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    This document is an IT newsletter summarizing Google search tips and tricks. It provides 12 tips for using keywords, operators, and special searches to refine Google search results. Tips include using quotation marks to search for exact phrases or wildcards, the minus sign to exclude terms, and keywords like "site:", "related:", and "filetype:" to search specific websites, related terms, or file types. The newsletter is intended to help readers get the most out of their Google searches.

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    IT Computer Technical

    Support Newsletter Google Search Tips and Tricks

    April 11, 2016


    Vol.2, No.23

    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    Introduction........................1

    Keywords...........................2

    Features.............................8

    Fun Things........................9

    Search engines are the backbone of everyday internet use. Google Search’s
    learning curve is an odd one. You use it every day, but still all you know is
    how to search. But the search engine has plenty of tricks up its sleeve.

    Here’s an overview of how to get the most out of your google search.

    The IT Computer
    Technical Support 1
    Newsletter is complements
    of Pejman Kamkarian
    Keywords

    1. Use quotes to search for exact phrase.


    Searching a phrase in quotes will yield only pages with the same words in
    the same order as what’s in the quotes. It’s one of the most vital search
    tips, especially useful if you’re trying to find results containing a specific a
    phrase.

    2. Use an asterisk within quotes to specify unknown or


    variable words.
    Searching a phrase in quotes with an asterisk replacing a word will search
    all variations of that phrase. It’s helpful if you’re trying to determine a song
    from its lyrics, but you couldn’t make out the entire phrase.

    2 | IT Computer Technical Support Newsletter


    3. Use the minus sign to eliminate results containing
    certain words.
    You’ll want to eliminate results with certain words if you’re trying to search
    for a term that’s generating a lot of results that aren’t of interest to you.
    Figure out what terms you’re not interested in (e.g. jaguar -car) and re-run
    the search.

    4. Search websites for keywords.


    Think of the “site:” function as a Google search that searches only a
    particular website. If you want to see every time The Guardian posted
    recipes, use the search “Google site: theguardian.com”.

    IT Computer Technical Support Newsletter | 3


    5. Search for related terms.
    Most useful for searching terms that may be pertinent to your subject.
    Example – related: hurricane sandy would give you a mix of news articles,
    blogs, scholarly articles, etc.

    6. Search for words in text.


    Words that appear in the body of the url/file.

    4 | IT Computer Technical Support Newsletter


    7. Search for words in title.
    Sometimes a normal search yields way too much information. To help
    narrow down results, ‘allintitle’ keyword can be used to only display pages
    with the relevant text in their titles.

    8. Search for words in URL.


    Helps to narrow down search by displaying only relevant URL’s.

    IT Computer Technical Support Newsletter | 5


    9. News related to particular location.
    Not just useful for news items. Search for anything by locality. Example –
    café location: Downtown Chicago

    10. Search for particular file type.


    Sometimes all you’re looking for is a pdf, gif, pptx, etc. Using the keyword
    ‘filetype’ can potentially save you hours of searching.

    6 | IT Computer Technical Support Newsletter


    11. Search for a number range.
    Highly useful for search queries such as ‘cameras between $300 and
    $500’.

    12. Search for either word.


    If ANY of the words is found on a page, it is displayed in the search
    results.

    IT Computer Technical Support Newsletter | 7


    Some Useful Features

    8 | IT Computer Technical Support Newsletter


    A Few Fun Things to Try

    IT Computer Technical Support Newsletter | 9

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