10 Tricks for Google Search

1. Google Phrase Search

If you type in a phrase you will realize that google will locate these words as either separately or together. To return the search as a complete phrase in the exact order just surround it with quotes “like this”.

2. Google Negative Search

Use the “-“ symbol in front of search words that you don’t want to include in the results. For example, searching “apple –iphone” would return results for apple but exclude results that would come up for iphone.

3. Google Forced Search

Google naturally excludes common words such as “where, how, and” however if you need those words included in the search then add the “+” sign in front of the word.

4. Google Order of Search

The order in which you type your search query actually does have an effect on your search results. For example, if you are looking for a great waffle recipe, you’ll want to type in “waffle recipe” rather than “recipe waffle”. 

5. Google Site Search

Google allows you to search an individual site for results. By typing in “site: -----.com movies” Google will only search that site for content on “movies”.

6. Google Number Range Search

You can use google to search for a range of numbers by adding two numbers separated by two periods for example, “xbox $200..$300”. This will tell google to search for an xbox between the price ranges $200 and $300. Any unit of measure will work.

7. Google Define

Google has an inbuilt dictionary you can use to define words. By typing in “define word” google will return a list of definitions and even articles that explain the definition.

8. Google Calculator

Google also has an inbuilt calculator. It can perform simple math problems and most importantly, convert measurements for example, 1cm to inch will return how many inches to 1cm.

9. Google Spellchecker

Google also automatically utilizes a spellchecker for whatever you type in the search box. Simply type the word and google will come back with this phrase: “Did you mean…(correct spelling)?”

10. Google Translate

If you ever come across a website that is written in a language other than English, you can ask google to translate the webpage and it will return the page in English although not perfect.