8 Googling Tips You Probably Don’t Know

If you use it right, Google is the most powerful tool in the world. But the truth is most people suck at it. Here are 8 Googling tips that you probably don’t know:

1- “Quotation markets”

Put quotes around search terms to let you search exactly for that word.

All results will have your terms in it.

Example: “Pakistani dramas”

Gives you all Pakistani dramas search results without just “Pakistani” or just “drama”.

2- Dashes

If you want to exclude a term from your search, include a hyphen before that word.

Example: biryani-pulao

You just want biryani not pulao.

3- ~ Tilde

Use tilde when you want synonyms to appear in the result.

Example: dance ~classes

Here you only get dance classes, lessons, coaching, etc.

4- Site:

Use this to search within a specific website only.

Example: Nawaz Sharif site:pknama.com

This searches for Nawaz Sharif mentions on website (pknama dot com).

5- | Vertical bar

Same purpose as OR.

Example: Nawaz | Shahbaz

Nawaz OR Shahbaz

6- .. Two Periods

Use two periods to search within 2 number ranges.

Example: movies 1978..2001

7- Location:

Find information related to a particular location.

Example: behari kebab location:karachi

8- Filetype:

Filter by a certain file type related to your search.

Example: warren buffet filetype:doc

This filters out all the click bait news Buffet news article you don’t want to read.