The Best Google Tricks Ever
Written
Google is the best search engine
available on the Internet. Period.
That’s why it is important to
know how to master it with this
Google tricks section! When
Internet started becoming
famous the only search engine
available was Yahoo! Since then
many things have changed, and
competition has got tougher and
tougher. Nowadays Google is in a
prominent position and
everybody uses it to search
whatever available on the web.
Millions of people use its powerful
engine everyday, and millions of
keywords are used to search.
From web pages to blogs, from
people sensitive information to
website backdoors that only too
often are used to hack, steal
and damage companies, people
and websites. These are just a
few examples of the power
Google owns and the way it can
be used. But if you think to
know everything about it well,
think twice. As a matter of fact,
Google is not just useful to make
searches. In fact it can be used
and “manipulated” with cool tips
in ways that you can not even
image, and that could solve many
of your everyday problems. This
is the goal of this guide: let you
look at Google with different
eyes and use its power in new
ways. I bet that when you will
have finished reading, you will
consider Google as your best
Internet friend, able to help you
more than you would have
thought.
Did you know that you can use
Google for …
1. Track flight status Do
you want to know what
time your flight leave?
Here is what you have to
write: [your company
name] flight [your
flight number] Ex: british
airways flight 354
2. Get the local time from
any city or location in
the world If you want to
know the time is in a
certain city, write this
sentence: what time is it
[write here the name
of the city] Ex: what time
is it New York
3. Convert everything
into anything else
Google is the most
powerful converter and
calculator ever invented.
Did you know? You can
convert currencies,
metrics, number etc. Here
are a few examples:
1 US dollar in pounds (of
course this is just an
example. You can use
whatever currency you
want)
minutes in hour (again,
everything is possible
here. Here is another
example: years in
century)
bits in kilobytes
hectolitres in litre (ok,
maybe I exaggerate
here)
4. Compare things How
many times have you
wished to know if
something is better than
something else? Here is the
solution: “better than
[write you what you
want to compare] ” Ex:
“better than norton
antivirus”
5. Find Music You can fill
Google in with codes that
work with everything you
are looking for. They are
able to change the search
engine in a powerful
Search Operator. Here is
the piece of code: -inurl:
(htm|html|php)intitle:”index
of”+”last modified” +
“parent directory”+
description + size + (wma|
mp3) “frank sinatra”
Of course you can search
something else instead of
Wma, mp3 files, and you
look for any other singer
instead of Frank Sinatra.
6. Find definitions If you
don’t know the meaning of
a word, you can ask
Google! Here is what you
have to write: [define:
serendipity]
7. Calculator With Google it
is not necessary to buy a
calculator. In fact, you can
calculate whatever you
want within the search
engine. Here is how:
[100+758+23-254]
1. [red white] Ok, I know,
this is really simple but I
want to start from here,
from what you know to
move towards those
Google regions that will
leave you speechless. This
simple search will let you
find those pages containing
the word “red” and/or
the word “white”. Nothing
difficult so far, right?
2. [red+white] This search
will let you look for those
pages containing the words
“ red” and “white”. This is
a more specific request
that will exclude a lot of
unwanted results.
3. ["red white"] This search
will let you look for pages
containing the exact
sequence of two or
more words that are to
be next to each other
and in the same way
they are written. In this
example, Google will look
for “red white”. Nothing
else will be taken into
account.
4. [red or white] This
search will let you look for
pages containing the words
“ red” or “white”.
5. [red -white] This search
will let you look for pages
containing the word “red”
but without the word
“white”.
6. [red ~ white] The little
character you see here is
called “tilde” and lets you
look for pages containing
the word “red” and
whatever connected
with the word “white”
I bet you already knew most of
these tricks to search, right?
But it is not over yet. Let ’s go
deeper and deeper in our quest
for the perfect search with this
tips and tricks, and let ’s learn
how to make specific requests to
Google.
1. [chocolate site:
cnn.com] This search will
let you look for specific
pages in the website
www.cnn.com and
containing the word
“ chocolate”.
2. [intitle: chocolate:
cnn.com] This search will
let you look for specific
pages in the website
www.cnn.com having the
word “chocolate” in their
titles.
3. [info: cnn.com] This
search will let you look for
all the information owned
by Google about the
website www.cnn.com.
4. [link: cnn.com] This
search will let you look for
those websites that link to
the website www.cnn.com.
5. [cache: cnn.com] This
search will let you see a
copy of the website
www.cnn.com stored in
Google ’s server.
Again, Google let you search for
information about different
things such as: movies, stocks,
flight, weather etc. Let ’s find out
how:
1. [movie: lord of the
rings] This search will let
you look for the reviews of
the movie Lord of the
Ring.
2. [stock:goog] This search
will let you look for Google
stock exchange
information.
3. [weather New york NY]
This search will let you look
for the weather in New
York.
4. [fly New York to Las
Vegas] This search will let
you look for flight from
New York to Las Vegas.
5. [1260 New York
Broadway NY] This
search will let you look for
a address in New York.
It will also show you a map
from Google maps.
Are you looking for sheet facts
about cities, counties, people
etc? Are you doing your
homework and you are at loss
about how to find specific
information. Google can help you!
1. [gdp italy] Gross domestic
product of Italy.
2. [population Italy]
Population of Italy.
3. [location Italy] It gives
you an idea where Italy is.
4. [capital Italy] The capital
of Italy.
5. [anthem Italy] The
national anathem of Italy.
6. [flag italy] The flag of
Italy.
7. [birthday of luciano
pavarotti] The birthday
of Luciano Pavarotti.
8. [biography of luciano
pavarotti] The biography
ofLuciano Pavarotti.
Did you see how many ways you
can use Google to look for
whatever you want? Google it is
not just a regular search engine,
but a powerful tool to learn,
solve and understand many
problems you may face during
our daily life. Enjoy it!
Enter just the word http for
your search to find the top
1000 PageRanked sites.
Enter only www in your search
to see how Google ranks the
top 1,000 sites.
Manually type the following
prefixes and note their utility:
link:url Shows other pages
with links to that url.
related:url same as "what's
related" on serps.
site:domain restricts
search results to the given
domain.
allinurl: shows only pages
with all terms in the url.
inurl: like allinurl, but only
for the next query word.
allintitle: shows only results
with terms in title.
intitle: similar to allintitle,
but only for the next word.
"intitle:seoforgoogle google"
finds only pages with
seoforgoogle in the title, and
google anywhere on the
page.
cache:url will show the
Google version of the passed
url.
info:url will show a page
containing links to related
searches, backlinks, and
pages containing the url. This
is the same as typing the url
into the search box.
spell: will spell check your
query and search for it.
stocks: will lookup the
search query in a stock
index.
filetype: will restrict
searches to that filetype. "-
filetype:pdf" to remove
Adobe PDF files.
daterange: is supported in
Julian date format only.
2452384 is an example of a
Julian date.
maps: If you enter a
street address, a link to
Yahoo Maps and to MapBlast
will be presented.
phone: enter anything
that looks like a phone
number to have a name and
address displayed. Same is
true for something that
looks like an address (include
a name and zip code)
site:www.somesite.net
"+www.somesite.+net" - (tells
you how many pages of your
site are indexed by google)
allintext: searches only
within text of pages, but
not in the links or page title
allinlinks: searches only
within links, not text or title