Search on Google like professional using this technique

Search on Google like professional using this technique

Many people use the internet for searching, and the most used browsers is the famous one Google that's why you should know those techniques to make it more productive and helpful.

Search social media

Put @ in front of a word to search social media.
For example: @twitter.
@facebook

Search for a price

Put $ in front of a number.
For example: camera $400.

Search hashtags

Put # in front of a word.
For example: #throwbackthursday

Exclude words from your search

Put - in front of a word you want to leave out.
For example: jaguar speed -car

Search for an exact match word

Put a word or phrase inside quotes.
For example: "tallest building".

Search within a range of numbers

Put ".." between two numbers.
For example: camera $50..$100.

Combine searches

Put "OR" between each search query
Then Google will look for sites contain one of the search query or all of them.
For example: marathon OR race.

Search for a specific site

Put "site:" in front of a site or domain.
It will look for site's url match the arguments you enter.
For example: site:youtube.com or
site:.gov.

Search for related sites

Put "related:" in front of a web address you already know to find similar sites to arguments you enter.
For example: related:Amazon .com.

See Google’s cached version of a site

Put "cache:" in front of the site address.
For example: cache:Facebook.com

Use google to do math

For example: 12*54

Find specific files on the web

Put names of desired file then filetype:(pdf, PPT, DOC. ..)
For example: filetype:pdf

Find sites that have specific word on its URL

usine inurl: it will give sites in which it URL match the entered word
For example:inurl:marketing.

The best way to understand those techniques is to copy the example in your Google browser