Google secrets

Google Secrets to Find Information on the Internet

This post shows you how to trick Google to search for relevant information.

Actually, finding information using Google has been facilitated by the Google itself. Just by typing a few words (keywords) Google directly shows list of websites related to the information we seek. But sometimes it is not that easy.

Honestly though Google has been easier for us but sometimes we make it difficult. Here are some Secrets of Google that you must know (I say secret because many people who do not know).

1. Search Specifically

YES! This may be the biggest mistake people who rarely use Google, if you are not always searching for specific information. Suppose you are looking for information in with keyword love, but what love information? Does it is love tips, love song, the lyrics of love, a love story? There are various possibilities about love.

For example you are looking for information about love tips. Write a love tips to find on Google. If you just type in love, Google probably not going to give effective and specific results that relevant to you.

To find specific information is the best way, even you have to use up more than five words.

2. Use different keywords but have the same meaning

However, information on the Internet is created by human. The way people express the same thing could have a different language. For example: making a computer, there may be people who write articles to make your computer with other spellings such as assembling a computer or make a PC.

So if your information searching does not go successfully, try to think of other keywords which presumably means the same. Google tricks on this one, you need the ability in speaking. Les let say synonyms.

3. If you are embarrassed to ask, then you will go astray on the road

If you’re using Google to answer questions, try also to use phrase asked to search information.

  • Who is Adolf Hitler?
  • What is the formula of Pythagoras?
  • How do I use a proxy?
  • How do I use Google?

Results with Google tricks like that are more relevant and directly your question is also answered. Is not it?

4. Force Google to use quotes (“keyword”)

Suppose you ask Google to search for information about the death of Manga. He probably will not yield exactly what we ask. The search results will probably be like this “the death blah…blah…blah….in the … blah…blah….” OK! A result like that cannot be blamed because there are other factors than just a set of keywords in determining the relevant information.

Well, in order to produce a series of information retrieval based on the desired keyword. Use one of Google tricks by using quotes (“keyword”) to “the death of Manga.” In this way, it will reduce search results plus the information displayed will be more relevant.

The secrets of the Google search engine

5. Use the Plus sign (+) and Minus (-)

The plus and minus signs are not only used in arithmetic. Google also could use it. Of course it has the same function. Google Secret is very rare but it is clearly written in the HELP.

Sign (+)

To add words to search on information search box e.g. “The death of Manga” (remember to use quotation marks) and special for Naruto character only. Then you simply write in “the death Manga” +Naruto. The result other than looking for the keyword “the death of Manga” Google also will place the top search result if there are keywords “naruto”.

Sign (-)

Of course it is used to reduce the search results. So what’s the point? Why we must reduce the search results? It is because Google index all the pages that Google considers the pages are important. No matter if it’s really just advertisements, news, bookmarking, etc…

Try to imagine that we will find about the psychological test. But that comes only from people who sell ads about the psychological test. Thus we use the – sign to remove the ads. Being a “psychological problem” -ad.

You can also use Google to not look at a particular site. Especially classified ads or sites like bookmarking digg.com or lintasberita.com. For example, “about the psychological test” – site: lintasberita.com

6. Information on the Internet is not just a website (html file)

Information on the Internet is not only a variety of websites, but there are also such files like pdf, doc (ms word) even flv (video files like on YouTube). Just add the code file type: “type”

For example, if you want to find a psychological problem in the form of pdf file, Yes, just type “about psychological test” filetype:pdf. To see what files are supported by Google code, it can be found at http://www.google.co.id/advanced_search?hl=id

7. There are Many Roads to Rome

Google is virtually the ruler of the provider and tools to find information on the Internet. But there are many other media that can provide information. Let say yahoo, Wikipedia, YouTube, Ask etc… You can use 7 search engines information on the Internet at the same time and get more relevant search results.