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Hidden Features of Internet search

search engine - Google is used by huge amounts of people every day to find a variety of information on the net. However, how many of us really use all the Google features fully? It is easy to learn little things to help you find the desirable results faster and much more precisely.

Quotations Marks, Minus as well as

Google is extremely good at locating the information you need, but with more specific search phrases you can get much better results. Using operators for example quotations marks - "like that" - or enclosing search term phrases or using a minus, that will, exclude the keyword from your search, for example (bread recipe - flour). By using 'OR', you will prompt Google to offer you a choice, e.g. Football Cup 2012 or 2014.


Hunting for a definition

From the time to time, most of us struggle with the meaning of words and require to find an exact definition. In cases like this, using the operator 'define' comes in handy. Using 'Define:word' gives you the dictionary definition of the desired word with its synonyms.

Find similar sites

search - Sometimes you may want to look for a similar site to 1 you already use, on this scenario the operator 'related' is useful. For example, 'related:bbc.com' gives you a few of the sites for rivals from the BBC or their sister sites.

Hunt for Apps

Google search is built to simplify the ability to find the appropriate application for your Smartphone. By hitting more>Apps at the top of result page, you're going to get a list of available applications. This function is specially handy for Android users.

Google Trends

Find out what others are searching for in your country. Simply type 'Google.com/trends' inside your browser to find the latest trends in music, TV or movies.

Google's best doodles

By skipping any search criteria and simply clicking 'I'm feeling lucky' Google will take you to its selection of doodles graphically divided with logos corresponding to important dates.

Essential information on your fingertip

Google Search - With simple prompts such as 'weather', you will get the current seven-day forecast to your location. By adding the naming of any city or town you want, you can get a forecast to get a different location. If you ever need to know the time elsewhere on the globe, just type 'time New York' for instance, to see the time at this location. For many people having the times of sunrise and sunset is very important, to know when sun is on its way in London, type 'sunrise London'. To check stock information promptly; use 'GOOG' to learn latest Google stock status.