Google Search Engine is a massive tool. You must know how to tame and make use of a beast. Let me layout some of the awesome Google Search Tips that you will help you to filter and get exactly what you want from Google Search Engine.

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OR

If you are a developer then you know about the OR. The condition OR will be considered when one of the given statements is true. Lets say you want to search for Apple or Orange. You want Google to return results on either Apple or Orange. Then your keyword for Google search is Orange | Apple

NOT

If you want to strictly exclude something form the Google Search Results then you should consider NOT. For example, you want to search for Apple but you don’t want anything related to Apple returned. Then your keyword for Google Search is -Orange Apple.

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Type any mathematical expression in the Google Search box and you will find that Google returns you with an result. E.g. 2323.34 + 2345

Search for Exact Phrase

For example, let’s say you want to get results that contains exactly the phrase “Orange Apple”. In this case you need to place the phrase inside the quote as follows. E.g. “Orange Apple”

Wildcard

Wildcard (*) will come in handy, when you search for lyrics. We usually remember part of the lyrics. For example, I remember there is an awesome song by Back Street boys. I don’t remember the word that comes after the word show. So I’ll do a search as follows. Show * the meaning lyrics. Now google will search and return you the result which contains “Show me the meaning of being lonely”

These are some five handy tips and tricks that is gonna change the way you search in Google. If you like it, do share it with your friends.

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