Google has become a very popular search engine used by
internet users. You can find instant information that you need to use Google
search but there are some tips and tricks that you may not know that could help
improve the quality of your search result. Google has many useful features and
understanding how to work your way on them will give you better and quick
results for your search.
Faviconize your Google search
Searching in Google could provide you a lot of results for your search. It may
be too time consuming checking each text link and texts that could offer you
the information that you are looking for but you can cut down the process of
sorting through the links by using Favocinize Google where it will show
small icons on every search result to immediately know which website the link
is from. In order to make the favorite icon appear on your page, you need to
download the
favicon as a favicon.ico file and save it to your webserver directory.
Use the autopagerize script
If you need to look for more search results it can be a hassle to click on the
“next page” tab in order to see numerous results. Using the autopagerize script
for Google search will allow you to enjoy an infinite scrolling experience for
search results without the hassle of clicking on the next tab. You can simply
download
autopagerize as an add on extension for Chrome.
Use Google cache
There are moments when you try to click on a result that you previously visited
and you can no longer access the web page, it is possible that the site may be
down temporarily but you can still access it using the Google Cache by clicking
on the instant preview button to view the page again. This will give you the
ability to retrieve back an information you previously found on a site during
your search that is no longer available. To use the Google cache for search, hover
the mouse over the previous search result and there will appear a double arrow
sign that will show a preview of the cached version of the search result that
you made earlier.
Eliminate Spam on your search
Not all Google users are familiar with the Block function available when using
the Google search. Search results may include spammed contents and Google can
identify them and offers protection to its users. Whenever you visit a site
that is not useful and when you hit the back button, Google will show a link
that allows you to choose to block the site in order to remove them from your
search result. Therefore you can filter the quality of your search result by
selecting only quality sites to appear from your search. You can simply
download
the Personal Blocklist extension for Chrome in order to start blocking
domains and websites that you don’t want to appear in your search in Chrome.
Tricks to find similar and comparison terms
A unique trick in searching for similar and comparison terms in Google searches
is to use “better than” for comparing terms or keywords and using “reminds me
of” for similar terms. Google will give you more alternative results in
whatever you are searching for. Another way to search for similar or related
terms and documents will be to use ~ before the word you are searching for. For
instance, you want to search for nutrition, then you can type ~nutrition and
related search results will also appear to include health, foods for instance
that are related to your search.
Turn off Google Search annoying features
Google has a new personalized result that could be annoying to some of its
users. The good news is that there are ways that you can turn them off. Its
feature Search Plus Your World may be turned off from the setting of your
browser. Once you have signed up for the Google + and Picasa sharing you will
start receiving personalized results from your search which will be indicated
by the blue globes icon located at the upper right of a web page. Simply look
for the Search Settings located at the upper right of the browser, click on it
and then click the option “do not use personal results” under the
personal result tab.
Find your search term
There is a quick way of finding your search term from the web page that appears
on your search by using the Ctrl+F in order to search for them within the page.
You can also install the Google Quick Scroll in Chrome and it could highlight
the search term within the page results.
Use Google search shortcuts
There are Google search shortcuts that could simplify your search method and
obtain better and specific results. These tips and tricks are good shortcuts
that will help get optimized results. To search for release dates of movies or
games, type (name of the movie or game) (release date); to search for the
current movie showtimes, type (name of movie) (zip code) to get search results
from the theaters in your local area; and to get factual information such as
statistics, dates or population just type (name of the person searched) (date
of birth) or (name of mountain) (elevation) according to the applicable terms
for your search.
Using Google search for mathematical solving
It may not be a common knowledge among Google users that they could use the
Google search for mathematical equations. Simply type the numerical equation
like 25+10 and hit search and you will find the solution to your mathematical
problem. You can also use Google search as a scientific calculator such as
finding the square root of 10 by typing sqrt (10).
The trick of using quotation marks in your search
If you want to find results in the exact word you are searching for, enclosing
the keyword or phrase that you are searching for inside a quotation mark will
do the trick in delivering your specific keyword search. The search result will
exclude other related searches and will only provide you the exact match for
your keyword search. Thus, if you want to obtain an exact search result for the
word “
Guest Posting Service”
it will exclude other related searches like guest posting sites as it will
filter the result to be exact only as the one you are searching for. Thus when
making a search enclose the word you are searching for inside a quotation mark
from the search bar and then hit the search tab to display specific results.