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Mastering Google Search

1.Quotation Marks

Using quotation marks means search exactly for the words in the search terms.

Example: "Best ios apps 2022"

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2.Dashes

Using dashes will help you to exclude a term from your search, include a hyphen before that word.

Example: Best mobile apps -android.
It will ignore all the "-android" from the search results.

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3.Site:

Use this : operator to search within the specific website only.

Example: site:mkbhd.com

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4.Vertical bar

This query will search websites that have any one / two / all of the terms.

Example: Hello world | Java Program

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5.Imagesize

If you want to search images of a particular size, then use the tag imagesize: in your search query, along with the width and height in pixels.

Example candle imagesize: 500px*500px

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6.Filetype

If you want to get search results that contain a particular file type, such as PDF or PPT, then we can use filetype:

Example: filetype:pdf

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7.Two Periods

You can include two periods when you want to search within two number ranges.

Example movies 1950..1970

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8.Wildcard

The Asterik(*) works as a wild card within the searches.

It can be used in place of a missing word or part of a word, which is useful for completing phrases.

Example: *oriented programming

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9.Search

You can use the keyword search: to search within a website.

If you want to find something related to web development on a particular website, you can use the search.

Example: Web development search: freeCodeCamp.com
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10.OR

You can use the OR term, so that it can search for one or another term, not just all the terms.

It can be useful for finding things you're not sure which term will be used from a known list.

Example: environmentalist OR treehugger.

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