Quick Guide by Online Treasure Hunts Quick Guide to efficiently finding information on
Jul 04, 2015
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Quick Guideto efficiently finding
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The * lets you broaden your search...
Wild Cards using *
president*
presidentspresidentialpresidential campaignpresidents office
...or fill gaps for you.
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Limit your search to a specific site using site:XYZ.com if you know that this page will
be the official source of information (like fifa.com for the rules of soccer, if you want
to know the regulations for ball size)
limited search - URL
Your search results will then be only from that specific URL without the
clutter of all the other results regarding different ball sizes.
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The same tweak works with domain endings using site:.edu for example if you only want results from university/educational sources.
limited search - Domain
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Limit the results to specific types of documents like e.g.
only PDF‘s by putting filetype:pdf behind the search
term.
This helps if you know what you‘re looking for will
probably be within one of those filetypes like for
example our soccer rules. Combine it with the site
search for maximum precision.
limited search - file type
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Use the „-“ to keep results from showing up that you know you‘re NOT looking for. If you look for „free falling“ alone
you‘ll get a lot of Tom Petty related results. The „-“ keeps them from your list giving way to other content.
„-“ helps to specify
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Picture Search
Drag & drop an image you want more
information on right INTO the search bar at
images.google.com
Google will return related results with information on what can be found on the picture as well as
similar images
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Advanced Search
Advanced Search gives you a lot of options, you would otherwise have to remember like (AND, OR,
language, filetype & combinations of these)
use google.com/advanced_search for more complex or refined
searches
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Advanced Search 2
unfold the lower options to get even more specific Date: define how old an entry is
supposed to be (e.g. only 1 day old)
Usage rights: especially helpful for pictures - limit to free usage for example
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