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Google Operating System blog has a post on all the OneBox results that Google now offers and blogs have been added to the mix…Micro Persuasion also notes wikipedia is added to the list, just add the term “info” to your search query.

eg. ghandi info…the wikipedia entry came up as the 3rd hit, when you don’t type in “info” in the search query it comes up as the 2nd hit, so I guess the OneBox results are hit and miss.

Anyway I thought I’d add the Google Search Tips sheet I created from an old library newsletter at my work, please note this list doesn’t include every search tip possible, but it is a great selection for general users.

Google Search Tips!

Here are some tips on how to get the most out of searching Google.

The following search tips can be used in the main search box. Most can also be accessed from the Advanced Search page or the Help page.

sustainable mining (no quotation marks)

Search web pages that contain both these terms

NOTE: When two terms are entered, Google assumes this means “AND”
… terms won’t necessarily appear next to each other in the results.

“sustainable mining” (note quotation marks)

Search web pages that contain the phrase

NOTE: Terms will appear next to each other

sustainable OR mining

Search web pages that contain either of these terms

mining -sustainable

Search web pages that contain the first term but not the second term

mine-mill

Search for variations mine-mill…mine mill…minemill…mine/mill…mine,mill

mining +and minerals

Google will ignore words stop words such as; how, for, the, and…to keep these use “+”

~mining

Search web pages that contain the terms; resources, gold, coal, minerals, etc…

site:google.com

Search all indexed web pages from a website

sustainability site:hatch.ca

Search all indexed webpages from a website containing a search term

NOTE: An alternative to using the Hatch website search box

define:sustainable

Use Google as a Dictionary

sustainable filetype:pdf

Search web pages with a specific file type

sustainable intitle:mining

Search for a term in the title and the other term anywhere

allintitle: sustainable mining

Search for terms that have to appear in the title

mining inurl:sustainable

Search for a term in the URL and the other term anywhere

NOTE: URL is the website address

allinurl:sustainable mining

Search for terms that have to appear in the URL

link:google.com

Search web pages that have links to a specific web pages
eg. Who is linking to the Hatch website

related:google.com

Search web pages that are similar to a specific web page

“Sustainable * Flyer”

Search for the phrase with any term between these two terms

mining 1720…1730

Search web pages within a time period

ADVANCED EXAMPLE

allintitle:enterprise search site:google.com filetype:pdf

CALCULATOR/CONVERSIONS

2+2, then press search
18 miles in kilometres, then press search
4 squared, then press search
38 degrees celsius in fahrenheit, then press search

See help for more…also see this advanced collection.

MORE ABOUT GOOGLE SEARCHING

Google Cheat Sheet

Better searches. Better results.

Anatomy of a Search.

How does Google Rank Results?

More

As you can see on the Google homepage you can choose from different types of searches eg. images, news, groups…clicking the “more” link on the Google page will show lots of other different types of searches; maps, books, blogs, scholar, video, etc…also check out the labs.