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Trick #1 — Searching in a Range
So, you are searching for Sexy Singles between the age of 18 and 25 or looking for a cake which weighs between 100 and 200 pounds? Google has a way which lets you specify the range you want to find results in.
The trick is to use “..” — double dots — between the range. For example, Cake 100..200 pound or Sexy Singles 18..25 years.
I don’t really want to give the exact query I used to test this trick — I am sure some of you are reading it from work — but don’t forget to specify the unit. Google is smart but not “THAT” smart.
Trick #2 — Synonym Search
Want to search for the term and its synonyms at the same time? Google makes it easier for you than you having to search every synonym individually.
The easy way that Google offers is just to add the “~” sign in front of your search term and voila!
For example if you want to search for funny pictures and its synonyms then just search for ~funny ~pictures and Google will return the results for funny picture, funny image, stupid pictures, comic image etc. Get the idea?
Trick #3 — Remove Some Words
If you want to omit certain words from the search results then you can simply add the “-” sign in front of your search term.
Lets say that you search for Clinton on Google, you will get results for Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton and even Monika Lewinsky. But if you don’t want search results for Hillary, just add - Hillary and you will see results only for Bill Clinton and Monika Lewinsky.
Trick #4 — Let Google Define It
You can add “define:” in front of a word and Google will find its definitions from around the Internet. Just try searching for define:css and you will see what I mean.
Trick #5 — Spelling Uncertainty? Let Google Handle it.
If you are uncertain about the spelling of a word you are searching just add the “?” sign in front of it and it will show you results for all possible word combinations. If you search sun?day, you will get results about sun earth day and the word sun-day too!
Trick #6 — Get Stock Updates.
Add “stocks:” operator in front of the STOCK TICKER and Google will link to a page showing stock information for those symbols. For instance, [stocks: goog yhoo] will show information about Google and Yahoo.
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October 4th, 2007 at 10:31 am
The “define” it functions is really cool and useful - in addition tot he expected Wikipedia result - many useful links (.org and .edu) came back when I was testing it out.