10 way to improve Google search

We are all addicted to Google
search. As a result we are some
times missing a part of beautiful
web.While Google is trying to
make the search more easily, we
can still use some little tricks to
improve our web search results.
1. log in and search to save your
queries : Google will save all
your search queries if you log in
and search. Go to google.com/
history this will help you to
recollect your past Google search
queries.You just need to login
into your Google account , it will
show your past search queries.
2.use search operators to get
exactly what you want : If you
are an engineering student,
then you might have know
about the OR , AND operators in
programming languages. The
same can be applied in Google
search too.
Try these in Google :
noodles OR soup ----> you
will get the results from the
webpages which have either
noodles or soup as a keyword.
noodles AND soup ----> you
will get the results from the
webpages which have both
noodles and soup as  keywords.
noodles -soup ----> all
the webpages with the keyword
noodles and excluding the pages
having the word soup
3.you can specify the file type
in the results : This is very
useful if you are particularly
searching for a keyword in a
specific kind of file. Google can
search inside a file available on
the web. So use this as much as
possible to [re]search on a
topic.
For example I am searching for
"Mahatma Gandhi" in
Google.Now I want to search
for Mahatma Gandhi only in
PDF files. Then I will type
"Mahatma Gandhi
filetype:pdf" (without quotes)in
the search bar to get PDF files
which contain information
about Mahatma Gandhi.
You can replace the file type
PDF with your desired file
extension.
4.you can search within a
website : We may face a
situation where we need to
search for a topic within a
website.
For example, you want to
search the topic black holes.
Then you can search this as
"black holes site:nasa.gov"
which will return all the articles
on "black holes" available from
the NASA website.
With this you can get a quality
content from the web as you
will specif the website name
which will be mostly trusted(by
you)
5.Avoid unnecessary words
from your search query : Google
loves Web friendly words.Don't
complicate your search query
with unnecessary words like
"A", "the" etc. If you add words
like these Google may include
some unrelated pages to your
search query.
Also there is another use of
searching with strong keywords
(important words related to
your search topic)
Have you ever seen a url with
unnecessary words like "a","the"
etc. ? An intelligent web content
creator won't use these general
terminology to index his
webpages in Google. So to get
quality content from search
results avoid using these general
words
6.Use Google International
version : Don't restrict your
search results to your region.If
your Google page is redirecting
to your country specific domain
then try google.com/ncr .
Here ncr = no country specific
redirection
personally I use Google Global
add-on for FireFox to search in
Google. This will enable you to
show the results from different
country specific Google pages.
You can install this in Chrome
also
7. Use Google to search in your
Gmail and Google drive files :
Yes ! Google will directly display
your Drive or Gmail content on
Google search results page. This
is an experimental trial which
will be activated after some
days of registration.To add this
feature to your account visit this
link
8.Search similar websites using
a search operator 'related' along
with a url
try 'related:google.com' to find
some other web search engines.
9. You can use Google to get
answers for your queries other
than conventional web search.
question Google with the
following queries.
ip address ------->gives
your ip address
temperature -------->know
your current location's weather
details
time USA -------->know the
time of your friends location
usd2inr ------->currency
conversion operator in Google
define ------> instead of
using a dictionary you can use
Google to find the definition on
the Google search results
page itself. try "define
Oneirophobia" to know what it
means
sin(45)+cos(45) ------> use
Google as your calculator.
you can apply these methods
with a number of operators
like flight
numbers, value of
shares,earthquakes, world
capitals, sunrise/sunset times,
movies,music albums, sports
scores,package tracking
numbers(of FEDEX etc.),
medical conditions, and
medications.
Using operators is the most
powerful way to explore the
web through Google.
Remember that you can always
use a variety of operators at a
time.
for example, I am trying to
study on "corruption in India"
So I used "filetype:pdf
corruption in india OR indian
corruption site:.org" to get a lot
of pdf files on my topic.
In this way you can experiment
with Google to dig the web as
deep as possible.
Wait !!! I said 10 ways !!
where is the 10th way ?
Hmmm.....Usually Google will
answer most of our queries. But
if you are still hungry for more
web content, then you should
point your url to other search
engines.