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Hidden Features of Internet search

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

Quotations Marks, Minus as well as

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


Trying to find a definition

From the time to time, all of us struggle with the meaning of words and want to find an exact definition. In cases like this, using the operator 'define' is useful. Using 'Define:word' gives you the dictionary meaning of the desired word with its synonyms.

Find similar sites

Google - Sometimes you may want to look for a similar site to at least one you already use, on this scenario the operator 'related' comes in handy. For example, 'related:bbc.com' gives you a number of the sites for rivals of the BBC or their sister sites.

Look for Apps

Google search is built to simplify the ability to find the correct application for your Smartphone. By simply clicking 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' in your browser to find the latest trends in music, TV or movies.

Google's best doodles

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

Essential facts about your fingertip

search - With simple prompts such as 'weather', you will get the current seven-day forecast to your location. By adding the any city or town you need, you can get a forecast for a different location. If you ever need to know the time someplace else on the globe, just type 'time New York' as an example, to see the time as well 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 discover latest Google stock status.