Tips to help you find better results in Google.
Use quotes
- When searching for something specific,use qoutes.
- If you search for Puppy Dog Sweaters, the engine will search for those three words in any order.
- If you search “Puppy Dog Sweaters”, it will search for that phrase exactly as you typed it.
Use a hyphen to exclude words
- If you are searching for results about Mustang the horse and not Mustang the car, use the hyphen to eliminate car from your results.
Use a colon to search specific sites
- Use a colon to search for articles or content on a certain website. Maybe you want only the Center for Disease Control results.
- Or if you want to search for specific content using a specific extension.
To limit results to a current time period, use the tool tab at the top of the search page
- When viewing the results page of your search, look for the tools tab on the right.
- Click the drop down box and pick the specific time period you would like to narrow your results to.