Googling
Use specific terms:
Use keywords instead of sentences to get more specific results.
For example, search for "headache" instead of "my head hurts".
Use quotation marks:
Use quotation marks to search for an exact phrase in the order you want.
Use "OR" or "|":
Use "OR" or "|" to search for multiple terms.
For example, "Jon OR Jonathan Tennant" or "Jon | Jonathan Tennant".
Add a tilde (~) in front of a word to find synonyms
Search result on time
love after:2020hate before 2019
Insert two periods (..) between numbers to search for a range:
Use an asterisk:
Use an asterisk to complete a phrase with an unknown word.
For example, "Winston * Churchill".
Use "site:":
Use "site:" to search a specific website or to limit your search to a specific country.
For example, "site:eoswetenschap.eu" or "site:uk".
Use "related:":
Use "related:" to find similar sites.
Use the file search:
Use the file search to find a specific file or file type.
filetype:pdf
Search Related Websites:
related:amazon.com
Use the exclude search:
Use a dash (-) before a word to exclude it from your search results.
For example, "gasoline -diesel".
Use the Google Image Search:
Use the Search Tools button to restrict your search to a specific type of image.
Use the reverse image search:
Use the reverse image search to find similar images, identify the source of an image, or find a larger version of an image.
Advanced search page
click the gear icon or tools and choose Advanced search
Do Math in Your Search Box
input a maths expressions
Convert Units With Google
Define Words in Google Search
Prefix the word with
define/definition
Track packages
prefix reference number with
track
Time, sunset and sunrise, weather, flight numbers, stock prices
Use these as prefix, and can add the city as suffix
List where film/show is being streamed
stream matrix
Make decisions
roll a dieflip a coin
Timer or stopwatch
Timer 40 secondstimer
Turn digits into number words
number=english
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