Googling is an Essential skill every web related person must have. In this guide i put together 15 ways to get better in Searching for content on the web
01. Google advanced search
Google advanced search is one of the best google feature, you can narrow your results down to region and when it was updated
Try out The:
- Google's advanced search for website and files
- Google's advanced search for images
- Google's advanced search for videos
- Google's advanced search for books
Google advanced search preview
02. Finding Quick Definations
Google does a great job in finding answers to your search word or phrases, like what is css , but you can find the meaning of any word in google by adding Define at the begining of the word
Define Css
03. Perform Calculations
You can also perform calculations in google as well by entering any maths equation like so
30*800
04. Unit conversion
Google also performs unit conversion just by entering any unit conversion in the search box
200m to mm
100 dollers to naira
05. Searching for an exact image size
Very useful when working with logos and when you need an image of specific file size, just add imagesize:500x400 at the begining of a word or phrase
imagesize:500x400 spongeBob
06. Search Social Media
It is very easy to narrow a search to only social media in google, you can search only social media for a particular user or word in google by just adding @ at the begining of the word like
@SpruceEmmanuel
07. Search For Hashtags
You can also search for your favourite hashtags by just adding # at the begining of the hashtag
#100daysOfCode
08. Search for Items with a specific prize
Finding items that falls withing your budget is one of the coolest thing i like in Google, this can be acheived by simply adding the $ to the begining of the price
Intro to python books $100
09. Exclude certain words from your search result
This is done by adding an - at the begining of the woed you want to exclude
Create a blog with only html -css
10. Searching for an exact match
You can search for an exact match of a word or phrase by puting the word or phrase in qoute
"What is Javascript"
11. Search within a range of numbers
This is extremely useful when you have a minimum and maximum budget, you can Search for items price that are sold for $40 t0 200$ by adding ... between two numbers
Javascript Cookbook $50...$100
12. Combining Search
Add OR between two search query to search for two items at at time. You can combine this with other search parameters to get more accurate search result, also notice that the "OR" is in uppercase
Javascript Cookbook $50...$100 OR Python offline guide $40
13. Search a particular site
You can search a specific site by adding site: at the begining of a site or domain
site:spruce.com.ng
site:.dev
14. Search for a related site
Check similar sites is possible in google by adding related: at the begining of a site
related:spruce.com.ng
15. Google cached version of a site
Can't find an article you once read on a site? you can always check the cache version of a site in google by adding cache at the begining of a site
cache:spruce.com.ng
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