How To Hack Google For Best Results

Jan 22, 2008 at 11:41 AM
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What happened when you search google for any specific keywords ? You must be getting a lot of results, Don't understand which is relevant to you.. Google Believe in Quantity not actually in quality. So what you do then? Use Advance Google Search Operators to restrict the search results only to book. But HOW?

Learn Quick Tips to Search Google Efficiently :

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Explicit Phrase:
Use Double Quote to find Exact Keyword Search
Example: "Raj Mangalam";It will search whole word i.e. RAJ MANGALAM
Exclude Words:
If you want to exclude any word from search keyword use the following process.
Example Search: Raj Mangalam -Raj Mangalam Blog; It will exclude the Raj Mangalam Blog from the search result
Site Specific Search:
Often, you want to search a specific website for content that matches a certain phrase. Even if the site doesn’t support a built-in search feature, you can use Google to search the site for your term. Simply use the "site:oophs.blogspot.com" modifier.
Example: "Raj Mangalam" site:www.oophs.blogspot.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.
Example: "Raj Mangalam" ~Blogger
Specific Document Types:
Search for specific file type with keyword. Suppose you want to search pdf file related to raj mangalam
Example: "raj mangalam" filetype:pdf
This OR That:
By default, when you do a search, Google will include all the terms specified in the search. If you are looking for any one of one or more terms to match, then you can use the OR operator. (Note: The OR has to be capitalized).
Example: Raj Mangalam OR mangalamraj
Area Code Lookup:
If all you need to do is to look-up the area code for a phone number, just enter area code and Google will tell you where it’s from.
Example: 91
Numeric Ranges:
This is the most useful facility given by Google. If you want to search a range of number than it is possible to find.
Example: president 2001..2008; two dot will include all the year since 2001 to 2008 i.e. it will show 2002,2003,2004 and so result in search till the 2008
Stock (Ticker Symbol):
Just enter a valid ticker symbol as your search term and Google will give you the current financials and a quick thumb-nail chart for the stock.
Example: GOOG
Calculator:
Google will calculate everything as simple to your calculator.
Example: 100+55 ; It will give you the result
Word Definitions:
If you need to quickly look up the definition of a word or phrase, simply use the "define:" command.
Example: define:Blogging
Track flight status:

Enter the airline and flight number into the Google search box and get back the arrival
and departure times right inside Google's search results.

Example : Kingfisher Flight 210

13. Convert currency, metrics, bytes, and more :

You can covert any thing from one form to other like currency, computation, Metrics
Seconds in year and lot more

Example : 10 US dollar in Indian Rupees

14. Get the local time anywhere

You can find Local Timing using Google Search

Example : What Time is it in India

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15. Use Google as a free proxy

Use Google's cache to take a peek even when the originating site's being blocked,

Example : cache:orkut.com

16. Remove affiliate links from product searches

When you're sick of seeing duplicate product search results from the likes of eBay, Bizrate,
Pricerunner, and Shopping.com, You can remove them from the search for fresh product.


 Example : Keyword -site:ebay.com -site:bizrate.com -site:shopping.com

17. Find related terms and documents

Using a combination of advanced search operators one can search for music, movies and related files on google which are not shown on search result by default.

Example : -inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:"index of" +"last modified" +"parent
directory" +description +size +(wma|mp3) "Elvis" It will show the music
file of Elvis present on net to download

Google Search Command Operators :

Below are the few Tips which helps in Hacking Google Search Effectively and for Time Saving. It is the list of approx all known Advance Google Search Operators. Use them and let me know How do u like this or if you want to add any further.....

link:URL = Shows other pages with links to that url.
related:URL = same as “what’s related” on serps.
site:domain.com = restricts search results to the given domain.
allinurl:WORD = shows only pages with all terms in the url.
inurl:WORD = like allinurl, but only for the next query word.
allintitle:WORD = shows only results with terms in title.
intitle:WORD = similar to allintitle, but only for the next word.
cache:URL = will show the Google version of the passed url.
info:URL = will show a page containing links to related searches, backlinks, and pages containing the url. This is the same as typing the url into the search box.
spell:WORD = will spell check your query and search for it.
stocks: = will lookup the search query in a stock index.
filetype: = will restrict searches to that filetype. “=filetype:pdf” to remove Adobe PDF files.
maps: Address If you enter a street address, a link to Yahoo Maps and to MapBlast will be presented.
phone: enter anything that looks like a phone number to have a name and address displayed. Same is true for something that looks like an address (include a name and zip code)
site:www.somesite.net “+www.somesite.+net” = tells you how many pages of your site are indexed by google
allintext: = searches only within text of pages, but not in the links or page title
allinlinks: = searches only within links, not text or title
WordA OR WordB = either the word A or B
“Word” or “Phrase” = Search exact word or phrase
WordA -WordB = Search for word A but not the word B
WordA+WordB = WordA including WordB
~WORD = looks up WORD and its synonyms
define:WORD = definition of word
WordA WordB * WordC = WordA,WordB and WordC separated by one or more words
Number1…Number2 = search within number1 and number2.
Word daterange:20008-20010 = Search about Word within given date range. Date format must be like given
safesearch:WORD = exclude adult content
Word site:.edu/.gov/.org = specific domain search reated to Word
weather:Zip Code = Search Local Weather

Basic Search Techniques :

1. Use the plus sign (+) to include the common term in search. Minus sign (-) to exclude a term from a search. No space follows these signs.

2. To search for exact Keyword , use the keyword surrounded by double quotes (" ")

3. An asterisk (*) represents any word—not the completion of a word

4. A period (.) serves as a single-character wildcard

Google Search Basic Operators :

The site: operator instructs Google to restrict a search to a specific web site or domain. The web site to search must be supplied after the colon.
The filetype: operator instructs Google to search only within the text of a particular type of file. The file type to search must be supplied after the colon. Don't include a period before the file extension.
The link: operator instructs Google to search within hyperlinks for a search term.
The cache: operator displays the version of a web page as it appeared when Google crawled the site. The URL of the site must be supplied after the colon.
The intitle: operator instructs Google to search for a term within the title of a document.
The inurl: operator instructs Google to search only within the URL (web address) of a document. The search term must follow the colon.

Google Search Helpful Links :

Below are the few Helpful Links Providing Information about Google Search and It's Hack.

1. Google Search Hacks

2. Big Google Search Directory

3. Google Hacking Links

4. Google Search Tricks

5. Google Search Tricks Database

Download Google Cheat Sheet :

While surfing web i came across some useful document describing Google Complete Cheat Sheet. I have mentioned it below :

1. Download Google Cheat Sheet

2. Download Google Tricks & Hacks Document

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