10 Ways to improve your Google searches

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Brightside: 10 Ways to Search Google

1.  Either This or That:  Use the word "or" to help you search both at once and select the one that you want.
2.  Search using Synonyms:  Use the ~ to help search for additional related terms.
3.  Search within websites:  Add the url for the specific site to the search term.
4.  Wildcards:  Use the *. Allows for any combination including the relevant term.
5.  When lots of words are missing:  Use "AROUND + (n)" to help. Example: I wandered AROUND(4) cloud will turn up results like "I wandered around lonely as a cloud"
6.  Use a time frame:  Add specific dates to the search to help focus the results.
7.  Searching for a title or url:  Use the term "intitle:" or "inurl:" Example:  "intitle:husky"
8.  Finding similar websites:  Use the term "related:" Example:  "related:nike.com"
9.  Whole phrases:  Add quotation marks around a quote to get the exact quote in order in results.
10.  Unimportant search words:  Use the minus sign to eliminate the word.  Example:  "Interesting books -buy" for books that are interesting but that you don't want to buy.