Google Tips & Tricks :Google Tips & Tricks Presented By: Muhammad Yasir Bhutta yasirbhutta@gmail.com


Query Refinement :Query Refinement


Synonyms :Synonyms If you want to search not only for your search term but also for its synonyms, place the tilde sign (~) Immediately in front of your search term. Example House have synonym Home Residence Query Refinement


Result from house decoration :Result from house decoration


Result from ~house decoration :Result from ~house decoration


Plus (+) Operator :Plus (+) Operator Google ignores common words and characters such as Where The How Digits letters that slow down your search without improving the results. To search common word is essential to getting the results you want, To pay attention to it by putting a "+" sign in front of it. Query Refinement


Plus (+) Operator :Plus (+) Operator Query Refinement peanut butter and jelly peanut butter +and jelly


Plus (+) Operator :Plus (+) Operator Query Refinement


Plus (+) Operator :Plus (+) Operator Without + operators With + Operator


Build Query :Build Query surround it by quotes, to obtain only results that contain that phrase use a star for each word of the expected answer Build Query "there's no smoke without fire" "there's no * without fire"


Build Query :Build Query "pakistani dress designs" "pakistani * designs"


Related Search :Related Search To search for web pages that have similar content to a given site, type "related:" followed by the website address into the Google search box. Query Refinement related:www.cnn.com


Related Search :Related Search Query Refinement


Slide 14:Query Refinement - Similar


Related Search :Related Search Query Refinement


“I’m feeling lucky” :“I’m feeling lucky” click on "I'm feeling lucky" if you're searching for the site of a company or the official site of a product. "I'm feeling lucky" sends you to the first search result. Query Refinement


“I’m feeling lucky” :“I’m feeling lucky” Query Refinement


“I’m feeling lucky” :“I’m feeling lucky” Query Refinement


Top Results from Wikipedia :Top Results from Wikipedia Wikipedia is free encyclopedia that have more than 2.9 millions articles Add "wiki" or "wikipedia" to your Google search query to find the top results from Wikipedia. Query Refinement


Wikipedia :Wikipedia Example of Wikipedia keyword


Wikipedia :Wikipedia Example of wiki keyword


Slide 22:Google's main search invisibly combines search terms with the Boolean construct "AND". When you enter smoke fire – it looks for smoke AND fire. 8. To make Google search for smoke or fire, just type smoke OR fire 9. Instead of OR you can type the | symbol, like this: smoke | fire


OR Operator :OR Operator smoke fire smoke OR fire


Slide 24:The order of your keywords is important, so you'll get different results for "search history" and "history search“. Type only the important keywords, in a logical order.


Reference Tools :Reference Tools


Calculator :Calculator To use Google's built-in calculator function, simply enter the calculation you'd like done into the search box.


Calculator :Calculator Reference Tools - Calculator


Unit Conversion :Unit Conversion You can use Google to convert between many different units of measurement of height, weight, and volume among many others. Just enter your desired conversion into the search box Reference Tools - Unit Conversion


To convert from meter to inches :To convert from meter to inches Reference Tools - Unit Conversion


To convert litre to ml :To convert litre to ml Reference Tools - Unit Conversion


To convert cm to inches :To convert cm to inches Reference Tools - Unit Conversion


To convert Fahrenheit to Centigrade :To convert Fahrenheit to Centigrade Reference Tools - Unit Conversion


To convert number in Roman :To convert number in Roman Reference Tools - Unit Conversion


Currency Converstion :Currency Converstion Reference Tools – Currency Conversion


Important Keywords :Important Keywords


filetype :filetype Google Search Keywords – filetype


filetype :filetype Google Search Keywords – filetype


site :site Google Search Keywords - site


site :site Google Search Keywords - site


time :time Google Search Keywords - time


time :time Google Search Keywords - time


time :time Google Search Keywords - time


weater :weater Google Search Keywords - weather


weater :weater Google Search Keywords


weather :weather Google Search Keywords - weather


population :population Google Search Keywords - population


population :population Google Search Keywords - population


population :population Google Search Keywords


unemployment rate :unemployment rate Google Search Keywords – unemployment rate


unemployment rate :unemployment rate Google Search Keywords


By Name :By Name Google Search Keywords – by Name


define :define Google Search Keywords - define


Slide 53:Search for a numerical range using the numrange operator. For example, search for Sony TV between £300 and £500 with the string Sony TV £300..£500 Google Search Keywords


intitle :intitle Google has some very powerful, hidden search parameters, too. For example "intitle" only searches page titles. Try intitle:herbs Google Search Keywords - intitle


inurl :inurl The modifier inurl only searches the web address of a page: give inurl:herbs a go Google Search Keywords - inurl


Slide 56:Find live webcams by searching for: inurl:view/view.shtml


link :link Want to know how many links there are to a site? Try link:sitename – for example link:www.mozilla.org Google Search Keywords - link


info :info The modifier info:site_name returns information about the specified page Google Search Keywords - info


movie :movie movie: to look for movie reviews. Google Search Keywords - movie


director :director Google really likes movies. Try typing director: The Dark Knight into the main search box Google Search Keywords - director


cast :cast For cast lists, try cast: name_of_film Google Search Keywords - cast


Slide 62:Click "Trends" to see the sites you visit most, the terms you enter most often and links you've clicked on!


map :map Looking for a map? Just add map to the end of your query, Google Search Keywords - map


faisalabad map :faisalabad map


image :image Google finds images just as easily and lists them at the top, when you add image to the end of your search. Google Search Keywords - image


Slide 66:You can invoke the spell checker directly by using spell: followed by your keyword.