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Hidden Features of Internet search

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

Quotations Marks, Minus or

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


Hunting for a definition

From the time to time, we all struggle with the meaning of words and need to find an exact definition. In this instance, using the operator 'define' comes in handy. Using 'Define:word' gives you the dictionary definition of the desired word using its synonyms.

Find similar sites

search - Perhaps you want to look for a similar site to 1 you already use, in this scenario the operator 'related' is useful. For example, 'related:bbc.com' gives you a number of the sites for rivals with 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 clicking on more>Apps at the top of result page, you'll get a list of available applications. This function is specially handy for Android users.

Google Trends

Discover what others are searching for inside your country. Simply type 'Google.com/trends' within 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 give you to its selection of doodles graphically divided with logos akin to important dates.

Essential info on your fingertip

search - With simple prompts for example 'weather', you will get the current seven-day forecast for the location. By adding the any city or town you would like, you can get a forecast for any different location. Should you ever need to know the time elsewhere on the globe, just type 'time New York' as an example, to see the time at that location. For many people knowing the times of sunrise and sunset is essential, 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.