Nowadays i think almost everybody uses google services, at least the searching option.
The reason is simple: big database, lot of usefull parameter.
What i really like in google search is that, almost every time i can find what i need by using special parameters, like "allintitle:", "site:" or "filetype:".
Now i show some easy cheats you can use:
You want to find Stephen King books on net.
You may try search by file extension:
filetype:pdf Stephen King
or
filetype:doc Stephen King
You've got many result but mostly articles, not what you really wanted.
Now lets see can we find it in directory listings or not.
Mostly every page has a title you can find at the top of your browser. You can use that for find directory listings (intitle: or allintitle: )
allintitle:"index of" Stephen King
Now you can see a very good result, you find pages/files you wanted.
Another goodies:
define:phrase
Show a list of definitions for phrase
cache:www.example.com
Google’s cache of example.com
link:www.example.com
List of websites that link to example.com
related:www.example.com
List webpages similar to www.example.com
info:www.example.com
Show information that Google has about www.example.com
site:www.example.com
List all webpages hosted at www.example.com
allintitle:query
Restrict the results to those with all of the query words in the title.
intitle:query
Restrict the results to documents containing that word in the title.
allinurl:query
Restrict the results to those with all of the query words in the URL.
inurl:query
Restrict the results to documents containing that word in the URL.
apple * sauce
the words apple and sauce separated by exactly one word
Nokia phone $100...300
Search within a range of numbers for a Nokia phone between $100...300
safesearch: sex education
Search for sex education material without returning adult sites
same and a bit more:
| Google Shortcut | Finds Pages That Have... |
| nokia phone | the words nokia and phone |
| sailing OR boating | either the word sailing or the word boating |
| "love me tender" | the exact phrase love me tender |
| printer -cartridge | the word printer but NOT the word cartridge |
| Toy Story +2 | movie title including the number 2 |
| ~auto | looks up the word auto and synonyms |
| define:serendipity | definitions of the word serendipity |
| how now * cow | the words how now cow separated by one or more words |
| + | addition; 978+456 |
| - | subtraction; 978-456 |
| * | multiplication; 978*456 |
| / | division; 978/456 |
| % of | percentage; 50% of 100 |
| ^ | raise to a power; 4^18 (4 to the eighteenth power) |
| old in new (conversion) | 45 celsius in Fahrenheit |
| site:(search only one website) | site:websearch.about.com “invisible web” |
| link:(find linked pages) | link:www.lifehacker.com |
| #...#(search within a number range) | nokia phone $200...$300 |
| daterange:(search within specific date range) | bosnia daterange:200508-200510 |
| safesearch: (exclude adult content) | safesearch:breast cancer |
| info: (find info about a page) | info:www.websearch.about.com |
| related: (related pages) | related:www.websearch.about.com |
| cache: (view cached page) | cache:google.com |
| filetype:(restrict search to specific filetype) | zoology filetype:ppt |
| allintitle: (search for keywords in page title) | allintitle:"nike" running |
| inurl:(restrict search to page URLs) | inurl:chewbacca |
| site:.edu (specific domain search) | site:.edu, site:.gov, site:.org, etc. |
| site:country code (restrict search to country) | site:.br “rio de Janeiro” |
| intext:(search for keyword in body text) | intext:parlor |
| allintext: (return pages with all words specified in body text) | allintext:north pole |
| book(search book text) | book The Lord of the Rings |
| phonebook:(find a phone number) | phonebook:Google CA |
| bphonebook: (find business phone numbers) | bphonebook:Intel OR |
| rphonebook:(find residential phone numbers) | rphonebook:Joe Smith Seattle WA |
| movie:(search for showtimes) | movie:wallace and gromit 97110 |
| stocks:(get a stock quote) | stocks:ncesa |
| weather:(get local weather) | weather:97132 |
You can find some google cheats and google page links here in pdf: [Click]
Official Google Guide: http://www.googleguide.com/
If you find this post usefull please write a short comment for me. Thanks :)
Yeah, and Stephen King was only an example to show you can find hidden treasures on net, but do not search illegal things!
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