Google+Tips+and+Tricks

__Google Tips and Tricks For Students__ Searching Tips Below are search operators that can be used with any google search to narrow down your search results. Type the search operator before your search terms. Here is a list of the operators I find most helpful. These operators and descriptions were taken from @http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html All operators should be typed before your keywords with a colon after them. (For example: insubject: brown dogs)

insubject: If you use insubject in your search it limits your search results to only those things which contain your keyword(s) in the subject line.

allintext: If you start your search with allintext it will limit your search results to display only those things which contain your keyword(s) in the text of the results.

allintitle: If you start your search with allintitle it will limit your search results to display only those things which contain your keyword(s) in the title of the search results. "This functionality can also be obtained through the Advanced Web Search page, under Occurrences."

author: If you include author: in your search, your results will be limited to works by that specific author. You can use the authors full name or email address to accomplish this.

define: If you start your search with define followed by a word you want the definition of, your results will only show definitions of the word you specified.

phonebook: If you start your search with phonebook, followed by a person's name, your search results will show the name, address, and telephone number, of all the people in the US with that name.

source: If you start your search with source, you can limit your search results to articles from a specific news publication, such as the New York Times, or the Washington Post.

Google Search Phrases

What time is it: By typing in what time is it into the google search engine it will retrieve a list of major cities and what time it is there. In order to get the time for a specific location type in the city location after what time is it.

Track Flight Status: To track a specific flight type in the name of the airline and the flight number. The results will retrieve the departure and arrival times for that flight.

Converter: To convert currency, metrics, bytes and more, type in the amount you know you have and what you wan to convert it to. (Example: 25 US dollars to French money)

Better than and Reminds me of: Compare items with better than and reminds me of. (Example "Reminds me of Counting Crows" or "Better than Windows 2003")

Find the face: In a google image search if you are searching for a person's face type in &imgtype=face after the keyword.