Ten Tips for Smarter Google Searches
OK, everyone knows that Google has a powerful search interface but few people take the time to learn how to use it, myself included.
The most powerful search I’ve really ever done was something like intitle:”index of” blah blah .mp3
I’m not really getting the most out of my Google search and I’m probably missing a lot of potential search results.
I ran across a post on one of my favorite blogs, Geeks Are Sexy, about Interesting Reads for a Monday Morning.
One of the things he mentions is a really nice list of the 30 Essential Pieces Of Free (and Open) Software for Windows, which I encourage you to read since there really is some good software there.
I’ll list a few items from the list so make sure you check out the article to catch them all.
* Either/Or - if you want to search for something OR something else, make sure your OR is capitalized.
* Include/Exclude words - I use this all the time. If you want to exclude a certain phrase or word from your search results add a nice - before it. something OR something else -”something over there”
* Various operators: site:averageadmins.com chris davis, -inurl:(html | htm | php) intitle:”index of” +description +”last modified” +size +name search words. The last one is one of the best methods I’ve found of searching through directory listings.
If you REALLY want to hone your Google searching skills, you need to head over to Johnny Long’s site: johnny.ihackstuff.com