The simplest way to refine your searching is the use of operators, by this you will get more specific results than you would by the use of generic search terms.
For example, if you want to search for all infographics related to Facebook in my blog all you need to do is-
Go to google and type:
Site: It tells the search engine to specifically search for all the queries in this site only.
~: will search for any related words too.
“”: Search for the exact term. If you give two words at a time it will search for the whole phrase and not each word individually.
You can also exclude some terms from search by using – before the particular word . To get the results for certain time duration you can type in your query like this:
.. -Represents the time duration in which the search has to be made.
One more common mistake which people make is asking questions to Google. Don’t ask questions to google. Instead think of how answer would be phrased and then type your query accordingly.
If you are searching for some kind of report then filetype: and intitle: can be helpful for you (especially for those who use google scholar).
Filetype: it only searches the file type you designate (eg: pdf,.jpeg,.doc)
intitle: Only shows results with that word in title.
While carrying out a search in google scholar you can use “author:” for more specific search which will look only for papers by that particular author . If you only need quick word definition then just put define: preceding the word you need. For quick maths problems you don’t need to open the calculator application, all you need to do is just type your query by using the basic functions.
If you have any additional ideas to share then please do write in the comment section.
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