- When you’re searching for something on the Web using, say, Google, put quotes around phrases that must be searched together. For example, if you put quotes around “electric curtains,” Google won’t waste your time finding one set of Web pages containing the word “electric” and another set containing the word “curtains.”
- You can use Google to do math for you. Just type the equation, like 23*7+15/3=, and hit Enter. Oh, yeah: on the computer, * means “times” and / means “divided by.”
- Google is also a units-of-measurement and currency converter. Type “teaspoons in 1.3 gallons,” for example, or “euros in 17 dollars.” Click Search to see the answer.
- The ‘*’ symbol is a wildcard in Google. This is useful if you are trying to find the lyrics to a song, but can’t remember the exact lyrics. [Can’t * me love lyrics] will return the Beatles song you are looking for.
- If you want to search for .PDF files or Word documents or Excel spreadsheets, for example use the “filetype:” operator. Eg., -ponniyin selvan filetype pdf
More tips to be continued.
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