Helpfully there are some simple tricks that make searching Google much easier and faster.
See this short video to get know the basic ones:
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Apart from those, there are obviously much more. Here you have a list of a few most useful:
• USING DASHES (instead of double quotes)
e.g. While searching for John Smith instead of entering “John Smith” you can enter John-Smith
• SITE SEARCH
It restricts search results to the specific site, e.g. course site:iwith.org will give you the results of searching for the word ‘course’ only on Iwith.org websites.
• FILE TYPES
It enables you to search for an exact file type (e.g. pdf, doc, ppt, xls, mp3, avi). Enter fair trade filetype:ppt to find a Power Point presentation about fair trade.
• SYNONYMS
You don’t have to search for the synonyms of some word end enter it to searching engine one by one. Enter ~help to find the results of searching the word ‘help’ and its synonyms.
• DEFINITIONS
To find a definition for a word or phrase just type ‘define’, then a colon and the word(s) you want to define, e.g. define: URL will show you the list of pages that contains the definition for a phrase 'URL'.
• WHO LINKS TO YOU?
Google allows you to check which websites point to your or any other domain. Enter link:iwith.org to see all the web pages that have put the link to Iwith.org homepage.
Visit Google Help Center for the complete list of Google Web Search Features.
See this short video to get know the basic ones:
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Apart from those, there are obviously much more. Here you have a list of a few most useful:• USING DASHES (instead of double quotes)
e.g. While searching for John Smith instead of entering “John Smith” you can enter John-Smith
• SITE SEARCH
It restricts search results to the specific site, e.g. course site:iwith.org will give you the results of searching for the word ‘course’ only on Iwith.org websites.
• FILE TYPES
It enables you to search for an exact file type (e.g. pdf, doc, ppt, xls, mp3, avi). Enter fair trade filetype:ppt to find a Power Point presentation about fair trade.
• SYNONYMS
You don’t have to search for the synonyms of some word end enter it to searching engine one by one. Enter ~help to find the results of searching the word ‘help’ and its synonyms.
• DEFINITIONS
To find a definition for a word or phrase just type ‘define’, then a colon and the word(s) you want to define, e.g. define: URL will show you the list of pages that contains the definition for a phrase 'URL'.
• WHO LINKS TO YOU?
Google allows you to check which websites point to your or any other domain. Enter link:iwith.org to see all the web pages that have put the link to Iwith.org homepage.
Visit Google Help Center for the complete list of Google Web Search Features.
