Gogle Search
Gogle Search
Gogle Search
typed in, but sometimes also looks for synonyms or related terms. Any words appearing in boldface type in your search results are terms Google associates with your search terms. Ads appear in response to some queries and are always labeled ads. Aside from ads, website owners cannot pay to influence the placement of their website in the search results. Color filtering: Use color filtering within image search. Click on the appropriate colored box in the left panel (does not work on iPad and Android tablets). Use image search when it appears in search results, and use related image search to refine results. Choose effective keywords: Remember to think about the words you think will be in your desired results page. Determine the most important words in your search as well as potential synonyms. Word order matters. Small words (a, the) matter when they distinguish between two similar entities. Punctuation that matters: $, #, and + (when used as C++, Google+). Punctuation that Google ignores: , , , , , , , %, (), @, ?, ! Quotes: Use quotes to search for a phrase. Quotes glue words together; there can be additional words before or after the phrase, but the phrase will always stay together in the results. Information panels: Information about certain topics (e.g. landmarks, famous people, movies, chemical elements) appears directly on the search results page (top box on righthand side). Left panel: Filter results by different categories (blogs, discussions, recipes, patents, books, 3D models, scholarly sources, and legal documents). The left panel does not appear on tablet computers (iPads and Android devices). Find text on a page: Windows computers: Press the Control and F keys at the same time (CtrlF). Apple computers: Press the command and F keys at the same time. Android tablets: In a browser window, touch the menu button in the top right of the screen, then select find on page. Safari on iPad tablets: Click the cursor in the search box in the upper right corner of the screen. Directly above the keyboard, a find on page box will open. Translate: Translate words, sentences, and pages by using http://translate.google.com/ Foreign language search: Search in foreign languages using English by clicking More search tools on the left panel of your results page, then select Translated foreign pages. This feature chooses the best language in which to search and delivers results translated back into English. Math and calculations: Enter any mathematical equation into the search box,
and Google will calculate your answer. Operators: site: Return results from the specified site only; use also within images and news results. [site:edu] or [site:.edu] [site:ucla.edu] [Jefferson site:archives.gov] or [site:archives.gov jefferson]. filetype: Return files of the extension you specify. NO space between filetype, the colon, and the extension. [filetype:txt] or [filetype:.txt] other types: swf, xlsx, pdf, gif List of file types Google indexes: http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?h l=en&answer=35287 minus (): Eliminate irrelevant results. There must be a space before the minus sign. There must not be a space between the minus sign and the word you want to eliminate. Example: [tesla coil] define: Identify the meaning of words. Example: [define yarnbombing] Also: Click on Search Tools in the left panel, then Dictionary to define words that do not appear in traditional dictionaries. OR: Use OR to include more than one way of expressing an idea. plus (+) is not an operator: Does not mean and, nor does it force inclusion of a word. Google can search for certain plus signs after a word (e.x., C++ and Google+). A plus sign before a search term, used as an operator, looks for a Google+ Page by that name.