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You can use symbols or words in your search to make your search results more precise.
Right after the word you're looking for, add the text imagesize:widthxheight. Make sure to add the dimensions in pixels. Example: imagesize:500x400 Put @ in front of a word to search social media. For example: @twitter. Put $ in front of a number. For example: camera $400. Search hashtagsPut # in front of a word. For example: #throwbackthursday Exclude words from your searchPut - in front of a word you want to leave out. For example, jaguar speed -car Search for an exact matchPut a word or phrase inside quotes. For example, "tallest building". Search within a range of numbersPut .. between two numbers. For example, camera $50..$100. Combine searchesPut "OR" between each search query. For example, marathon OR race. Search for a specific sitePut "site:" in front of a site or domain. For example, site:youtube.com or site:.gov. Search for related sitesPut "related:" in front of a web address you already know. For example, related:time.com. See Google’s cached version of a sitePut "cache:" in front of the site address. Important: Not all search operators return exhaustive results.
It was nearly 10 a.m. on a Friday morning, and class was about to begin. I logged into the laptop sitting on the desk in front of me, opened a web browser, and prepared to get started on my first assignment: performing a Google search to find out when the Californian city of Santa Clara was founded. The class discussion that followed focused not only on the answers my classmates and I found, but the steps we took to get there. That's because I was taking a class at Grow with Google, the learning center next to the search giant's main campus in New York City that offers free classes, workshops, and one-on-one coaching sessions. This particular session focused on how to get the most out of Google's search engine, and it was led by Daniel M. Russell, Google's senior research scientist for search quality and user happiness who has been with the company for 14 years. Even if you consider yourself a Google expert and use the search engine daily, there are probably a couple of tweaks you can make to improve the quality of your search results. Here are five tricks I learned from taking Google's class and speaking with Russell beforehand. |