Related Search
To search for web pages that have similar content to a given site, type "related:" followed by a space and
then the website address into the Google search box
EX related: http://www.mrrileyswebsite.com/
related: newyork.mets.mlb.com/
Similar Words and Synonyms
let’s say you are want to include a word in your search, but want to include results that contain similar
words or synonyms. To do this, use the "~" in front of the word.
EX "internet marketing" ~professional
"dog walker"~professional
Fill in the Blank
Sometimes the best way to ask a question is to get Google to ‘fill in the blank’ by adding an asterisk (*) at
the part of the sentence or question that you want finished into the Google search box.
EX
mets world series* About 7,280,000 results
mets world series About 1,920,000 results
Search within a specific website (site:)
Google allows you to specify that your search results must come from a given website. For example, [
iraq site:nytimes.com ] will return pages about Iraq but only from nytimes.com. The simpler queries [ iraq
nytimes.com ] or [ iraq New York Times ] will usually be just as good, though they might return results
from other sites that mention the New York Times. You can also specify a whole class of sites, for
example [ iraq site:.gov ] will return results only from a .gov domain and [ iraq site:.iq ] will return results
only from Iraqi sites. No space between site: & http…….
EX
world series site:http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=nym
The OR operator
Google's default behavior is to consider all the words in a search. If you want to specifically allow either
one of several words, you can use the OR operator (note that you have to type 'OR' in ALL CAPS). For
example, [ San Francisco Giants 2004 OR 2005 ] will give you results about either one of these years,
whereas [ San Francisco Giants 2004 2005 ] (without the OR) will show pages that include both years on
the same page. The symbol | can be substituted for OR. (The AND operator, by the way, is the default, so
it is not needed.)
EX
new york mets 1969 OR 2006
Numeric Ranges:
This is a rarely used, but highly useful tip. Let’s say you want to find results that contain any of a range
of numbers. You can do this by using the X..Y modifier (in case this is hard to read, what’s between the
X and Y are two periods. This type of search is useful for years (as shown below), prices or anywhere
where you want to provide a series of numbers.
EX
New York mets 1940..1950
Are you looking for a specific file type?
Use the file extension in your search
File Format Suffix
Description
Adobe Acrobat
.pdf
PDF
A publishing format commonly used for product manuals and documents of all
sorts.
Adobe
PostScript
.ps
A printing format often used for academic papers.
Microsoft
Word
.doc
A common word processing format.
Microsoft
Excel
.xls
A format for spreadsheets.
Microsoft
PowerPoint
.ppt
A format for presentations and slides.
Rich Text
Format
.rtf
A format used to exchange documents between Microsoft Word and other
formats.
epub
A format that allows you to upload to iBooks or Google Play Books. Yes, you
may also upload a PDF file to both apps, but an epub file allows you to Note,
Highlight, and use the T.O.C.
E-Book
Safe Site – No
Phishing or
Maleware detected.
Link. To the site
The
URL
SubLinks. Links
within the site
en.
Language
Snippet – Description
of the site
Wikipedia.or
g
The URL
/
A / after a URL
shows this is a
page within a
larger website
Always evaluate the URL
In some cases it is worth backspacing from
the page or / back to the main URL
Practice:
Google the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
Back space the URL – What did you find?
Internet Math
When you search a broad topic you will receive too many results. The result below could include
Al “Smith” From “John “ Street.
Add a more KeyWords to narrow results. John Smith Explorer. However you may still receive
results for Al Smith who parked his Ford Explorer on John Street.
Placing Quotes around your search item returns results with those words in exact order.
Try using a random sentence from your class novel.
To remove a result use – for example –Jamestown to add results use a + for example +Pocahontas
Imagine you are looking up Volcanoes in the Hawaiian Islands. You may find many of the results contain travel
information. Try searching like this “Hawaiian Islands” –Tripadvisor +Volcanoes