1. Google Search Tips CBA – Lauren Taylor – Dardanelle High School

2. Use Quotes When searching for an exact phrase
Will show results for exact match
Spelling and order of words

3. Us an asterisk
Replace a word with an asterisk inside quotations to find all variations of that phrase.
Example: Searching for song lyrics when you don’t know one word
(“There’s nothing * me back”)
Example: Finding all forms of an expression
( “* is thicker than water”)

4. Use the minus sign Eliminates results containing certain words
Use when a search is producing several results that aren’t of interest to you
Example – trying to find information on a jaguar, but results for the car are showing
(Jaguar –car)

5. Use ~ to search similar words
Using ~ will search for a word and all of its’ synonyms
Example: ~mobile phone will show results for “phone”, “cell”, “cellular”, “wireless”

6. Use websites for Keywords
“site:’ function that searches only that site
Example: You want to see everytime time.com mentioned Google
“Google site:time.com”
Example: You are shopping for beds, but only want to see options from Amazon
“Beds site:amazon.com”

7. Search Scholar Articles for Research
Use Google Scholar to find scholarly articles for research
Provides correct citation for you!
scholar.google.com

8. Compare using VS Use for comparing any two items
Example: Comparing NFL teams
Search “Cowboys vs Raiders”
Compare scores

9. Multiple Words Use the word “OR” to search either word
Example: “Vacation London OR Paris”
This will return results for vacations in London OR Paris

10. Numerical Ranges Search for a range of numbers with “…”
Research during a specific time frame:
Ex: Willie Mays 1950…1960

11. Use “Define:”
Search with the word “DEFINE:” and you will find definitions for any word that follows
If you want to find definitions to the word “plethora”
Search: “Define: plethora”

12. Search Math Answers
Google will give you answers to basic calculator functions
Example: Typing 1+1 in the search bar will yield the answer 2

13. Search Conversions
To convert units of measurement, search using the word “in”
Example: “cm in foot” will show a conversion calculator.

14. Search images using images
Drag and drop or upload an image into Google to search similar images.

15. Search a file type
Use a file extension to search for a particular file type.
Example: Search “World War II .pptx” to search for Powerpoint Presentations about World War II

16. Let’s Have Some Fun!
Google “Easter Eggs”

17. Search “askew”

18. “flip a coin”

19. “Do a Barrel roll”

20. What is the loneliest number

21. Google Gravity
Click on the first result.

22. Search Games – Play games
“solitaire”
“tic tac toe”
“pacman”
“Atari Breakout” - Images

23. Animal sounds
Search: “What sound does a dog make” and switch between animals.

24. Retro Google
Search: “Google in 1998” will take you back to the search engine during that year.

25. Zerg Rush
Search this term and attack the O’s!