Everything you need to know about Google search: Search Tips and Tricks

Do you think you know how to make a search on the search engine giant Google? If yes, then you are certainly mistaken. Let me prove it you all who just said yes in their minds.
What do you type in the search box when you want to find the meaning of a word, say 'confident'? I bet 95% of you who are reading this would type, "meaning of confident ". This search would just show you pages which might contain the meaning of the word, but if you want to find the meaning of the word, the moment you hit enter, then you should type, "define:confident". It will give you meaning of the word instantly. It is just one tiny example that can change the way you search for things on the web through Google. There are numerous more ways which can change the way you search on Google. And this is just the boring part , there are numerous ways in which you can have fun with the search engine giant. For example type find chuck norris and hit the I'm feeling lucky button and see what happens. Now, below is a list of ways in which you can improve your search or have fun with Google.

define:

Provide definitions for words, phrases, and acronyms  from the Web.

define:kerning (Find definitions for kerning from the Web.)

define, what is,what are

Show a definition for a word or phrase.

define monopsony, what is podcast (Show a definition for the words monopsony and podcast. Note: No colon after define,what is, or what are.)

movie:

Find reviews and   showtimes.

movie: traffic (Search for information about this movie, including reviews, showtimes, etc.)

city1 city2

Book flights.

sfo bos (Book flights from San Francisco (SFO) to Boston (BOS).)

site:

Search only one website or domain.

Halloween site:www.census.gov (Search for information on Halloween  gathered by the US Census Bureau.)

filetype: (or ext:)

Find documents of the specified type.

Form 1098-T IRS filetype:pdf (Find the US tax form 1098-T in PDF format.)

[#]..[#]

Search within a  range of numbers.

Dave Barry pirate 2002..2006 (Search for Dave Barry articles  mentioning  pirates written in these years.)

book (or books)

Search full-text  of books.

book Ender's Game (Show book-related  information. Note: No colon needed after book.)

link:

Find linked pages,  i.e., show pages    that point to the URL.

link:warriorlibrarian.com (Find pages that  link to  Warrior Librarian's website.)

location:

Find News articles from sources  located in the specified location.

queen location:uk (Find British news  articles on the Queen.)

source:

Find News articles from specified sources.

peace source:ha_aretz (Show articles on peace from the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz.)

store:

Find Froogle products  from the specified store.

jeans store:gap (Find Gap jeans.)

For more operators like these follow the link :

http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference.html

HOW TO USE GOOGLE SEARCH BOX AS CALCULATOR :

Calculator
Operators		Meaning		Type Into Search Box (& Results)
+ – * /		basic arithmetic		12 + 34 - 56 * 7 / 8
% of		percentage of		45% of 39
^ or **		raise to a power		2^5 or 2**5
old units in new units		convert units		300 Euros in USD, 130 lbs in kg, or 31 in hex

For information on how to use Google search box for complex calculations follow the link(Google has so much to offer that it can't be contained in one post):

http://www.googleguide.com/help/calculator.html

NOW FOR THE FUN SEEKERS, HERE ARE SOME GOOGLE GAGS, EASTER EGGS AND PRANKS:

Just type any of the following in Google search box and press I'm feeling lucky button.

1. do a barrel roll
2. Turn page right a bit
3. askew
4. loneliest number
5. Google sphere
6. Google Gravity
7. Epic Google
8. Google Guitar
9. Google pacman
10. Google reverse
11. Google raimbow
12. Google loco
13. Google pirate
14. Google gothic
15. Google mentalplex
16. Google Easter
17. Google scholar
18. Google Germany
19. Google ninja
20. Google Linux
21. Google goth
22. Google l33t
23. Google pirate
24. Google heart
25. Google emo
26. Google Cambodian
27. Google mac
28. Google us government
29. foogle
30. Google ultimate
31. cqgoogle
32. Google Kat tun
33. xx-Klingon
34. xx-piglatin
35. elgoog
36. goglogo
37. gizoogle
38. ewmew fudd
39. Google bearshare
40. Google god
41. g56ogle
42. Google piratre
43. Google 42
44. Google bsd
45. Google Microsoft
46. Google Chuck Norris
47. Google osx
48. Google names
49. Google mothers day
50. Google brain
51. Google doodle 4
52. Google Santa
53. Google purple
54. Google loco
55. Google svedish chef
56. Google moon
57. Google watch
58. Google black
59. Google holiday
60. Google 2004 Olympics
61. search in colour
62. igoogle
63. Google my way
64. 666gle
65. truegle
66. woogle
67. boogle
68. doogle
69. bluegle
70. bio google
71. joogle
72. toogle
73. google rose
74. google blackr
75. elgoogle

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