How to use search engines correctly. Yandex: Basic techniques for quick search in Yandex
Hello, dear readers of the blog site. Today I want to continue the topic and move on to a description of my main tool, which I have been using for the second millennium.
Historically, I usually lead search in Yandex, and only then, if nothing worthy is found, I switch to Google (by the way, I recently wrote about what tools can be used and how they can be used).
Yandex, like Google, has its own (but very similar) query language, an advanced filter, as well as a family search. True, there is not such a rich set of filters in the search results itself (the page with search results), but there is a display of the filters that are present in this search results. I don’t know about you, but this thing really helps me to quickly find sites worthy of my attention, which I trust and whose answers previously satisfied me.
Is it convenient to search in Yandex?
In general, of course, it looks a little strange that I am writing about the main tool of the Yandex corporation (read,) after I had reviewed other (minor in relation to search) services:
This probably happened because the process of searching for information on the Internet has become for us as much a matter of course as breathing, walking, talking, etc. We do not focus on this, although if you approach this process wisely and carefully, you can significantly save your time, nerves and find something that would normally escape our attention.
So, let's go over the appearance of the search results page and the tools that are present there.
At the very top there is a list of other Yandex services and thematic searches that may interest you. However, results from searches for news, products, pictures, etc. are also mixed into the results of the general search results. For example, on the right, images are displayed just from the image search.
For some types of queries, Yandex (as well as Google) can give quite specific answers. The RuNet mirror calls this feature names a sorcerer. There are quite a lot of sorcerers (you can read and see about them on this page). Sometimes the sorcerer displays his block, similar to what I described in the article about, and sometimes he only gives a link, for example, to.
When requesting weather, immediately after entering the request form, you will see a weather wizard:
Settings and search options
If you have a slow Internet channel (for example, via a mobile phone), you can disable display of graphic banners and pictures located on the right (the “Settings” button in the upper right corner of the issue window).
By default, the search window settings also enable the display of site icons (favicons), which allow you to visually very quickly find among the results those sites that you are accustomed to trust. It will also be possible to increase the number of answers on the results page to 50, which, personally, is what I do, because in the top ten there is, as a rule, a lot of noise.
You can enable the display of separate statistics for each of the words contained in your query (displayed under the query entry form), but this will be an unnecessary overkill for the vast majority of users. Yes, you can sometimes see in Yandex search results dialogue prompts(see gray buttons in the previous screenshot under the request entry form), which allow you to quickly view the results for a refined request.
Search tips and what is important can be seen in the results (results)
Yes, I'm still talking about Yandex search suggestions didn't say. They now become personalized by default and take into account all the requests you previously typed and all other nuances of your personal life.
You can disable their personalization either on this page, or by clicking on the corresponding link (My queries) directly from the drop-down window with these same search tips.
You see, this settings page is different from the general search settings page. For some reason, Yandex has several such pages and the functionality of some of them overlaps. behold all possible search settings Runet mirrors will be available on the Tune.yandex.ru page.
Previously, I also chose to display a more detailed snippet taken from the site text (in the area "Document Description" option “Advanced”) or its description, so as not to once again go to those resources where the answer to my question most likely will not be found. Now, with a fairly fast Internet (), it is easier to go to the site than to read the snippet, which is generated by the RuNet mirror and is not always successful and informative.
Below the snippet there is a chain of links leading to the document found on this site (similar to breadcrumbs), which in some cases can stimulate additional clicks if they are attracted by the name of the category or section where this very page lives. Usually, these chains are taken from the bread crumbs available on the site.
The title of the document is taken from, although exceptions may sometimes be made. But this is rather important not for those who search in Yandex, but for those who want to be found ().
The user is more interested in, for example, a link "Copy", which allows you to view a copy of this document saved in the search engine cache. This may be necessary in the case or in the case, which will lead to the impossibility of switching to it from Yandex.
