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5 Google Search Tricks To Make Search Results Easier and More Accurate

Viklin
Last updated: 2020/11/16 at 1:29 PM
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With over 5.4 billion Google searches per day, Google remains the most reliable information search engine in the world. Google search makes it easy to access information through the use of images, videos, text and more. And for this reason, a lot of people have relied on Google as their preferred search engine for research, education, learning etc.

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5 Google Search Tricks To Make Search Results More Accurate1. Strip mark (-)2. The quotation marks (“”)3. Colon (:)4. Two-dot mark (..)5. The word “Filetype:”

Nonetheless, several people don’t know how to effectively search for things online, and that’s the essence of this article.

So for those Google users who are looking to learn the nitty-gritty, there are a few tricks you can use to make searching on Google easier and more accurate.

Without further ado, let’s delve into the various Google search tricks that can help in enhancing your search results.

5 Google Search Tricks To Make Search Results More Accurate

1. Strip mark (-)

google search dash

By adding a dash (-) to the keywords you are looking for, it helps you to find results except for the words you have dashed.

Example: naijaknowhow -tech

With the keyword phrase in the example above, you will find posts or results that do not contain the word ‘tech’.

2. The quotation marks (“”)

google search quotes

Adding quotation marks at the beginning and the end of sentences can help you find words that match the keywords you are writing without changing the sentence structure at all.

Example: “naijaknowhow tech”

With the keyword phrase in the example above, you will find posts or results that contain the word ‘naijaknowhow tech’ exactly.

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3. Colon (:)

google search colon

By adding a colon after the first keyword and adding a specific website address can help you find the first keyword only on the website you wrote.

Example: Smartphones: naijaknowhow.net

With the keyword phrase in the example above, you will find pages with the word smartphones only on the naijaknowhow.net website.

4. Two-dot mark (..)

google search dots

Adding two dots between 2 numbers in keywords can help you find words that are only in that number, it can be a year or a page.

Example: Naijaknowhow article 2015..2020

With the keyword phrase in the example above, you will find the word ‘Naijaknowhow article’ which only exists in the 2015 to 2020 timeframe.

5. The word “Filetype:”

google search filetype

Adding the word “Filetype:” followed by the file format and additional keywords behind it helps you find the specific file you are writing about.

Example: Filetype: pdf Naijaknowhow

With the keyword phrase in the example above, you will only find pdf files related to Naijaknowhow only.

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  • Victoria says:
    November 16, 2020 at 3:49 pm

    This article was very helpful.. thanks viklin

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    • Viklin says:
      November 16, 2020 at 5:50 pm

      Thanks for stopping by Victoria.

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