips

Google Search Basics<br />And is AssumedJack and Jill =Jack JillFor compound words, phrases and names, us a string“United States of America”Use the Not command to eliminate a wordTurkey –bird to search for the countryCapitals & articles of speech are ignored unless they are in quotesUnited States of America = united states America“United States of America” = United States of AmericaRoot form looks for all forms of a wordwalk = walking, walker, walks, walking, walked+ to keep the search exact+walk = walk~ Looks for synonyms~large big, vast, giant enormous Use the * Wildcard to allow for missing words“Diary of *”Diary of Anne FrankDiary of a Wimply KidCommand lines have searching powerType in the command and your search term with no spacesIntitle: Find results that have the keyword in the titleIntext:Works like intitle, but narrows the search to only keywords found in the text Intext:ipadfiletype:search results will be a specific type of file.Filetype:ppt Africa = PowerPoint files about AfricaInfo:A great tool for evaluating a website…gives you links to the site, links from the site, similar pagesDefine:Provides a definition of the keywordOther Great Tools - Time: (works for sunrise and sunset too):Find out the current time of many cities around the worldTime londonSpell Check:Google has an automatic spell check and will recommend the correct spelling.Calculate: Simply type in your equation and Google will return the answerConversions:Put in the measurement you want to convert followed by the word to and the desired end unit<br />

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Google search tips

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