In addition, on the page with the copy, the keywords you typed will be highlighted with a bright yellow background, although this can be disabled by simply unchecking the “highlight query words” box. Using the arrows to the right and left of the query text, you can move between the found keywords and in the text.
But there is an even better way to see what is no longer there - this. A very interesting thing and even about thin or not very humor of Yandex itself can tell us (the source is located, and the selected fragment is visible only when selected, because it is written in white font on a white background, which is strictly prohibited by the rules of the search engines themselves).
You also probably noticed that, as a rule, in the search results of Yandex, and Google too, most often there is only one page from the site. Here. And if you are interested in this particular resource and all the information on the problem you are interested in found only on it, then the button will come to your aid "More".
Much less often you can find the inscription "Found via link", which will tell you that the words from your request were not found on this site, but there are links leading to this document, in the anchor of which such words were present. In a similar way, Bush Jr.’s website was successfully searched using a completely unflattering phrase that could not have been in the text of its pages. Guess how this happened?
The next area of the Yandex search settings allows you to select the language in which you would prefer to see answers, and it is also possible to disable the automatic correction of typos or errors you made in the request. In fact, there used to be such a trend as promoting queries with errors that are often repeated. But now Yandex itself corrects them and the feature no longer works.
Family Search, Live Stream and Related Searches
Here you can enable or, conversely, disable filtering of adult content (who needs what). By default, a moderate filter is used, when adult content will be shown only if you explicitly express your desire to see it in your request. If children use the computer, then it would be best to switch to Family search, in order to avoid all sorts of unpleasant incidents.
Well, if you certainly want to prevent the possibility of including adult content in search results, then you can use a special Yandex website for family search Family.yandex.ru, which looks exactly the same as the main page of the RuNet mirror, and which can be added as the default search and home page in the browsers you use.
They also have a special search for people, where you can search for a person both on all popular networks, and on some specific one of them.
Since we are talking about special Yandex sites with specific searches, how do you like this option? Dnez-search, when you click the “Find” button, the output for one of the currently typed queries will be shown:
It will also be very interesting to follow the link "Live" and see in the background exactly what queries and at what point on the planet are typed by those who are trying to search for something in Yandex.
In the last part of the search results settings, you can enable or disable Yandex tracking you and taking into account the received data when generating tips and search results.
Just like in Google, those who decide to search for something in Yandex will have a dossier created, which can be viewed by clicking on the “My Finds” link. That's it, the settings are done.
By the way, at the bottom of the search results window you can often find related queries, which were entered by the same users, trying to find an answer to the question that was tormenting them. Firstly, you can click on them to see a page with these search results, and secondly, webmasters can choose here for their future articles.
Unlike Google's rich sets of filters, in the Runet mirror we see only sort switches by relevance (compliance with the request text) or by date. Moreover, the latter method returns sites that are extremely far from what you wanted to see when entering your request.
Advanced search and Yandex query language
All filtering capabilities are concentrated exclusively in Yandex advanced search, which we will now quickly consider.
Thus, not only experts in the query language of this search engine (by the way, it is very similar to the Google query language), but also ordinary untrained users can search professionally in Yandex. First, you enter your query into the "I'm looking for" field, where you can use one or more operators to narrow your search. In Google, in this regard, advanced search is more functional.
Let's go over those now search query language operators that may actually be needed:
- Often people are looking for quotes and for this it is possible to enclose this phrase in double quotes so that Yandex searches for these words in the same sequence.
- If you forgot one or more words in any quote, proverb or saying, you can replace them with an asterisk sign or signs * separated from other words by spaces: “he rested in *”
- The advanced search also allows you to select document type, in which the phrase you need will be searched (regular Internet pages, PDF documents, Word files and something else). It’s convenient when the essay or thesis is found in exactly the format required to submit it - there is no need to make unnecessary gestures. However, the operator Mime It will be much cooler to use: website promotion mime:doc
- It’s not entirely clear why this might be needed, but the RuNet mirror has had operators since ancient times & And && , which allow you to search for words separated by it in one sentence or in one document (in fact, && replaces the default logical OR operator with the AND operator)
- And as you can see from the last example, we can use parentheses to create super complex queries.
