TWENTY GREAT GOOGLE SECRETS EXPLOITS INCLUDE : Syntax Search Tricks, Swiss Army Google, Extended Googling, Google Alert...
ALSO INCLUDED : TWEAKING YOUR SEARCHES...
Google is clearly the best general-purpose search engine on the Web.
But most people don't use it to its best advantage. Do you just plug in a keyword or two and hope for the best? That may be the quickest way to search, but with more than 3 billion pages in Google's index, it's still a struggle to pare results to a manageable number.
But Google is an remarkably powerful tool that can ease and enhance your Internet exploration. Google's search options go beyond simple keywords, the Web, and even its own programmers. Let's look at some of Google's lesser-known options.
Using a special syntax is a way to tell Google that you want to restrict your searches to certain elements or characteristics of Web pages. Google has a fairly complete list of its syntax elements at : GO TO :
Here are some advanced operators that can help narrow down your search results :
Google has a number of services that can help you accomplish tasks you may never have thought to use Google for. For example, the new calculator featurelets you do both math and a variety of conversions from the search box. For extra fun, try the query "Answer to life the universe and everything."
Let Google help you figure out whether you've got the right spelling—and the right word—for your search. Enter a misspelled word or phrase into the query box (try "thre blund mise") and Google may suggest a proper spelling. This doesn't always succeed; it works best when the word you're searching for can be found in a dictionary. Once you search for a properly spelled word, look at the results page, which repeats your query. (If you're searching for "three blind mice," underneath the search window will appear a statement such as Searched the web for "three blind mice.") You'll discover that you can click on each word in your search phrase and get a definition from a dictionary.
Suppose you want to contact someone and don't have his phone number handy. Google can help you with that, too. Just enter a name, city, and state. (The city is optional, but you must enter a state.) If a phone number matches the listing, you'll see it at the top of the search results along with a map link to the address. If you'd rather restrict your results, use rphonebook: for residential listings or bphonebook: for business listings. If you'd rather use a search form for business phone listings, try Yellow Search :
Google offers several services that give you a head start in focusing your search.
But most people don't use it to its best advantage. Do you just plug in a keyword or two and hope for the best? That may be the quickest way to search, but with more than 3 billion pages in Google's index, it's still a struggle to pare results to a manageable number.
But Google is an remarkably powerful tool that can ease and enhance your Internet exploration. Google's search options go beyond simple keywords, the Web, and even its own programmers. Let's look at some of Google's lesser-known options.
Syntax Search Tricks :
Using a special syntax is a way to tell Google that you want to restrict your searches to certain elements or characteristics of Web pages. Google has a fairly complete list of its syntax elements at : GO TO :
Here are some advanced operators that can help narrow down your search results :
- INTITLE : At the beginning of a query word or phrase (intitle:"Three Blind Mice") restricts your search results to just the titles of Web pages.
- INTEXT : (opposite of intitle: ), searching only the body text, ignoring titles, links, and so forth. Intext: is perfect when what you're searching for might commonly appear in URLs. If you're looking for the term HTML, for example, and you don't want to get results such as "www.mysite.com/index.html", enter intext:html.
- LINK : lets you see which pages are linking to your Web page or to another page you're interested in.
Swiss Army Google :
Google has a number of services that can help you accomplish tasks you may never have thought to use Google for. For example, the new calculator featurelets you do both math and a variety of conversions from the search box. For extra fun, try the query "Answer to life the universe and everything."
Let Google help you figure out whether you've got the right spelling—and the right word—for your search. Enter a misspelled word or phrase into the query box (try "thre blund mise") and Google may suggest a proper spelling. This doesn't always succeed; it works best when the word you're searching for can be found in a dictionary. Once you search for a properly spelled word, look at the results page, which repeats your query. (If you're searching for "three blind mice," underneath the search window will appear a statement such as Searched the web for "three blind mice.") You'll discover that you can click on each word in your search phrase and get a definition from a dictionary.
Suppose you want to contact someone and don't have his phone number handy. Google can help you with that, too. Just enter a name, city, and state. (The city is optional, but you must enter a state.) If a phone number matches the listing, you'll see it at the top of the search results along with a map link to the address. If you'd rather restrict your results, use rphonebook: for residential listings or bphonebook: for business listings. If you'd rather use a search form for business phone listings, try Yellow Search :
Extended Googling :
Google offers several services that give you a head start in focusing your search.
- Google Groups :indexes literally millions of messages from decades of discussion on Usenet.
- Froogle :Indexes products from online stores.
- Google Catalogs :features products from more 6,000 paper catalogs in a searchable index.
- Google Alert :Monitors your search terms and e-mails you information about new additions to Google's Web index.
- Google News Alert :This service will monitor up to 50 news queries per e-mail address and send you information about news stories that match your query.
- Google Voice Search :Google on the telephone! This Feature Lets you to dial the Voice Search phone number, speak your keywords, and then click on the indicated link. Every time you say a new search term, the results page will refresh with your new query
- Google API (application programming interface) :This Feature is a way for programmers to access Google's search engine results without violating the Google Terms of Service. A lot of people have created useful (and occasionally not-so-useful but interesting) applications not available from Google itself, such as Google Alert. For many applications, you'll need an API key, which is available free from
TWEAKS FOR GOOGLE :
- Daterange : Helps to restrict your searches to pages that were indexed within a certain time period.This operator can help you ensure that results will have fresh content (by using recent dates), or you can use it to avoid a topic's current-news blizzard and concentrate only on older results.
- GAWSH : lists the Web hosts of the results for a given query.
- GARBO : Lets you click on a triangle next to each host, you get a list of results for that host.It is a Browsing Outliner Allowing you to choose whether you want pages that related to the URL or linked to the URL.
