Google Searching

Using the proper Google syntax can be incredibly helpful when trying to find exactly what you need. Here are some examples of questions that can be answered easier by using proper syntax.

Using Google:

How would you search for an exact word or phrase?
Use double quotations to let google know that you are searching for an exact phrase.

< "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood" >

How would you search for something on a specific site?
Enter your desired query followed by "site:_____" to find the query on that site only.

< seasonal depression site:cmha.ca >

How would you correctly search for a definition?
Type define: before the word that you are wanting to define.

< define: paranoid >

How would you search for a specific product available within a specific price range?
Place two periods between values to search a range of values in between.

< iphone 5s 600..700 >

How would you search for a specific filetype?
Enter the phrase filetype: followed directly by a 3 letter file type

< filetype:kml Lewis and Clarke expedition >

How would you include or ignore words in your search?
Using a minus sign will remove a word from the search and a plus sign will ensure that that specific word is included.

< savoury biscuits +bacon -cheese >

How would you find related pages?
Using related: before a URL will search for new website related to the content of the first.

< related:http://www.leonardoda-vinci.org >

How would you find a topic, searching all available synonyms of a word?
Using the tilde "~" symbol allows for the searching of all synonyms. Google discontinued this in January 2013.

< dubai ~excessive >

How would you find the time in another country?
Type time followed by a country and a list of times in that country will show.

< time australia >

How would you find out how many Egyptian pounds you get for $20 Canadian dollars?
Enter the initial currency amount followed by "in" and then the desired currency.

< 20 cad in Egyptian Pounds >