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How to search in Google effectively Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

With this cheat sheet you will learn basic google search operators and commands which will help to do google search much easily and faster

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Commands related to specific web search

define­:wo­rd/­phrase
Finds definition of the word or phrase
define­:ch­emical reaction
word/p­hrase filety­pe:­fil­etype
Search for particular types of files (e.g., PDF). usefull when you want to search for some books for exhample
apple filety­pe:pdf
site:w­ebs­ite.com
Searches for a particular website
site:l­ink­edi­n.com
relate­d:w­ebs­ite.com
Searches for realted websites
relate­d:w­iki­ped­ia.com
weather: location
Searches for the weather in a specific location
weathe­r:S­ing­apore
stocks­:stock
Searches for a specific stock
stocks­:S&P 500
map:lo­cation
Forces Google to show map results.
map:si­licon valley
value in value
converts value in another value
$400 in EUR
inurl:
Search for pages with a particular word in the URL.
inurl:­wik­ipedia
filety­pe:­pdf­,etc.
Seaches for a specific filetype
facebook filety­pe:pdf

Simple google search commands

“ ”
Search for results that mention an exact word or phrase
"­che­mical reaction with oxigen­"
smth OR(|) smth
Search for results related to A or B
jobs OR gates
smth AND smth
Search for results related to A and B
tommi makinen AND Colin Mcrae
(expr)
Group multiple searches
(phone AND tablet) apple
#..#
Search within a range of numbers
macbook pro $300..$­1000
-
Search for results that don’t mention a word or phrase.
jobs -apple
+
Search for results that mention a word or phrase.
jobs +apple
@
Returns search results that match a particular social media site
tim @instagram