How to Search on Google Effectively.!
Basic Search Features
Primary Search Function
"your key word"
Example
facebook login
Exact search word
"facebook login"
Advance
refer at end of this article
Weather
"City Name" weather
Stock Quotes
Company Name's Stock Symbol
Example if it's Microsoft then
MSFT
Time
time City or Country Name
Example
time Sri Lanka
time London
Music
Artist Name,album Name,part of Lyric
Sunrise & Sunset
Sunset/Sunrise "the city name" (without double quotation)
Example
Sunset Colombo
Sunrise Colombo
Calculator
Basic arithmetic functions
- +
- ,–
- ,*
- ,/
- ,^ or **
- ,% of(Percent)
- ,mod or %
- ,the nth root of -> Example [ 4th root of 16 ]
Advanced Math
- pi = 3.14 radians
Functions
Syntax -> function(parameter)
Example sin(2); 2 in radian
- sin, cos, tan, sec, csc, cot, etc. (parameter should be passed in radins and one parameter is allowed)
- arcsin, arccos, arctan, arccsc, etc. -> Inverse values
- sinh, cosh, tanh, csch, arsinh, arccsch, etc. -> Hyperbolic functions
- ln -> (e based ; e = 2.71) example [ ln(16) ,so the base is e]
- lg -> (2 based )
- exp (exponential function )-> exp(1) = 2.71
- ! (factorial) example 5! means 5*4*3*2*1
- e (find the exponential value)
- sqrt(value in numeric format)
Currency
Value "Currency unit" to "another currency unit"
example
20 US dollars to Sri Lankan Rupees
Mass
1kg to g
supported units
kg, grams or g, grains, pounds or lbs, carats, stones, tons, tonnes
Length
1m to cm
supported units
meters or m, miles, feet, Angstroms, cubits, furlongs
Volume
1l to ml
supported units
gallons, liters or l, bushels, teaspoons, pints
Area
1 sqkm to acres
supported units
square kilometers, acres, hectares
Time
1day to seconds
supported units
days, seconds or s, centuries, sidereal years, fortnights
Electricity
10 ohms to kiloohms
supported units
volts, amps, ohms, henrys
Energy
10 calories per pound
supported units
Calories, British thermal units (BTU), joules, ergs, foot-pounds
Power
10 watt to hp
supported units
watt, kilowatts, horsepower or hp
Information
1 byte to bits
supported units
bits, bytes, kbytes, etc. (megabytes,gigabytes,terabytes....)
Quantity
1 dozen (it will produce 12)
supported units
dozen, baker’s dozen, percent, gross, great gross, score, googol
Numbering systems
Prefixes
- decimal -> N/A
- hexadecimal -> 0x
- octal -> 0o
- binary -> 0b
supported units
decimal, hexadecimal or hex, octal, binary, roman numerals, etc.
Some of Important Physical Constants
- atomic mass units (amu) -> 1 atomic mass unit = 1.66053886 × 10-27 kilograms
- Astronomical Unit (au) -> 1 Astronomical Unit = 149 598 000 kilometers
- Boltzmann constant (k) -> Boltzmann constant = 1.3806503 × 10-23 m2 kg s-2 K-1
- gravitational constant (G) -> gravitational constant = 6.67300 × 10-11 m3 kg-1 s-2
- speed of light in a vacuum (c)(example if u want to calculate e=mc^2) -> the speed of light = 299 792 458 m / s
Parenthesis can be used.!
Example
(1+2)*3
Calculation Examples
(A)
E=mc^2
type this on Google
10kg * c^2 (cause c is predefined constant value)
E = 10 kilograms * (the speed of light^2) = 8.98755179 × 1017 joules
Online Based Google Calculator with Nice Interface and user friendly
http://www.soople.com/soople_intcalchome.php
Book Search
Author Book Name Edition
Example
Ivor Horton Java 2nd Edition
Earthquakes
earthquake city/zip code/country(for small countries)
Example
earthquake Colombo
Public Data
To See the population type
population Country/State/City
To See the unemployment rate type
unemployment rate Country/State/City
People Profiles
"Name" and Press Enter
Example
Bill Gates
To Find on Facebook
facebook Bill Gates
To Find on Myspace
myspace Bill Gates
To Find on "custom place"
"custom place" Bill Gates
Synonym Search
Synonym "noun"
Example
Synonym talk
Dictionary Definitions
Define "noun/verb/etc.."
Example
Define talk
Local Search
"store, restaurant, or other local business" "city/country/state"
example
Chinese food colombo
cheap hotel sri lanka
(then it will show the map/the reviews/and various available places)
Movie Showtimes
movie "City/Country"
example
movie Colombo
if you know the movie name then type
movieName "city/country"
example
Health Search
Health Conditions
To see information about a common disease or symptom
diseases "Name"
example
diseases HIV
Medications
medications for "diseases"
example
medications for anxiety
Trip Planning
Flight Tracking
flying "source city" to "destination city"
example
flying colombo to paris
Maps
Maps "city/country/state"
Maps colombo
Plus (+) Operator
Since Google ignores Where/what/and/or like those words
it won't add to the search result to add those words use
+ front of that word
Examples
+how to drive well
+where is sri lanka
+if I can't run what +should do
nvidia +or ati
Related Search
To find a similar web page to typed webpage type
Related:"site"
Example
Related:elakiri.com
Fill in the Blank
Ask questions more easily then use * at end of the sentence
So Google will find any questions related to the typed keyword
Mahinda Rajapaksa Done *
It will show as
What has Mahinda Rajapaksa Done so far
Mahinda Rajapaksa is *
It will show as
Mahinda Rajapaksa is __________
Patent Numbers
To Search a patent number registered in US type
Patent "Number"
Example
Patent 5123123
Custom Site Search
To search a specific site
site:"site Name" "keyword"
Example
site:elakiri.com Music
find Exact search
site:elakiri.com "English Songs"
advance search
refer end of the this article it will teach you how to perform advance search
Advance Search on Google
This will teach you how to search manually on Google so obviously this might not useful for lot of people
but for developers who intend to develop search boxes which can search through Google Search Engines
you can use JavaScript to develop those Custom Search Engines more easily. or you can even use Google custom search
Engine which makes easy your works anyway I typed by thinking this might useful for someone
remember this is advance section.
Main Search Keyword "Exact Match" Word One OR/AND Word Two -Unwanted Words filtype
df/xls(MS Excel)/doc(MS Word)/swf(Flash) Numeric Range(Num1..Num2)Example
nvidia "Graphic Cards" GTX 460 OR GTX 480 -GTX465 filetype
df $8000..$30000nvidia "Graphic Cards" GTX 460 OR GTX 480 -GTX465 $8000..$30000
To Find more Information Visit here
http://www.google.com/advanced_search
References
http://www.googleguide.com/calculator.html ,2010/02/06
http://www.google.com/advanced_search ,2010/02/06
http://www.google.com ,2010/02/06
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