Google search secrets

Google Search Secrets
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Why view this Presentation?
• Searching on Google is not about typing some
keywords and getting results. Google search is a
powerful which can be used to much more than
just search the web. You can use it to retrieve
desired information, translate text, do math
calculation or retrieve flight details. Read on for
further details


Define
use the keyword define to get information about a
site, product or brand. For example searching
define:pepsi will come up with following result.

Similarly you can use define to search for other
query terms you want information about.

Info

Use info keyword to get information about a website. For example
quering info:timesoindia.com will come up with following results


Exact Phrase
use double quotes to search for an exact keyword. Wrap the keywords in double quotes to get the
search results with all the keywords in the same pattern. For example
“Cloud Computing” will result in google results which have “Cloud Computing” together in same way
Cloud Computing will result in google results which have Cloud/Computing/cloud
computing/computing cloud in all possible ways.
OR Keyword: use or keyword if you want to search for multiple keywords at the same time. For
example olympics location 2014 OR 2018 will results in location of Olympic in 2014 and 2018.


Search for Number range
use .. operator to search for number range. For example “laptop
30000..50000” will get results for laptop priced between 30000 to
50000. If you specify a number after two periods, it will mean the
upper limit. For example “laptop..40000” will give you results of
laptop which have price of 40,000/- in their limits.


Asterisk
Use an asterisk within a query for any unknown term. Use * to find
variations of any exact phrase. For example "olympic *" query will
result in following output


Weather
use google to retrieve weather related information of a city. For
example typing “weather in Bangalore” results in following
output


File Type
you can use google to search for a specific filetype. For example you want to
search for presentation on Cloud Computing, you can query “filetype:ppt Cloud
Computing”. It will come up with only results containing power point files with
“Clound Computing” as keyword.


Site Search
Searching on google can be quite painful and time consuming. Results come
from all the sites. Now imagine you are looking for “Windows 7” on Microsoft,
searching whole google can be really disgusting. You can query
site:microsoft.com “windows 7”, you will now get results from Microsoft site
only. Similarly you can use any other site to search for specific terms.


Ignoring Search Results
If you search google with search term as “saurabh”, you will get lot of results
from “saurabh shukla” as he is a known actor in bollywood. Now assume you
want to ignore all results which are for “saurabh shukla”, you can simply query
for “saurabh –shukla” in google. It will ignore all results for “saurabh shukla”
and show you other results.


Related Keywords
searching for related keywords and synonym was
never so easy. Google provides you with an
option to search for all synonym and keywords.
For example “~beverage” will give you following
results:

Add “~” to any keyword to get related keywords in
your search.


Translate
Use google to translate love letters . For example
“translate:English to hindi I love you” results in following results


Link
As part of SEO it is critical to check the backlinks you have from search
engines like Google. Google allows you to check the link it has indexed by
keyword “link”, to use it query “link:saurabhsays.com”, it will results in following
output


Time
Google can provide you with local time, for example just query
“time delhi”


Conversion
You can use Google to convert one unit to another, it can be
length/weight/time/temperature etc, google will come up with correct results.
Use following syntax:


Search Nearby Stuff
use maps.google.com to search for schools, colleges, theaters,
ATM, gas station around you. Use “schools near kormanagala,
Bangalore, Karnataka”


Flight Information
Just type a flight number without “-“ in google search query and get the
scheduled time and even airport terminal details. It also works for Fedex & DHL
packets and other courier related information. Just type dispatch details and
google will provide you with necessary info.


Cache
See the google cached page of any url, use “cache: saurabhsays.com” to
check last captured version the URL.

inurl, intitle, inanchor and intext: use search keywords like inurl, intitle,
inanchor and intext to get filtered results in google, for example
inurl: it will search for keyword in url string like “inurl: seo optimization” and will
come up with results which has mentioned search string in URL.
Intitle: search for keyword in title of webpage
Intext: will search for keyword in the result page


Math Calculations
Don’t use calculators for math calculations, use google. Google math engine is
powerful to come up with results of your complex equations in minutes.

You can mix and match above provided secrets to come up with desired results. For
example if you are searching for a pdf document with a document title “Introduction
to Java” in all “.edu” sites, you can use a following query string to get desired results


Google search secrets

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