Google Search Tips & Tricks

In order to get the most out of a search using Google, you first must understand the “language” Google uses in it’s searches of the internet.  Most of the time Google can determine what you are looking for by the way it it interprets your search intent.  It will try to tell what you want to find by your words and by what it feels is your intent in your search b the way it is worded.  Many people type in what they want to find and Google is very good at figuring out what it is you intend to find.

However, Google is programmed with a fascinating and very powerful set of search operators and other commands in a syntax that Google is programmed to understand, it’s language so to speak.  These operators such as the wildcard * and the plus+ and negative signs can help in your searches by giving more specific directions to Google to give you better results.  The tighter your search querry you enter into the Google search box, the better your results will be.

This comes into play when you are trying to find very specific information.  This blog is for those of you who wish to use Google more effectivlely.  Most people use Google many times throughout the day.  By using these search operators, commands, syntax and conversions, you will be that much more effective in your Google searches.  For example, if you need to find information you know is published on the web in a PDF file format, you can use the command filetype:pdfsearch term, and it will find that search term only in PDF form. This is a very powerful command and can find all types of files, PDF,.txt,.ppt and many others.  It can find Power Point Files, Excel spreadsheet files, Word document files and others.

This blog will help you to become a better Googler as each week I will cover a different aspect of Google and how you can become more effective and efficient on your internet search requests.

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Please bear with me as I make a complete overhaul of my blog starting from scratch.  This is a blog that will feature many helpful tips and tricks to help you search Google more effectively and become Google Power Searcher.  Google has so much more power and potential as a search engine than most people know or take advantage of.  By learning about how Google works and all of the cpommands and operators Google knows, you will be able to have much more control over your internet searches and be able to find information quicker and get better results.

Google is the number one search engine because of it’s dedication to the user of finding the most relevant results and serving them to you at the top of the listings but Google can only make the  best guess at what you are looking for by what you enter into the search box.  The better you are at crafting a search term, the better your results will be.  Google is VERY good at what it does, returning the most relevant results of a search.

However, Google is not good at telling you everything it can do.  There is an advanced page but many abilities Google has are not known to most users.  The Google Power Search Guide was written to make you a better searcher.  Google is something most of us rely on to find our way around the web so it makes sense to know how to use it and CONTROL it.  Google has far more power and potential than most people realize.  It makes sense to take advantage of that power and really take control of that power.

Check back, much more to come soon!

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