- In advanced search, you can limit the scope quite subtly by specifying a specific time interval when these documents were created or updated. There are also query language operators that allow you to do the same thing - Date. It allows you to set both a specific date and intervals.
By default, Yandex places the logical OR operator between all query words. However, if you need one of the words in the search results would definitely be present, then put a + sign in front of it without a space on the right, but with a mandatory space on the left:
Website promotion + Moscow
Just like any other search engine, the RuNet mirror ignores words that appear too often in queries. These are the so-called safe words and most often these are prepositions, particles or pronouns. In order for these stop words to be taken into account by you, again it will be enough to put a + sign in front of them without a space:
Engine + for the site
You can also search using negation operator. For example, you need to find a review of some item, but the results show only online stores with this product. What should I do? Quite simple. It is enough to put in front of the words that you do not want to see in the search results a double tilde ~~ (with a space between them and the word), or, at worst, a minus sign (without a space on the right, but with a space on the left):
Ipad 4 ~~ prices ~~ buy Ipad 4 - prices - buy
By default, Yandex understands the morphology of the Russian language and searches not only for those word forms (cases and numbers) that you used in the request, but also for all others (smart type). True, this does not apply to parts of speech (if you specified a noun in the request, then adjectives derived from this word will not be searched). But this is no longer important.
Another thing is that in rare cases you may need prohibit Yandex from searching based on morphology. This can be done using exclamation point placed without a space before the word that will need to be searched only in the form in which you used it (case, number).
"!site!promotion"
Moreover, if the searched word is usually written with a capital letter (for example, surname), then an exclamation point before such a word will force the search engine to search only for words with a capital letter:
Lev! Nikolaevich
There is also the option of using a double exclamation mark, which forces the RuNet mirror to search by the dictionary form of this word, but I am far from linguistics and did not understand in what cases this could be useful.
Often a situation may arise that the search on a site that interests you is so stupid and stupid that it is better not to use it. In this case, you can, of course, use the Yandex advanced search (see screenshot just above) and specify the address of the desired site (or several sites separated by commas) to limit the search area.
But anyone can do this. It will look much more effective to use Site query language operator, which will look something like this:
Website promotion site:https://site
Even more mysterious to me is the Yandex query language operator in the form slash "/", which allows you to set the interval (measured in the number of words) that will be maintained when searching for your query. The distance between adjacent words is assumed to be equal to one.
Promotion of /2 sites
This means that there cannot be more than one word between the words “promotion” and “site” in the documents found. There are also options for using a plus or minus sign in front of a number to determine the order of words. Yes, and you can also shove & (&&) in there, so that the poor user’s tower is completely blown away:
Promotion of &&/(-1 +2) sites
You will find examples of using all the mentioned and forgotten operators; perhaps this will help you search in Yandex more productively, quickly and with less nerve cells.
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Hi all!
How often do you have to search for information on the Internet? As a copywriter, I do it all the time.
The modern World Wide Web is simultaneously similar to both the largest library and the largest landfill. Sometimes, in order to find something valuable, you have to dig through tons of virtual “garbage.”
If you have also encountered this problem, then today I want to tell you something about how to correctly search in Yandex for the necessary sites with useful information.
By the way, if you haven’t read my post “”, then I advise you to do so. In it I review an interesting search plugin for the Google Chrome browser.
So, how to properly search for information in Yandex? There are 9 interesting techniques that not everyone knows about.
1. Search for an exact phrase
Often, when we enter a search query, Yandex returns not only sites where it is contained in an exact entry, but also in all sorts of word forms, in the form of synonyms. For example, in response to the phrase “buy plastic windows in Balashikha”, sites with the phrases “buy windows”, “plastic windows”, “all about Balashikha” may be displayed.
