24 Ways You Can Be Using Google Search More Efficiently

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By placing quotations around a phrase, Google will search exactly for that phrase.

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Using asterisks as placeholders is useful if you’re searching for a phrase and you can’t remember a few of the words.

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You can exclude terms by placing a hyphen directly in front of them.

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To only search for GIFs, just click on “Search Tools” while you are in Google Image Search. Now select “Type” and choose “Animated”.

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If you’re searching for a price, use two periods to set a range.

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To only get results from a specific website preface your search with “site:put-name-of-site-here.com”. Then leave a space and put what you are searching for.

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In the same way you can search related sites by replacing “site:” with “related:”

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Need help calculating a tip? Just quickly type ‘tip’ followed by the amount of the bill.

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By typing ‘OR’ you can look for pages that might use one of several of the words you are looking for.

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If you add the word “facts” after any food item then Google will display all of its nutrition facts.

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One of the newer features Google’s search engine offers is specific information about health conditions. For example, searching Bronchitis will return critical information that you need to know.

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info:website (website being the site’s URL) will print out everything Google can tell you about that site.

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You can quickly learn your public IP Address by searching for “ip address”.

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If you search for “weather” followed by the name of a city or location Google will return a convenient weather app.

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Easily convert units or currencies by using the ‘in’ keyword.

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Google makes tracking down customer service simple. By adding ‘customer service’ before the business name, you’ll pull up relevant information you need to know.

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Add “origin” after a word to learn about its etymology (for example “robot origin”)

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You can restrict your search to a specific type of file by using the keyword “filetype:”

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You can limit your search results according to date of publication by selecting “Search Tools” and then clicking “Any Time”.

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Safeguard your kids’ search by turning on ‘Safe Search’.

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To find something around you (like a bank or a coffee shop) just type what you are looking for followed by the phrase “near me”.

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If you go to Google Image Search and drag an image file into the search bar, Google will search for that image on the web.

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To define any word just preface it with the word ‘define’ itself.

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If you need to figure out what there is to do around town just type “attractions” followed by where you are.