Friday, 9 November 2012
Google Search Secrets
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Search for nearby Stuff: use maps.google.com to search for schools, colleges, theaters, ATM, gas station around you. Use “schools near kormanagala, Bangalore, Karnataka”
Flight Information: Just type a flight number without “-“ in google search query and get the scheduled time and even airport terminal details. It also works for Fedex & DHL packets and other courier related information. Just type dispatch details and google will provide you with necessary info.
Cache: See the google cached page of any url, use “cache: saurabhsays.com” to check last captured version the URL.
inurl, intitle, inanchor and intext: use search keywords like inurl, intitle, inanchor and intext to get filtered results in google, for example
inurl: it will search for keyword in url string like “inurl: seo optimization” and will come up with results which has mentioned search string in URL.
Intitle: search for keyword in title of webpage
Intext: will search for keyword in the result page
Math Calculations: Don’t use calculators for math calculations, use google. Google math engine is powerful to come up with results of your complex equations in minutes.
You can mix and match above provided secrets to come up with desired results. For example if you are searching for a pdf document with a document title “Introduction to Java” in all “.edu” sites, you can use a following query string to get desired results
GOOGLE SEARCH: site:edu intitle:”Introduction to Java” filetype:pdf
Searching on Google is not about typing some keywords and getting results. Google search is a powerful tool which can be used to do much more than just search the web. You can use it to retrieve desired information, translate text, do math calculations or retrieve flight details. Read on for further details
Define: use the keyword define to get information about a site, product or brand. For example searching define:pepsi will come up with following result.
Similarly you can use define to search for other query terms you want information about.
Info: Use info keyword to get information about a website. For example quering info:timesoindia.com will come up with following results
Exact Phrase: use double quotes to search for an exact keyword. Wrap the keywords in double quotes to get the search results with all the keywords in the same pattern. For example
“Cloud Computing” will result in google results which have “Cloud Computing” together in same way
Cloud Computing will result in google results which have Cloud/Computing/cloud computing/computing cloud in all possible ways.
OR Keyword: use or keyword if you want to search for multiple keywords at the same time. For example olympics location 2014 OR 2018 will results in location of Olympic in 2014 and 2018.
Define: use the keyword define to get information about a site, product or brand. For example searching define:pepsi will come up with following result.
Similarly you can use define to search for other query terms you want information about.
Info: Use info keyword to get information about a website. For example quering info:timesoindia.com will come up with following results
Exact Phrase: use double quotes to search for an exact keyword. Wrap the keywords in double quotes to get the search results with all the keywords in the same pattern. For example
“Cloud Computing” will result in google results which have “Cloud Computing” together in same way
Cloud Computing will result in google results which have Cloud/Computing/cloud computing/computing cloud in all possible ways.
OR Keyword: use or keyword if you want to search for multiple keywords at the same time. For example olympics location 2014 OR 2018 will results in location of Olympic in 2014 and 2018.
Search for Number range: use .. operator to search for number range. For example “laptop 30000..50000” will get results for laptop priced between 30000 to 50000. If you specify a number after two periods, it will mean the upper limit. For example “laptop..40000” will give you results of laptop which have price of 40,000/- in their limits.
Asterisk: Use an asterisk within a query for any unknown term. Use * to find variations of any exact phrase. For example “olympic *” query will result in following output
Weather: use google to retrieve weather related information of a city. For example typing “weather in Bangalore” results in following output
Filetype: you can use google to search for a specific filetype. For example you want to search for presentation on Cloud Computing, you can query “filetype:ppt Cloud Computing”. It will come up with only results containing power point files with “Clound Computing” as keyword.
Site Search: Searching on google can be quite painful and time consuming. Results come from all the sites. Now imagine you are looking for “Windows 7” on Microsoft, searching whole google can be really disgusting. You can query site:microsoft.com “windows 7”, you will now get results from Microsoft site only. Similarly you can use any other site to search for specific terms.
Ignoring certain search results: If you search google with search term as “saurabh”, you will get lot of results from “saurabh shukla” as he is a known actor in bollywood. Now assume you want to ignore all results which are for “saurabh shukla”, you can simply query for “saurabh –shukla” in google. It will ignore all results for “saurabh shukla” and show you other results.
Related keywords: searching for related keywords and synonym was never so easy. Google provides you with an option to search for all synonym and keywords. For example “~beverage” will give you following results:
Add “~” to any keyword to get related keywords in your search.
Asterisk: Use an asterisk within a query for any unknown term. Use * to find variations of any exact phrase. For example “olympic *” query will result in following output
Weather: use google to retrieve weather related information of a city. For example typing “weather in Bangalore” results in following output
Filetype: you can use google to search for a specific filetype. For example you want to search for presentation on Cloud Computing, you can query “filetype:ppt Cloud Computing”. It will come up with only results containing power point files with “Clound Computing” as keyword.
Site Search: Searching on google can be quite painful and time consuming. Results come from all the sites. Now imagine you are looking for “Windows 7” on Microsoft, searching whole google can be really disgusting. You can query site:microsoft.com “windows 7”, you will now get results from Microsoft site only. Similarly you can use any other site to search for specific terms.
Ignoring certain search results: If you search google with search term as “saurabh”, you will get lot of results from “saurabh shukla” as he is a known actor in bollywood. Now assume you want to ignore all results which are for “saurabh shukla”, you can simply query for “saurabh –shukla” in google. It will ignore all results for “saurabh shukla” and show you other results.
Related keywords: searching for related keywords and synonym was never so easy. Google provides you with an option to search for all synonym and keywords. For example “~beverage” will give you following results:
Add “~” to any keyword to get related keywords in your search.
Translate: Use google to translate love letters . For example “translate:English to hindi I love you” results in following results
Link: As part of SEO it is critical to check the backlinks you have from search engines like Google. Google allows you to check the link it has indexed by keyword “link”, to use it query “link:saurabhsays.com”, it will results in following output
Time: Google can provide you with local time, for example just query “time delhi”
Conversion: You can use Google to convert one unit to another, it can be length/weight/time/temperature etc, google will come up with correct results. Use following syntax:
Link: As part of SEO it is critical to check the backlinks you have from search engines like Google. Google allows you to check the link it has indexed by keyword “link”, to use it query “link:saurabhsays.com”, it will results in following output
Time: Google can provide you with local time, for example just query “time delhi”
Conversion: You can use Google to convert one unit to another, it can be length/weight/time/temperature etc, google will come up with correct results. Use following syntax:
Search for nearby Stuff: use maps.google.com to search for schools, colleges, theaters, ATM, gas station around you. Use “schools near kormanagala, Bangalore, Karnataka”
Flight Information: Just type a flight number without “-“ in google search query and get the scheduled time and even airport terminal details. It also works for Fedex & DHL packets and other courier related information. Just type dispatch details and google will provide you with necessary info.
Cache: See the google cached page of any url, use “cache: saurabhsays.com” to check last captured version the URL.
inurl, intitle, inanchor and intext: use search keywords like inurl, intitle, inanchor and intext to get filtered results in google, for example
inurl: it will search for keyword in url string like “inurl: seo optimization” and will come up with results which has mentioned search string in URL.
Intitle: search for keyword in title of webpage
Intext: will search for keyword in the result page
Math Calculations: Don’t use calculators for math calculations, use google. Google math engine is powerful to come up with results of your complex equations in minutes.
You can mix and match above provided secrets to come up with desired results. For example if you are searching for a pdf document with a document title “Introduction to Java” in all “.edu” sites, you can use a following query string to get desired results
GOOGLE SEARCH: site:edu intitle:”Introduction to Java” filetype:pdf
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