Garbage is cut off in a simple manner. Do you want the search to be carried out only using a clearly defined phrase? Enclose it in quotes ""
2. Search for a phrase with an unknown variable
For example, you need to find the name of some complex factory device and you know that it is called “metal?” lip roller." Sign "?" - this is a word that you don’t remember, but it is important in the name of the device.
It turns out that Yandex can search for such unknown variables. Enclose the query in quotation marks and replace the unknown word with *
3. Search for one of several synonyms or just one of several words
In principle, Yandex searches for synonyms without our help. In response to a request for “tires,” it can provide links to pages tailored to the “tires” key.
But you can set a search among one of the specified words yourself. Just list all possible words, separated by |, and if they are included in a certain phrase, then enclose them in parentheses:
4. How to correctly search for words within one sentence in Yandex?
Sometimes when you enter certain phrases into a search, the search engine returns separate pieces of sentences, each of which contains one of the keywords. How can you get sites where all the words of a phrase are included in one sentence?
To do this, use the & sign
5. Search for phrases that must contain a specific word
Often, the longer the search phrase, the less accurate the results that search engines produce. If you want a certain word to be included in the search phrase, then you need to put a + sign in front of it
6. How to correctly search for phrases in Yandex that do NOT include certain words
Let’s say you type the phrase “plastic windows” into the search. But you're not looking for sites where you can buy them: you're looking for general information. And Yandex, as you know, strives to sell something to a gullible target audience.
The word “buy” can be excluded from the search if you write it with a minus sign:
7. Search for a phrase on a specific site
By the way, I talked about this in a previous article about searching on the Internet. Remember when I suggested using a special plugin for the Google Chrome browser? Now we will try to do it differently.
You just need to add the following operator to the search phrase: “site:http://www.site address”:
8. Search for any documents
Do you know that Yandex can search not only web pages, but also many other documents? This is done very simply. You just need to specify the type of document you are looking for using the "mime:format" command:
9. Search for sites in specific languages
It is believed that the Google system is better suited for searching foreign sites. This is actually true, given that this search engine has taken root in almost all countries of the world. But Yandex can also do something. If you want to find sites in a specific language, then simply write the command lang:language (ru, uk, be, en, fr, etc.) at the end of the phrase:
If the language is Russian, then you need to indicate ru, if Ukrainian - uk. The Belarusian language is designated as be, English - en, French - fr.
That's all for today. The following posts will contain new interesting things, cool things and tricks.
Follow the blog updates so you don't miss anything.
And, of course, share your opinion in the comments. Good luck to everyone and see you again! Yours.
Surely you have heard more than once about such a wonderful search engine as Google. I'm guessing you've used it more than once when you wanted to know something. But did you find what you wanted? If you search for answers on Google as often as I do, I think you will find this article useful because it is designed to make your search faster and more efficient. So, first, a little history...
Google is a corruption of the English word "googol", coined by Milton Sirotta, nephew of the American mathematician Edward Kaiser, to denote the number consisting of one and one hundred zeros. Now the name Google is the leader of Internet search engines, developed by Google Inc.
Google occupies more than 70% of the global market, which means that seven out of ten people online turn to its page when searching for information on the Internet. It currently registers about 50 million search queries daily and indexes more than 8 billion web pages. Google can find information in 101 languages. Google at the end of August 2004 consisted of 132 thousand machines located in different parts of the planet.
Google uses intelligent text analysis techniques to find important yet relevant pages for your query. To do this, Google analyzes not only the page itself that matches the query, but also the pages that link to it to determine the value of that page for the purposes of your query. Google also prefers pages where the keywords you enter are close to each other.
The Google interface contains a rather complex query language that allows you to limit the search scope to specific domains, languages, file types, etc. The use of some operators in this language allows you to make the process of finding the necessary information more flexible and accurate. Let's look at some of them.
