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millions of people use @Google search every day for a variety of reasons. Students use it for school, business people use it for research, and millions more use it for entertainment and many more.
But most people may not be using Google search to its full potential.
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But most people may not be using Google search to its full potential.
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Want to use Google search more efficiently and get the search results you want quickly? Follow these basic steps in this thread
1. Use quotes
When searching for something specific, try using quotes to minimize the guesswork for Google search. When you put your search parameters in quotes, it tells the search engine to search for the whole phrase.
When searching for something specific, try using quotes to minimize the guesswork for Google search. When you put your search parameters in quotes, it tells the search engine to search for the whole phrase.
For instance, if you search for Puppy Dog Sweaters, the engine will search for content that contains those three words in any order.
However, if you search “Puppy Dog Sweaters”, it will search for that phrase exactly as you typed it.
However, if you search “Puppy Dog Sweaters”, it will search for that phrase exactly as you typed it.
2. Use a hyphen to exclude words.
​Sometimes you may find yourself searching for a word with an ambiguous meaning. An example is Mustang. When you Google search for Mustang, you may get results for both the car made by Ford or the horse.
​Sometimes you may find yourself searching for a word with an ambiguous meaning. An example is Mustang. When you Google search for Mustang, you may get results for both the car made by Ford or the horse.
If you want to cut one out, use the hyphen to tell the engine to ignore content with one of the other. See the example below. Mustang -cars
This tells the search engine to search for mustangs but to remove any results that have the word “car” in it.
This tells the search engine to search for mustangs but to remove any results that have the word “car” in it.
3. Use a colon to search specific sites
There may be an instance where you need to Google search for articles or content on a certain website. The syntax is very simple and I’ll show you below.
There may be an instance where you need to Google search for articles or content on a certain website. The syntax is very simple and I’ll show you below.
iPhone 12 site: http://apple.com
This will search for all content about the iPhone 12, but only on http://apple.com . All other search results will be removed. If you need to find specific content on a particular site, this is the shortcut you can use.
This will search for all content about the iPhone 12, but only on http://apple.com . All other search results will be removed. If you need to find specific content on a particular site, this is the shortcut you can use.
4. Use the asterisk wildcard
The asterisk wildcard is one of the most useful ones on the list. Here’s how it works.
When you use an asterisk in a search term on Google search, it will leave a placeholder that may be automatically filled by the search engine later.
The asterisk wildcard is one of the most useful ones on the list. Here’s how it works.
When you use an asterisk in a search term on Google search, it will leave a placeholder that may be automatically filled by the search engine later.
This is a brilliant way to find song lyrics if you don’t know all the words. Let’s look at the syntax:
“Come * right now * me”
To you or me, that may look like nonsense. However, Google search will search for that phrase knowing that the asterisks can be any word.
“Come * right now * me”
To you or me, that may look like nonsense. However, Google search will search for that phrase knowing that the asterisks can be any word.
