Art of the Google search. There’s more to it than meets the eye.
Google is a fascinating search engine with so many tricks and shortcuts. It has become such a large part of life that schools are now teaching students how to better utilize the technology at the grade school level, to check it out visit http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searcheducation/
The following are some interesting search functions:
1. How would you search for an exact word or phrase?
Solution: Quotation marks are used to conduct this search.
Example: [“the grass is always greener on the other side”]
2. How would you search for something on a specific site?
Solution: To search for an item on a specific site, the notation “site:________” must be used.
Example: [convocation site:ryerson.ca]
3. How would you correctly search for a definition?
Solution: Definitions can be searched for by using the “define:__________” notation.
Example: [define:studious]
4. How would you search for a specific product available within a specific price range?
Solution: To search for a product within a specific price range the product name and two price values (upper and lower) must be used.
Example: [Casio EX-22 calculator $15..$30]
5. How would you search for a specific filetype?
Solution: To only have specific filetype’s return from a Google search, use the “filetype:_____” notation.
Example: [GPA calculator filetype:xlsx]
6. How would you include or ignore words in your search?
Solution: To include words (common words especially put quotation marks around them in the search. To ignore specific words in a search use the “-“ sign to designate that the word be omitted.
Example – include: [“The” New Yorker]
Example – exclude: [CN –tower]
7. How would you find related pages?
Solution: To find related pages in a search use the notation “related:” and then a URL.
Example: [related:bloomberg.com]
8. How would you find a topic, searching all available synonyms of a word?
Solution: To search all available synonyms of a word use the “~” symbol before the word.
Example: [Art Nouveau ~movies]
9. How would you find the time in another country?
Solution: To get the time in another country use the notation “time” and then the name of the country.
10. How would you find out how many Egyptian pounds you get for $20 Canadian dollars?
Solution: To convert currencies you type the name of the first currency then the word “in” and then the name of the second currency.
Example: [20 CAD in Egyptian pounds]
I hope you are able to use some of this information in your future searches!
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