Google search techniques

[djheater]

I bow before the superior OT knowledge and would like to plumb its depths. ( and there's nothing wrong with that).

~edit
Most of the info below is explained here by Google
THANKS Kyteland
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1) Enclose a string in quotes to search for a literal
2) prefix a term with the '+' (plus) sign to require that as part of your results
3) prefix a term with a '-' (minus) sign to exclude that term from your results

Are there more?

4) Sophia says:
Site search. For example:
site:coke.com diet coke
lets you search coke.com for diet coke
Example Search

5) johnjbruin says
include the "filetype: Pdf" tag for different file types
Example Search

 

[Ausm]

I type in what I am looking for and hit "Enter"


Ausm

 

[AdamSnow]

Originally posted by: Ausm
I type in what I am looking for and hit "Enter"


Ausm

works great too

 

[hevnsnt]

http://www.i-hacked.com/Comput...et/Google-Hacking.html

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: Ausm
I type in what I am looking for and hit "Enter"

I don't think that has ever once worked for me. For example, my last search was for 'WITH'. It is an acronym for a place that someone worked at (I know nothing else about it). Goggle didn't help.

I just suck at getting Google to work. AskJeeves was the best when it first came out. Type in what you want and if the site was in AskJeeves limited list of websites you were guaranteed to get a correct hit on your first try. Google takes me a minimum of 2 hours to ever find anything and that is after an endless string of + and - signs to narrow down the billions of hits.

 

[Sophia]

site search, for example

site:coke.com diet coke

lets you search coke.com for diet coke

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: dullard

Originally posted by: Ausm
I type in what I am looking for and hit "Enter"

I don't think that has ever once worked for me. For example, my last search was for 'WITH'. It is an acronym that I know nothing else about. Goggle didn't help.

yeah well...think about what you are searching for...if i was searching for the acronym GOD what do you think would be the first 100000 hits?

not Grumpy Old Divers...

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: AdamSnow

Originally posted by: Ausm
I type in what I am looking for and hit "Enter"


Ausm

works great too

Not really, here's an example:

To be or not to be
vs.
"To be or not to be"

 

[johnjbruin]

include the "filetype: Pdf" tag for different file types

God damn emoticons

!= : P

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: Ausm
I type in what I am looking for and hit "Enter"


Ausm

winnar!

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: hevnsnt
http://www.i-hacked.com/Comput...et/Google-Hacking.html

Thanks that's very interesting... but I was hoping for something I could pass on to the layman.

I've bookmarked that site for future though.

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: Sophia
site search, for example

site:coke.com diet coke

lets you search coke.com for diet coke

Extremely useful for search Microsoft's support and MSDN websites. Works much better than their own search engine.

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: quakefiend420
yeah well...think about what you are searching for...if i was searching for the acronym GOD what do you think would be the first 100000 hits?

not Grumpy Old Divers...

Which is why I never can just type in what I'm looking for and hit enter. I need to put in dozens of limiters. I'm willing to admit I suck at google. That is why I'm here. Simply telling me to type in 'GOD' and hit enter won't help.

 

[Kyteland]

http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en

Everything you need to use Google.

Edit: More
http://www.google.com/help/refinesearch.html
http://www.google.com/help/operators.html

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: Kyteland

Edit: More
http://www.google.com/help/refinesearch.html

Extremely helpful, thanks! Did you find that via Google ?

 

[Kyteland]

Originally posted by: djheater

Originally posted by: Kyteland

Edit: More
http://www.google.com/help/refinesearch.html

Extremely helpful, thanks! Did you find that via Google ?

1) Go to http://www.google.com
2) To the right of the search box click "Advanced Search"
3) In the upper right corner click "Advanced Search Tips"

So yes and no. I found it on the Google page, but I didn't find it by searching Google.

Edit: Another.
http://www.google.com/help/operators.html

This page has links to everything.
http://www.google.com/help/index.html

 

[quakefiend420]

very cool thread...lots of good stuff in here

 

[Phoenix86]

I find that refining your search terms is VERY effective. Of course you need to know a little about what your searching for, but you can get better search terms from your results by looking at how others reference your term.

EX: Facsimile vs. Fax.

 

[shenaniganz]

I tend to use quotes, A LOT.

 

[TallBill]

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...8&threadid=1479982

A list of all features that I know of there.