Logical “AND”:
By default, when you write query words separated by spaces, Google searches for documents that contain all the query words. This corresponds to the AND operator. Those. a space is equivalent to the AND operator.
For example:
Cats dogs parrots zebras
Cats AND dogs AND parrots AND zebras
(both queries are the same)
Logical "OR" (OR):
Written using the OR operator. Please note that the OR operator must be written in capital letters. Relatively recently, it became possible to write a logical “OR” in the form of a vertical bar (|), similar to how it is done in Yandex. Used to search with several options for the required information.
For example:
Dachshunds long-haired OR smooth-haired
Long-haired dachshunds | smooth-haired
(both queries are the same)
Please remember that Google queries are not case sensitive! Those. the queries Greenland Island and Greenland Island will be exactly the same.
Operator "Plus" (+):
There are situations when it is necessary to force a word into the text that may have different spellings. To do this, use the "+" operator before the required word. Let's say if we have a query for Home Alone I, as a result of the query we will have unnecessary information about "Home Alone II", "Home Alone III" and very little about "Home Alone I". If we have a query of the form Home Alone +I, the result will only contain information about the movie “Home Alone I”.
For example:
Newspaper +Zarya
Bernoulli equation + mathematics
Excluding words from the query. Logical NOT (-):
As you know, information garbage is often encountered when composing a request. To remove it, exclusion operators are used as standard - logical “NOT”. In Google, this operator is represented by a minus sign. Using this operator, you can exclude from search results those pages that contain certain words in the text. Used like the "+" operator before the excluded word.
For example:
Crane well-bird
Dead Souls - novel
Search for an exact phrase (""):
In practice, searching for an exact phrase is required either to search for the text of a specific work, or to search for specific products or companies in which the name or part of the description is a consistently repeated phrase. To cope with this task using Google, you need to enclose the query in quotation marks (meaning double quotation marks, which are used, for example, to highlight direct speech).
For example:
The work "Quiet Don"
“It was cold outside, although this did not prevent Boris from carrying out his plans”
By the way, Google allows you to enter no more than 32 words into the query bar!
Word truncation (*):
Sometimes you need to look for information about a word combination in which one or more words are unknown. For these purposes, instead of unknown words, the “*” operator is used. Those. "*" - any word or group of words.
For example:
Master and *
Leonardo * Vinci
cache operator:
The search engine stores the version of the text that is indexed by the search spider in a special storage format called a cache. A cached version of a page can be retrieved if the original page is unavailable (for example, the server on which it is stored is down). A cached page is shown as it is stored in the search engine's database and is accompanied by a notice at the top of the page indicating that it is a cached page. It also contains information about the time the cached version was created. On the page from the cache, the query keywords are highlighted, and each word is highlighted in a different color for user convenience. You can create a request that will immediately return a cached version of a page with a specific address: cache: page_address, where instead of “page_address” is the address of the page saved in the cache. If you need to find any information in a cached page, you need to write a request for this information separated by a space after the page address.
For example:
cache:www.bsd.com
cache:www.knights.ru tournaments
We must remember that there should not be a space between ":" and the page address!
Filetype operator:
As you know, Google indexes not only html pages. If, for example, you needed to find some information in a file type other than html, you can use the filetype operator, which allows you to search for information in a specific file type (html, pdf, doc, rtf...).
For example:
Specification html filetype:pdf
Essays filetype:rtf
Operator info:
The info operator lets you see the information that Google knows about that page.
For example:
info:www.wiches.ru
info:www.food.healthy.com
Site operator:
This operator limits the search to a specific domain or site. That is, if you make a request: marketing intelligence site:www.acfor-tc.ru, then the results will be obtained from pages containing the words “marketing” and “intelligence” on the site “acfor-tc.ru” and not on others parts of the Internet.
