Google Quick and Accurate Search Tips - Part 1
I hope everyone using Internet should be aware of Google Search and must be searching now & then , landing with some results.
Now, generally most of the us are not aware of different search options available from Google . In today's post let me walk you through some of the advanced features that can assist you in Quick and Accurate search.
- Search is always Case sensitive .
- Most of the times punctuation are excluded while searching like @#$%^&*()=+[]\ and other special characters.
- To Search within some particular website
- Exclusion of words in Search
Google can assist you to search within some specific site which you are interested in .The query can be [words: site name ]Example is [ digitally ulterior:www.linkedin.com ] will give search within linked in site for top results . In same way [ technology:cnn.com ] will give top result within cnn site only.
Thus you can limit your search within specific site.
Google provides you facility to exclude some words in search query the notation should be query followed by space and minus sign with word to be excluded [query minus{word}] for example [ nuclear weapons USA ] will give results related to nuclear weapons and USA but if you search for[ nuclear weapons -USA ] will give top results excluding USA.
Also, as many words can be excluded you like from query just precede it with minus sign.
- Wild Card search
Wild card search can be useful for a particular query in case some words are unknown or lot many word are there in between two words. Need to use * between words for wild card notation.
Example - [ nuclear * Technology ] will give you results for all the word occurring between nuclear and Technology
- OR Operator
If you want to search for one of the two words mentioned in query and not combination should go for OR operator for example -
[windows XP OR NT ] will provide results for either Windows XP or Windows NT but if you just go with [windows XP NT] the result set may include search having combination of XP and NT both
- - Exact search using + operator
You can search exact words using + operator or using double quotes "" .
In next post will provide some more inputs on Google search
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