when searching in google, using these arguments can make searching much easier.
""
exact matching can make sure that the keyword is matched exactly.
searching for "searching methods"
will return results that match this exactly.
after: before:
using “after:” or “before:” with a date in YYYY-MM-DD format can filter results by published date.
for example, after:2023-01-06 searching methods
intitle:
matching your search term in the title of the webpage.
searching for intitle:searching methods
will match results with “searching” or “methods” in the title.
combine this with “”, like intitle:"searching methods"
will match the exact string in the title.
intext:
matching your search term in the content of the webpage.
searching for intext:searching methods
will match results with “searching” or “methods” in the content.
combine this with “”, like intext:"searching methods"
will match the exact string in the content.
inurl:
results must come from matching url.
searching for inurl:medium searching methods
will match results for “searching methods” from websites that have “medium” in the url.
site:
results must come from matching website.
searching for site:medium.com searching methods
will match results for “searching methods” from the website “medium.com”
imagesize:
image results much have matching size.
searching for imagesize:1920x1080 kitty
will match kitty pictures with 1920x1080 resolution.
combine this with inurl or site to get results that match a website source.
filetype:
results must be a file of the specified type.
searching for searching methods filetype:pdf
will match pdf files that are about searching methods.
combine this with inurl or site to get results that match a website source.
logic gates
logic gates can be especially useful for matching alternative wordings or multiple conditions.
often, multiple terms are required to use exact matching, so the AND gate can be useful. to find guides about searching methods, you can use "searching methods" AND "guide"
if you could use alternative terms, use the OR gate, like "searching" AND ("tutorials" OR "guides")
when using multiple logic gates it’s recommended to use brackets to group as shown.
guide
now that you know how to google, this is your guide to searching for something.
objective
you should evaluate your objective to find out what kinds of sources could help you
just to know
a basic search would be enough
just search for the information you need and then know it
to learn
small tutorials
there are quite a lot of small tutorials in video or in article form online
courses
there are a lot of courses online in video or article form. a great amount of courses are in ebooks as well
to create
academic research
to create a paper or something else that needs research, online papers, academic journals and ebooks would be a great source of reliable and accurate informationl.
data collection
collecting data to put create a database can require some great amounts of web scraping
but most of the time you can search and collect data on online pdfs and wikis
likely sources
when searching for something, the only source you need is AI because it knows everything and can do everything.
just kidding. you gotta know what source you would be likely to find it from
- on a website article
- in a pdf file
- in an ebook
- in a video
- on social media
- on online stores
- in an academic journal or paper
- best of all, you can use AI
images
finding images can be hard, but google advanced image search is useful.
and, yes, ai images are very useful as well. there’ll be a guide to ai image generation in the future
references
https://ahrefs.com/blog/google-advanced-search-operators/
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