For example:
Music site:www.music.su
Books site:ru
Link operator:
This operator allows you to see all the pages that link to the page for which the request was made. Thus, the request link:www.google.com will return pages that contain links to google.com.
For example:
link:www.ozone.com
Friends link:www.happylife.ru
allintitle operator:
If you start a query with the allintitle operator, which translates as “everything is in the title,” then Google will return texts in which all the words of the query are contained in the titles (inside the TITLE tag in HTML).
For example:
allintitle: Free software
allintitle: Download music albums
intitle operator:
Shows pages in which only the word immediately after the intitle operator is contained in the title, and all other query words can be anywhere in the text. Putting the intitle operator before each word of the query is equivalent to using the allintitle operator.
For example:
Programs intitle: Download
intitle: Free intitle: download software
allinurl operator:
If the query begins with the allinurl operator, then the search is limited to those documents in which all the query words are contained only in the page address, that is, in the url.
For example:
allinurl:rus games
allinurl:books fantasy
inurl operator:
The word that is located directly together with the inurl operator will be found only in the address of the Internet page, and the remaining words will be found anywhere in such a page.
For example:
inurl:books download
inurl:games crack
Operator related:
This operator describes pages that are "similar" to a specific page. Thus, the query related:www.google.com will return pages with similar topics to Google.
For example:
related:www.ozone.com
related:www.nnm.ru
The define statement:
This operator acts as a kind of explanatory dictionary, allowing you to quickly get a definition of the word that is entered after the operator.
For example:
define: Kangaroo
define: Motherboard
Synonym search operator (~):
If you want to find texts containing not only your keywords, but also their synonyms, then you can use the “~” operator before the word for which you want to find synonyms.
For example:
Types of ~metamorphoses
~Object orientation
Range operator (..):
For those who have to work with numbers, Google has made it possible to search for ranges between numbers. In order to find all pages containing numbers in a certain range “from - to”, you need to put two dots (..) between these extreme values, that is, the range operator.
For example:
Buy a book $100..$150
Population 1913..1935
Here are all the Google query language operators I know. I hope they will somehow make the process of finding the information you need easier. In any case, I use them very often and I can say with confidence that when using them I spend significantly less time searching than without them.
Good luck! And may the Force be with you.
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Instructions
Enter as much information as possible about the person into the search engine: first name, last name, date of birth. If the person you are looking for is well known, then a Wikipedia article will appear in the search results, and in it you can already find the person you need. If a person is registered on social networks, then perhaps a link will be sent to his page, through which you can also contact him.
Type into the search engine one of the social networks that you have access to and start finding a specific person there. Such sites usually have an internal search, so if you know or assume that the person you need has an account on a social network, you can search without any problems. It is, of course, advisable, in this case, to know some information about the person you are looking for.
Use various electronic archives, links to which can be found in Yandex, specialized sites that help in searching people or in finding any information about them. To access such resources, you need to follow the link “Search” in the Yandex catalog people" On the sites themselves, just register and you will get access to the necessary information.
Find in Yandex telephone directories of the desired city. Of course, 100% of the information about telephone numbers and personalities does not end up on the Internet, but you can find something. If you're lucky, you'll be able to find not only the person's phone number, but also their address.
Enter the addresses of specialized social networks in the search bar. In order to find a colleague or a person with whom you vacationed at a foreign resort, there are special sites. Register there yourself and search within the social network.
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Useful advice
Don’t forget that the more places you register in, the more likely it is that the right person will find you.
Sources:
- Yandex people search on social network
It is no secret that there are many sites on the Internet owned by people from different regions; accordingly, there are also resources that contain information primarily for people from a particular region.
As you know, search engines analyze the user’s request, and one of the features of such requests is its geo-dependence. For example, a geo-dependent question would look like this: “buy a laptop,” “pizza delivery,” etc.
How is search performed in Yandex and Google?
