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1. HOW TO USE GOOGLE SEARCH LIKE
A PRO
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2. Google Search Engine
• The Google Search Engine is no doubt the #1
resource for anyone who is looking for
information. Whether you’re a high school
student looking for presentation sample or a
housewife looking to find information on the
latest kitchenware accessories.
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3. • Literally everyone and anyone can make use of
the Google Search Engine, because of its
simplicity and ease of use.
• All you need is to type in a few words describing
what you’re searching for and let the search
engine take care of the rest.
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4. USING GOOGLE TO SEARCH FOR A
SPECIFIC SITE
• The site search operator will tell Google Search
Engine to conduct a search only within a
certain website. You need to type in the name
of the site as well as the keyword that you want
to search for.
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5. USE GOOGLE TO SEARCH FOR A FILE
TYPE
• With a File Type operator, you can make the
Google Search Engine to search for certain file
types. For example, you would want to search
for all .jpg files (Jpeg compressed pictures).
• Here’s how.
 filetype:jpg mashable
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6. SEARCH FOR AN EXACT MATCH
• The ‘*’ (asterisk) operator will help you find
exact match for the keyword you are searching
for.
• For example you want to search for the
following exact price for a certain product
 G27 Logitech Steering Wheel for *240*
Dollars
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7. SEARCH FOR ‘ONE TERM OR
ANOTHER’
• With the use of the ‘OR’ operator, you can
make the Google Search Engine display results
which contain either one word or another.
• For examples, visit the following link.
http://www.writeawriting.com/seo/use-google-
search-like-pro/
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8. SEARCH FOR WORD DEFINITIONS
• No need wasting your time searching for your
dictionary, you can easily type in any word you
want to find a definition for starting with a
‘Define’ operator.
• For Example
 Define: megalomaniac
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9. HOW NOT TO SHOW A CERTAIN WORD
• You can easily have a certain word excluded
from your search results by using the ‘-‘
(minus) operator.
• Let’s say you’re interested in searching for
websites (or articles) that contain the word
Advertising but you don’t want any mention of
“Year 2012” in them. Simply type in the
following:
 Advertising -Year2012
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10. USE A CALCULATOR
• Google Search Engine has a built-
in calculator! Simple arithmetic symbols can
be used to carry out mathematical functions
within the Google search bar.
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11. Conclusion
• The Google Search Engine operators can be
used to simplify as well as filter your search
engine results. They can easily be used in
combination with each other to filter out
your results like never before.
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Academic Research
• Post Penguin Blogging Scenario: Search Just
Became Deeper
• Google, Bing, Yahoo Launch Schema.Org For
Better Content Markup And User Search
Experience
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13. • Slides by Writeawriting
 An Ultimate survival guide for Writers, Bloggers,
Social Media Mavens, Business Experts and
Marketing Guys
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