Google Search Tips

Most of us don't,how the Goolge Search Engine takes-in when we search something... Here are a few samples...

Google Search Keyword Format ---> Google Search Engine takes it this way

1) intel release ----- The words "intel" and "release"
2) sailing OR boating ----- Either the word sailing or the word boating
3) "love me tender" ----- The exact phrase love me tender
4) printer -cartridge ----- The word printer but NOT the word cartridge
5) Toy Story +2 ----- Movie title including the number 2
6) ~auto looks up ----- The word auto and synonyms
7) define:serendipity ----- Definitions of the word serendipity
8) how now * cow ----- The words how now cow separated by one or more words
9) + addition; ----- 978+456
10) - subtraction; ----- 978-456
11) * multiplication; ----- 978*456
12) / division; ----- 978/456
13) % of percentage; ----- 50% of 100
14) ^ raise to a power; ----- 4^18 (4 to the eighteenth power)
15) old in new (conversion) ----- 45 celsius in Fahrenheit
16) site:(search only one website) ----- site:websearch.about.com “invisible web”
17) link:(find linked pages) ----- link:www.lifehacker.com
18) #...#(search within a number range) ----- nokia phone $200...$300
19) daterange:(search within specific date range) ----- bosnia daterange:200508-200510
20) safesearch: (exclude adult content) ----- safesearch:breast cancer
21) info: (find info about a page) ----- info:www.websearch.about.com
22) related: (related pages) ----- related:www.websearch.about.com
23) cache: (view cached page) ----- cache:google.com
24) filetype:(restrict search to specific filetype)----- zoology filetype:ppt
25) allintitle: (search for keywords in page title) ----- allintitle:"nike" running
26) inurl:(restrict search to page URLs) ----- inurl:chewbacca
27) site:.edu (specific domain search) ----- site:.edu, site:.gov, site:.org, etc.
28) site:country code (restrict search to country) ----- site:.br “rio de Janeiro”
29) intext:(search for keyword in body text) ----- intext:parlor
30) allintext: (return pages with all words specified in body text) ----- allintext:north pole
31) book(search book text) ----- book The Lord of the Rings
32) phonebook:(find a phone number) ----- phonebook:Google CA
33) bphonebook: (find business phone numbers) ----- bphonebook:Intel OR
34) rphonebook:(find residential phone numbers) ----- rphonebook:Joe Smith Seattle WA
35) movie:(search for showtimes) ----- movie:wallace and gromit 97110
36) stocks:(get a stock quote) ----- stocks:ncesa
37) weather:(get local weather) ----- weather:97132

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