Google Cheat Sheet-Refine Web Searches
Do you ever wonder how you can get better search results when using Google search?
Well, this information is straight from *Google.
You can use symbols or words in your search to make your search results more precise.
- Google Search usually ignores punctuation that isn’t part of a search operator.
- Don’t put spaces between the symbol or word and your search term. A search for
site:nytimes.com
will work, butsite: nytimes.com
won’t.
Common search techniques
Search social media
Put @
in front of a word to search social media. For example: @twitter
.
Search for a price
Put $
in front of a number. For example: camera $400
.
Search hashtags
Put #
in front of a word. For example: #throwbackthursday
Exclude words from your search
Put -
in front of a word you want to leave out. For example, jaguar speed -car
Search for an exact match
Put a word or phrase inside quotes. For example, "tallest building"
.
Search for wildcards or unknown words
Put a *
in your word or phrase where you want to leave a placeholder. For example, "largest * in the world"
.
Search within a range of numbers
Put ..
between two numbers. For example, camera $50..$100
.
Combine searches
Put “OR
” between each search query. For example, marathon OR race
.
Search for a specific site
Put “site:
” in front of a site or domain. For example, site:youtube.com
or site:.gov
.
Search for related sites
Put “related:
” in front of a web address you already know. For example, related:time.com
.
Get details about a site
Put “info:
” in front of the site address.
See Google’s cached version of a site
Put “cache:
” in front of the site address.
*This information comes directly from the following page on Google. This is not original copy written by ConnecTheDot. The sole purpose of this blog post is to inform Google users that may not be aware of this information.