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Advicenators discussion: using google
theymos wrote Friday February 16 2007, 12:39 am:
When using google, don't *ask* a question, give it keywords you want your answer to contain. Put the least important words at the end. Example:
▪bad: how do I get to wisconsin
▪good: wisconsin directions
When you want the page you're looking for to contain an entire phrase, instead of all the keywords, put the phrase in "quotes". Example:
▪"madison, wisconsin"
When a page can contain either one keyword or the other, separate each keyword with 2 || pipes(above enter, on the same key as the forward\slash). Example:
▪"green bay" || "de pere" ▪In this example the page will have either "green bay" or "de pere". It doesn't need to have both, like it normally would.
When a page shouldn't contain a keyword, use a -minus sign before the keyword. If the page has this keyword, it won't be displayed. Example:
▪"green bay" -packers
When use || and - in the same search, use (parenthesis). Example:
▪(wisconsin || "green bay" || "de pere") -packers
▪The example will show pages with wisconsin, green bay, or depere, but not packers. If the search was:
▪wisconsin || "green bay" || "de pere" -packers
▪then the search is wisconsin, green bay, or "de pere with no packers". So it could contain wisconsin and packers, or green bay and packers.
If you do math in google, it will give the results. Example
▪5+5=
will give 10
If you ask for a conversion, google will give it. Example:
▪5USD to GBP
will convert dollars to british pounds
▪5in to cm
will convert inches to centimeters
Put define in front of the word to get definitions on the first result:
▪define earth
Searching for "something near somewhere" will give you a first result pointing to a map with the "something", focused on the "something". Example:
▪pizza near green bay, WI
TheAnnie wrote Friday April 18 2008, 12:54 am:
wow, these are very good tips. I use google alot but I didn't know about some of these. :)
theymos wrote Tuesday April 22 2008, 8:49 pm:
Advicenators has an article in the FAQ about this, too:
[Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
TheAnnie wrote Saturday April 26 2008, 9:09 pm:
oh, I didn't know that. I'm checking that out.
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