Google
is one of the best Search Engine in the World. Google say’s “No matter
what you're looking for, His motto is "Keep It Simple." Start by
entering a basic name or word. If you're looking for a place or product
in a specific location, enter the name along with the town or zip code.
It has many fantastic Services like “Spell Checker” Google's spell
checker automatically defaults to the most common spelling of a given
word, whether or not you spell it correctly. If you make a search with
word “goo ogle”. Google displays result for “Google” instead of your
wrong keyword “goo ogle”. Now focus on “How to a proper search with
Google.(1) Always Use Web Friendly Words
A
search engine works by matching the words you enter to pages on the
web. So using words that are most likely to appear on pages will yield
the best results. For example, instead of saying Photos and Images of Tazmahel, say Tazmahel Photos,
because that's the term a Photos or Image website would use. Simple,
one or two word search terms will usually give you the broadest results.
Start with short search terms, then refine your results by adding more
words.
(2) Search With An Exact Phrase
If you want to search exact result for a word, then simply put quotation marks around words
"[any word]"
to search for an exact phrase in an exact order. Keep in mind that
searching with quotes might exclude relevant results. For instance, a
search for "Blogger" will give you a proper result related Blogger Blog and will miss pages that refer to WordPress Blog.
(3) Use Descriptive Words
In Google, the more unique the word, the more likely you are to get relevant results. So [Bollywood ringtones] is probably better than [Bollywood sounds].
Keep in mind though, that even if the word has the correct meaning, if
it's not the one most people use, it may not match the pages you need.
(4) Don't Worry About Cases
Google Search isn't case sensitive. A search for Times Of India is the same as a search for India Times. If you want to check this, just try it out.
(5) Do Search Within A Specific Site
Precede your query with site: if you know you want your answer from within a specific site or type of site (.org, .edu). For example: site:edu or site:nytimes.com. Search “op-ed site:nytimes.com”
(6) Don't Worry About Punctuation
Google Search ignores punctuation. This includes @#%^*()=[]\ and other special characters. So never worry about punctuation.
(7) Search By File Type
Search for specific types of files, such as PDFs, PPTs, DOCX or XLS, by adding filetype: and the 3-letter file abbreviation or File Extension.
(8) Include Or Ignore Words and characters in your search
Highlight common words and characters such as the and& if they are essential to your search (as in a movie or book title) by putting quotation marks "the"
around them. You can also use the minus - sign to specify particular
items you don't want in your results, like ingredients in a recipe.
(9) Find related pages
Use the related: operator to find pages that have similar content by typing related: followed by the website address. For instance, if you find a website you like, try using related:[insert URL] to locate similar websites.
(10) Search with Goggles
Want
to search the web using your mobile phone's camera instead of words? On
an Android, open your Google Goggles app (on an iPhone, open the Google
Search app and select Goggles), snap a picture of the item you want to
search for, and wait for your results. No typing necessary.
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