Google is the most common search engine in the world. It’s likely that you used Google the last time that you wanted to look up something. How good are your search skills when using Google’s search engine?
9 Tips for Searching using Google Search
- use the most accurate words possible in creating your query
- ignore case and aim for correct spelling, but Google will suggest alternate spelling
- put @ in front of a word to search social media
- put # in front of a word to search hashtags
- put – in front of a word you’d like to exclude from the search e.g. -metal
- use quotation marks to find an exact match e.g. “prague spring”
- use OR to search for one of two or more things e.g. prague OR paris
- use site: to search within a site e.g. site:.cz to find Czech websites
- search for a file type e.g. filetype:pptx to find PowerPoint files
Quick Search Features in Google Search
Things that you can do in the Google search box (or the Chrome Omnibox):
type define in front of a word to get its definition- type weather and the name of a city to know the weather in that city e.g. weather prague
- perform calculations by typing a formula
- perform unit conversions e.g. 200 eur in usd
Bonus Search Tips
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