Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Google tips and Tricks

From Google help:

  • Phrase search ("")

    By putting double quotes around a set of words, you are telling
    Google to consider the exact words in that exact order without any
    change. Google already uses the order and the fact that the words are
    together as a very strong signal and will stray from it only for a good
    reason, so quotes are usually unnecessary. By insisting on phrase search
    you might be missing good results accidentally. For example, a search
    for [ "Alexander Bell" ] (with quotes) will miss the pages that refer to Alexander G. Bell.
  • Search single word exactly as is ("")

    Google employs synonyms automatically, so that it finds pages that mention, for example, childcare for the query [ child care ] (with a space), or California history for the query [ ca history ].
    But sometimes Google helps out a little too much and gives you a
    synonym when you don't really want it. By putting double quotes around a
    single word, you are telling Google to match that word precisely as you typed it.
  • Search within a specific website (site:)

    Google allows you to specify that your search results must come from a given website. For example, the query [ iraq site:nytimes.com ] will return pages about Iraq but only from nytimes.com. The simpler queries [ iraq nytimes.com ] or [ iraq New York Times ]
    will usually be just as good, though they might return results from
    other sites that mention the New York Times. You can also specify a
    whole class of sites, for example [ iraq site:.gov ] will return results only from a .gov domain and [ iraq site:.iq ] will return results only from Iraqi sites.
  • Terms you want to exclude (-)

    Attaching a minus sign immediately before a word indicates that you do
    not want pages that contain this word to appear in your results. The
    minus sign should appear immediately before the word and should be
    preceded with a space. For example, in the query [ anti-virus software ], the minus sign is used as a hyphen and will not be interpreted as an exclusion symbol; whereas the query [ anti-virus -software ]
    will search for the words 'anti-virus' but exclude references to
    software. You can exclude as many words as you want by using the - sign in front of all of them, for example [ jaguar -cars -football -os ]. The -
    sign can be used to exclude more than just words. For example, place a
    hyphen before the 'site:' operator (without a space) to exclude a
    specific site from your search results.
  • Fill in the blanks (*)

    The *, or wildcard, is a little-known feature that can be very powerful. If you include *
    within a query, it tells Google to try to treat the star as a
    placeholder for any unknown term(s) and then find the best matches. For
    example, the search [ Google * ] will give you results about many of Google's products (go to next page and next page -- we have many products). The query [ Obama voted * on the * bill ]
    will give you stories about different votes on different bills. Note
    that the * operator works only on whole words, not parts of words.
  • The OR operator

    Google's default behavior is to consider all the words in a search. If you want to specifically allow either one of several words, you can use the OR operator (note that you have to type 'OR' in ALL CAPS). For example, [ San Francisco Giants 2004 OR 2005 ] will give you results about either one of these years, whereas [ San Francisco Giants 2004 2005 ] (without the OR) will show pages that include both years on the same page. The symbol | can be substituted for OR. (The AND operator, by the way, is the default, so it is not needed.)



1)Google Layout Changed

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Type anyone of the following code and click on I'M FEELING LUCKY
Google 133t
google loco
google gothic
ewmew fudd

xx-clingon
xx-piglatin
google bsd
google linux
google easter egg
google cheese
blackle
backwards google
google ninja

2) Download Files From Google Quickly

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a)suppose u want to download mp3 songs of ur choice very quickly through search
type this code in google:
intitle:"index.of" himesh reshammiya mp3
and click on search, this will give u a downloadable list of mp3 songs of himesh reshammiya (indian Singer)
so u type this command in google and replace the himesh reshammiya word with ur desire word and search mp3 songs
and download them!
* u can also search other files like Avi mpeg wav exe zip rar etc by replacing these words on mp3 word.
b) suppose u want to download a song named KAJRAARE, type the following code and search:
intitle:"Index of" "kajraare"
u can replace kajraare word with ur desired mp3 song name and search

3) Download E-Books

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download ebooks in pdf format (run with adobe acrobat reader) on different topics like science engineering etc... put this code in google search and click on search
intitle:"index.of" master.key.system pdf -htm -html -php -asp

4) Get Anythings Definition

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type
Define: Mouse
and click on search, it will give u a suitable definition of Mouse
u can also search ur required through this code,

5) Google Calculator

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type any difficult calculations and click on search e.g 2*3+5*6^4/3
now see the result!

6)Convert Curreny Values

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Type 1st curreny name in 2nd curreny name like this:
pkr in usd
click on search, now see the result.u can search euro pounds yen etc.

7)Time Tricks

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Type the following codes and click on search:
Seconds in a week
seconds in a year
minutes in a year
hours in a year
etc....
Find any location's time, let i find islamabad's time
type and search like this:

time: islamabad

8) Search any flight through google

suppose i want to get details of Flight 786 of PIA (Pakistan International Airlines)
type code like this:

PIA flight 786

9) Search Sites by its type

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define: - This google operator will find definitions for a certain term or word over the Internet. Very useful when you come across a strange word when writing a post. I use this as a google dictionary.

example :(define: computer)

info: - The google info operator will list the sets of information that Google has from a specific website (i.e. info: http://facebook.com)

allinurl: - Using this Google operator will limit the search to results that contain the desired keywords on the URL structure. (i.e. allinurl:radioreloaded)

fileformat: - Useful Google operator for finding specific file formats. Sometimes you know that the information you are looking for is likely to be contained in a PDF document or on a PowerPoint presentation, for instance. (i.e. “fileformat:.pdf market research” will search for PDF documents that contain the terms “market” and “research”)

10) Google Holiday Logos

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type:
google holiday
and click on I'M FEELING LUCKY

11) Google-Yahoo Search Comparison

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type:
google yahoo
and click on I'M FEELING LUCKY
now new page comes,type anything u want to search.and see the comparison

12) Replace Google Logo Spellings with your name's Spellings

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go to goglogo.com and type your name and click on CREATE MY SEARCH PAGE !!!


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