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Some Google Search Tips That Can Change The Way You Search

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We use Google search almost every day and in fact for everything. But all we know is simple searching but it has a lot more features in store for its users.

We are now going to introduce you to some of the most useful Google search tricks that may change you whole way of searching online.

Search for an exact phrase:

Searching for a phrase with double quotations on will bring you the results with only pages with the same words in the exact order as in the quotations. It is a very much useful search tip if you are searching for an exact phrase.

Use asterisk to find a phrase:

We try to remember the lyrics of a few songs sometimes but we couldn’t get the entire phrase, this trick can be a lot more helpful in such cases where the users can simple type the phrase in quotes and then replace the word that they are unable to recollect with an asterisk and this will bring the result that they want. You can also use this trick to find various phrases, proverbs etc.

Compare foods:

If you are unable to decide what to eat for dinner, and juggling between two items, then you can simply take Google’s help and go searching by placing vs in between those two items, and Google will present you with a comparison chart for both the foods that lets you understand the differences in the nutrition for those foods and then you can decide.

Use Define to know the meanings:

You can use the keyword DEFINE along with a word that you would like to know the dictionary meaning of. Google will present you with the meaning of the world along with the graph of its usage. So, no need to head over to the dictionary if you have a doubt, just Google it and know more about the word.

Until now we have learnt some seriously useful tips and now we will learn some fun search tips

  • Just type tilt and search in Google which will make your screen tilt a little
  • Simply search with the keyword Atari Breakout in Google search and it will present you with the famous brick breaker game that you can play and relax
  • Just tap on the search mic and say flip a coin and you can see heads or tails appear on your screen which you can use if you have two options but you cant choose one from

Some of the simple Google search tips to note

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Google, the most popular search engine giant has in it some simple tricks that everyone must know. Google Search has some amazing and cool things that everyone must try and so here in this piece of article I am putting together all of those Google search tips in this article, so you can make use of them and make your Google experience smarter.

  • Type “weather” followed by your Pincode which will bring you the current weather in that particular place that you have to enter the Pincode of
  • You can even type “movies” followed by the Pincode to get the results of the various shows and timings in that area.
  • You can easily find the definition of a word that you are searching for by simple typing “define” followed by the word you want the definition for.
  • Enter the airline and flight number to track the current position of the flight and to know its arrival time.
  • You can even type the tracking number of packages like FedEx, Ecom, etc to get the tracking link of the product.
  • See the webpages or websites that are linked to a particular website by typing “link:” followed by your URL.
  • To get only the PDF files in the results for the word that you have searched, just type the word followed by the keyword filetype:pdf. This is a better way to get the online manuals of various products.
  • You can actually use Google search as a calculator, just type an equation and pressing enter will give you the result.

These simple tricks are very much helpful for daily usage and I hope you make use of these search tips and be a Google power user.