As for the Yandex search engine, it determines geodependence using a statistical method. This means that to determine the geographic dependence, the user must indicate at the end of the request the region in which the system will be searched. It is worth noting that recently Yandex has several domain names that are used only in a certain territory, these are: with the ru domain, Ukrainian with the ua domain, Belarusian - by, Kazakh - kz and foreign sites with the com domain. It turns out that regional search in Yandex directly depends on the domain used. For example, if you enter “Cyprus” in the search bar, while working with the kz domain, you will only be shown results that are used in Kazakhstan.
As for Google, they use a slightly different strategy. The thing is that Google is focused on many countries around the world and it has more than 200 domain names, each of which is used for a specific country. In order for the user to find the goods or services he is interested in in a particular region, Google allows him to use the Google Places service. Naturally, in addition to this, the user can use the standard search.
Regional search
Both of these search engines determine the user's region primarily by the IP address used. Naturally, the user can change his region in a special field. For example, in Yandex, to do this, just enter the URL with the desired domain, and after loading the page, specify “Region” to the right of the search bar. Google, in turn, when the user first logs in, immediately redirects him to the desired domain zone, that is, the user no longer has to enter anything unnecessary and waste his time on it. In order to more specifically specify the search region, in the menu on the left, you can click on the “Change location” link, and then enter the name of the region where you will search. As a result, the user will be able to get the result that he was looking for in a given region.
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Yandex is the most popular search engine on the Russian-language Internet. It leads through the use of the most modern technologies, due to its attentive attitude to the Russian language and to its users. To search effectively in Yandex, you need to figure out how to ask the right queries and remember a few rules for how the search engine works.
You will need
- The answers given by Yandex to your request are sorted by default by relevance and authority of sources.
Instructions
A valid query should consist of several words. One word often makes it unclear what you need. For example, the request “repair” may mean your desire to find someone who will do repairs for you, or maybe computer repair, or a desire for the “School of Repair” program. Yandex understands correctly and searches well for queries of several words.
Remember that Yandex does not care in what form you wrote the word in, the search engine takes into account all options. For example, if you search for the word “go”, then in the search results you will see pages containing all variations of the word: “goes”, “walked”, etc.
It also doesn't matter whether you capitalize or lowercase the word in your query. If you are looking for a surname or title that may get lost among ordinary words, it is useful to use the exact form operator. For example, you want
Useful tips
Most people know how to use Google for search- go to the main page, enter keywords, click SEARCH and get a list of results.
Using Google Search
6. How to search on a specific site
If you enter the search word in the search bar, and next to it add “site:” and the name of the site (without a space). For example, "helpful tips site:site"
7. How to convert different currencies and values
Using this search engine you can convert different currencies and values. For example, in the search bar you can write “1 kg in pounds”, or say this sentence into the microphone using voice search (in this case, the search functions should include Russian), or for example "1 dollar in rubles" (currency may be different).
You can also quickly convert Celsius to Fahrenheit, miles to meters or dollars to rubles.
8. How to find out the time in any city on the planet
Enter the syntax: "time:" into the search bar, then specify the city. For example "time:africa".
9. How to use Google calculator
10. How to search for a word on websites of only the language you need
Using the "lang" function you can find any term that is used on sites written in the language you need. For example, you want to read about iPhone on Russian sites - write “iPhone lang:ru”. For English use en and for French fr.
11. How to find out the weather forecast
To find out what the weather is like at the moment in one or more cities of one country or continent, simply enter “weather” or “weather” in the search bar and specify the city. For example, "weather Moscow".
Google translator and other search engine functions
12. How to translate in Google search engine
Google has its own translator (google translate), but some words can be translated using only the search engine. You need to enter in the search bar: "translate [word] into [language]" (translate [word] to [word]). For example, "translate I love summer into Italian".
If you have a favorite site and you want to find similar sites, then enter “related:” and the name of your favorite site.
