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> Basic Usage:
> Use quotation marks ” “ to locate an entire string.
> eg. “bill gates conference” will only return results with that exact string.
> Mark essential words with a +
> If a search term must contain certain words or phrases, mark it with a + symbol.
> eg: +”bill gates” conference will return all results containing “bill gates” but
> not necessarily those pertaining to a conference
> Negate unwanted words with a -
> You may wish to search for the term bass, pertaining to the fish and be returned
> a list of music links as well. To narrow down your search a bit more, try: bass
> -music. This will return all results with “bass” and NOT “music”.
> General Tips:
> site:www.cwire.org
> This will search only pages which reside on this domain.
> related:www.cwire.org
> This will display all pages which Google finds to be related to your URL
> link:www.cwire.org
> This will display a list of all pages which Google has found to be linking to
> your site. Useful to see how popular your site is
> spell:word
> Runs a spelling check on your word
> define:word
> Returns the definition of the word
> stocks: [symbol, symbol, etc]
> Returns stock information. eg. stock: msft
> maps:
> A shortcut to Google Maps
> phone: name_here
> Attempts to lookup the phone number for a given name
> cache:
> If you include other words in the query, Google will highlight those words
> within the cached document. For instance, cache:www.cwire.org web will show the
> cached content with the word “web” highlighted.
> info:
> The query [info:] will present some information that Google has about that web
> page. For instance, info:www.cwire.org will show information about the CyberWyre
> homepage. Note there can be no space between the “info:” and the web page url.
> weather:
> Used to find the weather in a particular city. eg. weather: new york
> Advanced Tips:
> filetype:
> Does a search for a specific file type, or, if you put a minus sign (-) in front
> of it, it won’t list any results with that filetype. Try it with .mp3, .mpg or
> .avi if you like.
> daterange:
> Is supported in Julian date format only. 2452384 is an example of a Julian date.
> allinurl:
> If you start a query with [allinurl:], Google will restrict the results to those
> with all of the query words in the url. For instance, [allinurl: google search]
> will return only documents that have both “google” and “search” in the url.
> inurl:
> If you include [inurl:] in your query, Google will restrict the results to
> documents containing that word in the url. For instance, [inurl:google search]
> will return documents that mention the word “google” in their url, and mention
> the word “search” anywhere in the document (url or no). Note there can be no
> space between the “inurl:” and the following word.
> allintitle:
> If you start a query with [allintitle:], Google will restrict the results to
> those with all of the query words in the title. For instance, [allintitle:
> google search] will return only documents that have both “google” and “search”
> in the title.
> intitle:
> If you include [intitle:] in your query, Google will restrict the results to
> documents containing that word in the title. For instance, [intitle:google
> search] will return documents that mention the word “google” in their title, and
> mention the word “search” anywhere in the document (title or no). Note there can
> be no space between the “intitle:” and the following word.
> allinlinks:
> Searches only within links, not text or title.
> allintext:
> Searches only within text of pages, but not in the links or page title.
> bphonebook:
> If you start your query with bphonebook:, Google shows U.S. business white page
> listings for the query terms you specify. For example, [ bphonebook: google
> mountain view ] will show the phonebook listing for Google in Mountain View.
> phonebook:
> If you start your query with phonebook:, Google shows all U.S. white page
> listings for the query terms you specify. For example, [ phonebook: Krispy Kreme
> Mountain View ] will show the phonebook listing of Krispy Kreme donut shops in
> Mountain View.
> rphonebook:
> If you start your query with rphonebook:, Google shows U.S. residential white
> page listings for the query terms you specify. For example, [ rphonebook: John
> Doe New York ] will show the phonebook listings for John Doe in New York (city
> or state). Abbreviations like [ rphonebook: John Doe NY ] generally also
> work.Putting it all Together:
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> Now it’s time to start to get creative with our search terms and really narrow
> down our results. Now that we have the basics, let’s start to combine them all
> into one search term.
>
> Example #1: Search for some MP3s
> Let’s say you’re a Beatles fan and want to see if you can find some of their
> songs on the Internet without using Kazaa, etc. Try this query:
>
> “index of” + “mp3″ + “beatles” -html -htm -php
>
> or you could try this query:
>
> “index of/mp3″ -playlist -html -lyrics beatles
>
> Right away on the first few results returned by Google you can download MP3s.
>
> Example #2: Mixing some techniques together
>
> Here’s a simple exercise. We’ll mix around a few terms to get more accurate
> results. Let’s say we want to research sleep recommendations. One assumption
> could be that research papers on this topic would most likely be on an
> educational website — perhaps with a .edu domain. We could try this query:
>
> sleep recommendations site:edu
>
> Maybe we’re in my situation, and am thinking of applying to grad school. Let’s
> see if we can find the Graduate Studies Admissions Requirements at the
> University of Toronto. We could try this query:
>
> grad school admission requirements site:utoronto.ca
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All work and no play makes me..., well, you know the rest.
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