Google is great, but with a few tips it can be awesome!! These are the tips I found most helpful to memorize.
Noob Ninja
- Ignore Spelling (google will correct you)
- Only unique, descriptive keywords
- Use quotes for exact match
- “Pirates are awesome!”
- Case insensitive
- Cats == cats
- Ignore Special Characters
- Wont be in the search: @#%^*()=[]\
- Omit common words
- a, the i
- Put them in quotes if they are important: “a”, “the”, “i”
Master Ninja
- Search specific sites
- Search: ninjas site:emmanuelcontreras.com
- Search Filetype
- Search: great books filetype:pdf
- Ignore words in search (minus)
- Search: dogs puppies -cats
- Search numbers in range
- Search: pizza $0..$12
- Definitions
- Search: define: eutrophication
- Similar terms
- Search: ~cats ~dogs
Other Useful tips!
- Money
- Search: 100 pesos in usd
- Time
- Search: time mexico
- IP Address
- Search: ip
- Weather
- Search: weather Milwaukee
Source: https://www.google.com/intl/br/insidesearch/tipstricks/all.html