General Google Search Strategies
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Search for a specific phrase → "Computer Simulation” |
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Exclude words using '-' sign → Games - [no space after minus sign] |
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Word in the title → allintitle:“real-time simulation” [no space after colon] |
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Words in the text → allintext:“real-time simulation” [no space after colon] |
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Related website search → related:cnn.com [To retrieve similar sites] |
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Specific document type → "augmented reality" filetype:ppt [no space after colon] |
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Search within a specific website → site:cdc.gov "SARS fever" [no space after colon] |
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View cached version of a site → cache:sjsu.edu [no space after colon] |
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Use @ for social media → @orkut |
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Use $ to return price → Laptop $500 |
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Search # → #sjsuspartans |
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Other Search Techniques
- You can perform a private search on other Google products. Just type 'my' followed by a keyword. The following search return correct results: my flights, my reminders, my packages, my calendar, my events, my photos, my bills and my reservations
Note: You need to sign in your Gmail account first. - Timer ⇒20 min timer
- Stopwatch ⇒stopwatch
- Calculator ⇒48512 * 1.02
- Unit converter ⇒ degrees to Fahrenheit
- Plot graphs ⇒sin(x), e^(x)