google search - tips & tricks

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The Aim of

“The perfect search engine would understand

exactly what you mean and give you back exactly

what you want.”

Larry Page Co-founder & CEO

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If you search for “Google gravity” and hit "I'm feeling

lucky" then you'll get a literal definition of gravity

Local time in any city in world using

If you want to know current local time in a particular

city, use the following method. To see the current

local time in Vellore do the following. Go-ahead and

try this yourself for your local city and see how it

works.

Syntax: time in PLACE

Time vellore

Search for Keywords with Similar Meaning.

Include Synonym Keywords in Search

Instead of searching for only the given word, using ~

before the keyword you can instruct Google to search for

webpages with the exact given word or the words which

has same meaning. In the following example, giving

~tutorial also searches for keywords: guide, manual,

reference etc.

Match Any Single Word in the Search Using *

While searching, if you are not sure about which keyword to

be placed in the phrase, you can match any single word using

*.

For example, if you want to search for examples of how to

make a Facebook _ _ _, and you are not sure whether to

search for “account”, or “page”, then use * , which will

match either find, search or any other word, as shown below.

It will show

How to make Facebook

Account

Page

Group

Etc.

Use OR in Search

Using OR operator in between the words makes the

following kind of search possible in Google. Following

example will search for pyhton examples or python

programs.

Python examples OR programs

Identify Definition a Word

To view the definition of a word use the following

method, no need to write what is …….

Syntax: define: <word>

define: tech savvy

Search for a Range Using ..

If you are looking for a product in a specific price range

use the following. It will search for the pages with text

Dell laptops, and $200 to $250

Syntax: dell laptops $200..$250

Dell laptops $200..$250

Mathematical Calculations using

Normally for doing the metric conversions we will be using some

online conversion websites or conversion software. However just

by using Google search box you can do calculations, unit

conversions and money conversions as explained below.

You can use the Google search box as your scientific calculator

as log(10)

Unit Conversion usingThe following will show the equivalent pounds for one kg.

kg in pound

So when you want to know what is the equivalent pounds of kg you can view

it as:

Use Google for Measurement Convertor

Following are few other possible conversions. Click on these link to see the

results.

km in mile

inch in feet

acre in square feet

sec in minute

kilobyte in byte

Money Conversion using

Following converts US Dollars in Euros (or) US Dollars in

Rupees.

USD in Euro

(or)

USD in INR

Convert USD to Any other Currencies using Google

Searching within a Specific Website

You can search for a text in a specific website. The following

example shows how to search only within our python–

www.codeacademy.com.

examples python:www.codeacademy.com

Note: There is no space between site: and the website

address.

Basic Search with Keywords In a Given Sequence

If you want Google to show only the pages which has the

words in the given sequence, then double quote that search

string as:

“sachin vs sehwag"

Google Keywords in Sequence

Searching without using quotes

Searching using quotes

Search Based on File Type

The following examples searches only the matching

keywords inside a Power Point presentations. In the

same way, you can search for the doc, pdf and

other file types.

Python introduction: ppt

Identify Local Weather for Any City in

the World using

To see the current weather in Vellore do the

following. Go-ahead and try this yourself for your

local city and see how it works.

Syntax: weather PLACE

Weather Vellore

Set a timer by typing “set timer for” and then the

amount of time.

Search for “Songs by” and the name of a band or

singer, then will display all of their songs.

Search for “Books by” and the name of an

author, will display all of their books.

search for plane information by searching

the flight number

If you need to know what time the sun will rise or set, just

search it on

Search for the origin behind words by adding

“etymology” onto the end

will also let you pitch two foods against

each other

Ask for "recursion" and you'll get recursion

Ask to "do a barrel roll"

and it'll do a barrel roll

Search “Atari Breakout” on Images and you

can play the legendary block breaker with the results.

If you "zerg rush", you'll have to protect

your search results from being eaten by 's

o's. Yes, this is a thing.

If you hit 'I'm feeling lucky' without actually typing

anything into the search box, you'll get a catalogue of all

the doodles — all the way back to 1998

has a built in calculator for tipping, just

search “tip calculator”

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