Effective google search

In today’s world, Google is the widely used search engine. Any information needed, just type in to Google search and you will be rewarded with the material you are looking for. But sometimes looking for that information consumes a lot of time from the millions of results showed. Having some knowledge of some Google search tips may help here. 

This post contains some useful tips that really helps a lot while searching about something on Google. So, next time to type in Google search, you would have some tips in your pocket to get the best from Google for you in least time.

·         Always use specific terms

It’s always helpful to use specific terms related to the topic of search. I just searched “javaterritory” and my posted blogs and videos are the top links that appear. ;)

Always try to choose the search words carefully that are likely to appear easily. For example, instead of saying “my head hurts”, say “headache”.

·         Avoid using grammatical words, common words and punctuation

Grammatical words, common terms like a and the and punctuation are typically ignored. But there are exceptions. Common words and punctuation marks should be used when searching for a specific phrase inside quotes. There are cases when common words like the are significant. For instance, “apple” and “The Apple” return entirely different results.

·         Capitalization

There is no distinction between uppercase and lowercase, even within quotation marks. The following are all equivalent:

• java
• Java
• JAVA
• “java”
• “JAVA”

 The table below contains some symbols that ease and customize your search results:

SYMBOLS	EXAMPLES
+	The plus operator tells the search engine to all the words in the result set. Example: sony + LED + 40inch Search for Google+ pages or blood types. Example: +Chrome and AB+
@	Find social tags Example: @googlemail
$	Find prices Example:  camera $400
#	Find popular hashtags for trending topics. Example: #javaterritory.blog
-	Remove words: When you use a dash before a word or site, it excludes results that include that word or site. This is useful for words with multiple meanings, like Jaguar the car brand and jaguar the animal. Examples: jaguar speed –car and pandas –site:ikipedia.org   Connect words: When the dash is in between multiple words, Google will know the words are strongly connected. Example: twelve-year-old boy
_	Connect two words like quick_sort. Your search results will find this pair of words either linked together (quicksort) or connected by an underscore (quick_sort).
“	When you put a word or phrase in quotes, the results will only include pages with the same words in the same order as what’s inside the quotes. Note: Only use this if you’re looking for an exact word or phrase, otherwise you’ll exclude many helpful results by mistake. Example: “ javaterritory”
*	Add an asterisk within a search as a placeholder for any unknown or wildcard terms. Use with quotation marks to find variations of that exact phrase or to remember words in the middle of a phrase. Example: “a * saved is a * earned”
..	Separate numbers by two periods without spaces (..) to see results that contain numbers in a given range of things like dates, prices, and measurements. Example: camera $50..$100
~	Include a tilde in front of a word to return results that include synonyms. Example: ~HTML to get results for HTML with synonyms
site:	Whenever you need to search a site. Example: site: youtube
blog:	Whenever you need to search a blog. Example: blog: javaterritory
define:	Whenever you want to search definition of something. Example: define: java
ppt:	Whenever you want to search powerpoint presentation. Example: ppt: css
pdf:	Whenever you want to search powerpoint presentation. Example: pdf: css
related:	Used to find similar sites. Example: related: www.youtube.com
OR	You can define keywords or phrases with quotation marks rather than have the search engine search for all the words you typed in. Example: “social media” OR “business”

Hope this will save some time of you, next time you are looking for something over web.

Anything else you have, you can share in the comments sections.

See you in the next post. Till then, keep Google!! J