Most useful Tricks, Tips & Techniques to Google-search:-
- If you feel a word is important in your search, prefix the word with + symbol. For example, you want to search for travel to Delhi by bus. Type out as 'delhi travel+bus'
- You might want to get results of either one or another word. You can add OR between the two words. For example, you want to go for education either to USA or to London. You can type out as 'usa or london education'.
- Most important. If you want to the get the exact results of a word or phrase, prefix & sufix your word / words with quotation marks. For example, "echrway". You will get the results of echrway's site, links & other services.
- If you want to search for a specific word / phrase within a website, you can mention the words/phrases followed by website name. For example, "students" site: www.echrway.in. You will get the list of tips related to students contained in echrway website.
- If you want to search within a specific domain extention like .in (India) or .edu (related to Education), you can mention the word phrase followed by the domain extension. For example, just type 'Sambar Powder tips site:.in'. You will get the results related to Sambar Powder Receipe including echrway's tips on the first page of google results.
- Not sure about the ending word or word in between two words / phrases? Use asterisk (*). For example,' engineering colleges* (or) you can type out as, engineering * colleges'.
- You want to search for specific numbers (which can be of height, weight or anything) or price ranges of any products / services. Simple. You have to use two dots (..). For example, just type out Competitive Exams Books Rs.50..Rs.100. You will get the results of where you can get the competitive books within this price range.
- You want to get the results a particular phrase or word in a particular website? Simple. Just type out the name of the website follwed by colon and words/phrases. For example, type out 'echrway: job tips'. You will get the results of echrway's tips website related to jobs like Job Fair Tips, Job Offer Frauds etc.
- Instead of going to any website, you want to search for a particular word / phrase from Google Serch Bar? For example, you want to know about home loan of ICICI & its related sites of India, just type out 'icici bank:home loan site:.in'.
- You want to get any tips or topics in file formats like PDF, Word Document or PPT? For example, you want to get make-up tips in PDF format. Type out "make up tips" filetype:pdf in Google Search Bar. You will get good results of Tips in PDF Formats.
- Want to know the meaning & explanation of any word or phrase? Just type out 'define:cricket' in google search bar. You will get the answers.
- Want translation of any word? Go to : http://translate.google.com/.