How to Search for Information with Google?

Google – one of the most popular search engines in the world, it is used by about 70% of all users.  It was created in 1998 by students of Stanford University, the name of its system was derived from the words “google”, which means 10 to the hundredth degree, and “doodle”, translated “mechanically to draw”.

In addition, the creators of Google pay special attention to the speed of searching for users, it takes only a couple of moments, and now, before you already prepared a list of links to the information that you were looking for.

1. How to find a separate page on the site.

It is often difficult to find information on a site, for example, the site soccernet. espn. go. com contains information about many football players, each has its own page, and to not view each one, you can simply specify the search as follows: Wayne Rooney site: soccernet. espn. go. com.  Immediately the page with a photo and statistics of the sportsman, history of his career and the list of achievements opens.

2. How to delete unnecessary words from the search.

When some specific information interferes with the list of sites received, you can simply exclude it from the search.  You just have to write negative keywords.  It should look like this: Wayne Rooney site: soccernet. espn. go. com – Ronaldo.  In the final list, all the links to Ronaldo’s page that were in your way before you are deleted.

3. How to use Google cache.

Everything in the world is changeable.  The Internet is no exception.  Today the site was, disappeared tomorrow.  With Google it’s not scary.  After all, he keeps a copy of the sites that you visited.  You can find them through the cache of the search engine.

4. Ability to search by file extension.

Not always the information is looked for as an article on some site, it often happens that you need a document of a specific format.  This service is also provided by Google.  You can use the search in such formats as: pdf, swf, ps, kmz, dwf, kml, xls, doc, ppt, rtf.  An example of such a query looks like this: World cup 2012 file type: pdf.

5. Search for a specific phrase.

If you know exactly which phrase was used in the article you need, you just need to enter it into the line to find information, click “search tools”, the line “exact match” will appear below.  So, in the list of links there will be only pages with the exact phrase that you entered.

6. Quickly configure the weather forecast.

A fairly useful function, if you are going to bet on an event occurring in another city, besides, its outcome can be strongly affected by the weather, it is very easy, with the help of Google, to find out what the weather will be during the expected match in the required moment.

7. How to know the time on the other side of the world.

When you are betting on an event occurring in another city in another country, you need to know the local time to make a better forecast, it is as simple as learning about the weather.

8. One word in different languages.

If you have a problem with the explanations in a foreign language, Google has a special function for translating each specific word.  You just need to enter into the search string define: and the word you need to translate, in the meaning of which you are not sure.

9. How to specify the search.

If you need to find a page on the Internet that contains a specific phrase, but by writing it into the search bar, the result does not suit you, you need to add a few more keywords.  The structure of such a search looks something like this: “the right phrase” + keywords.

10. The wheel of miracles in Google.

Also in the arsenal of Google is a very useful tool, called the wheel of fortune.  If the search for the information you need does not give the expected result, use the wheel of fortune, it searches for the key phrase in adjacent areas.  In the end, you get 8 links pertaining to the phrase you entered, but located in related spheres.

11. Sorting the found material by time.

For example, there was a Brazil-Russia game, and you need to know what experts and fans, coaches and football players think of it.  Write in the search box: match Brazil – Russia and put the sorting on time.  There are various options for this sorting:

• during all this time
• in a year
• per month
• during the week
• for 24 hours
• in an hour
• for the period. . . , here you can set a specific period of time, for example, put in the last 3 days or 5 days.

Here is an approximate list of features that greatly facilitate the search for information on the Internet.  Also, Google creates a large number of mobile services that are not inferior to anything computer, high-speed search for information on the Internet, the ability to work with documents, if you have only a phone at hand, watch videos and check mail.