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Google - Other Advanced Search Techniques
Google features several other search limiters, some of which are similar to databases [like ProQuest or Ebsco] and some of which are not
Google – Some Common Search Limiters
Phrase Searching “ “Exclude a term -Link two terms _ [underscore]Site, domain and related search :Fill in the Blank Query *Search for non-HTML files filetype:See Google Operators for example searcheshttps://support.google.com/websearch/answer/136861
Phrase Searching
This allows searches for specific phrases within websites and pages
Phrase Searching is a useful technique to search the texts of entire websites for a phrase.
Exclude a Term
Use of – require exclusion of term
NO space between symbol and word
Link two terms underscore
Use of _ links two terms. This finds quicksort or terms linked by underscore
This finds quicksort or terms linked by underscore
This is a new Google operator, and really seems to replicate searching by Boolean operator AND! We will see how long this one sticks around.
Google Operators Change Every so Often
As an aside, advanced operators change periodically with Google. Two that recently were ‘deprecated’ [discontinued] are + [required term in search] and tilde~ [found related words in a search.
According to Google:The + was discontinued in 2011 [possibly due to
Google+ and confusion with new newwork] http://webscripts.softpedia.com/blog/Google-Search-Drops-the-Operator-May-Be-
Linked-to-Google-229458.shtml
The tilde was discontinued due to decreasing use: http://searchengineland.com/google-drops-another-search-operator-tilde-for-
synonyms-164403
Site Search
Site search:Olympic site:.gov
Use : for site search
NO space between : and .gov
Domain Search
Domain search: Olympics: nytimes.com
Use : for domain search
Related search
Related search: related:newsweek.com
Use : for related search
"fill in the blank" query * query
Use * to replace words in a query [* replaces word ‘penny’ in search]
This is a useful search not well-known to beginning users – good for finding facts and historical dates, names etc.
Search for filetype:Example search:global warming filetype:pdf
Non-HTML file types:http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35287
Some examples of documents to search on Google are .pdf, PowerPoint, video, Microsoft Office files, Flash .swf files
Some Important Basic Search Tips for Google
Add relevant words if your search doesn’t bring up results you want: First try: [ puppy ]
More precise: [ puppy training ] Even more precise: [ dalmatian puppy training class ]
Use only the important words rather than a full sentence or question: Not ideal: [ country where bats are an omen of good
luck ] Better: [ bats good luck ]
Google - Advanced Search Techniques
Links for Search Techniques [refer to the below for the following slides]:\
http://support.google.com/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=136861 [Google support for search techniques]
http://www.internetseer.com/services/article.xtp?id=8472 [another page for Google Search Techniques] http://www.amplify-interactive.com/blog/search-engines/advan
ced-google-search-tips/ [good summary of search techniques]