Google search tips you probably didn't know.

1. How to G o o g l - e r be a better

2. Instructions Volume Control Pause / Play Next / Previous View/Hide Text Toggle View Progress Bar

3. How to G o o g l - e r be a better

5. It just doesn’t matter! 

11. Spelling

12. Spelling

14. Common Words Excluded HOW WHERE the in I it is

16. Automatic “AND”

18. OK. So what DOES matter? 

20. Apostrophes Were We’re ’

24. Order Matters eating plant plant eating VS

26. Search Terms Limit Excludes automatically omitted terms.

28. How Google Works

29. Google Operators + ~ OR site: filetype: -

30. AND vs. OR Increases Number of Results AND OR

31. Include Operator (+) + + + + + HOW WHERE the in I it is + +

32. Include Operator (+) Star Trek +I Star Trek I VS

33. Exclude Operator (-) Digest? Bow? Bass?

34. Exclude Operator (-) bass - fish - shoes -beer bass VS

35. Synonyms (~) same similar related alike ~

36. Synonyms ~

37. Phrase Search Proper Names We hold these truths to be self-evident… Lyrics Famous Phrases “ phrase search”

38. Phrase Search “ ”

39. Site Search

40. Site Search site:sdsu.edu

41. Site Search site:

42. File Type filetype : file extension Complete List and further details Adobe Acrobat  filetype:pdf Macromedia Flash  filetype:swf Microsoft Word  filetype:doc Microsoft Excel  filetype:xls Microsoft PowerPoint  filetype:ppt

43. File Type filetype:

44. Google Operators + ~ OR site: filetype: -

45. Google-Operators

46. Practice Let’s try it out!

47. Practice Search for the Dilbert cartoon about the Google Logo Click the next button below to see the answer. Web Object Placeholder Address:http://www.google.com Displayed in: Articulate Player Window size:320 X 240

48. Answer

49. Practice Search for pages about Afghanistan that do not mention war or the Taliban Click the next button below to see the answer. Web Object Placeholder Address:http://www.google.com Displayed in: Articulate Player Window size:320 X 240

50. Answer

51. Practice Search for articles in the EET at SDSU that are in Flash (.swf) format Click the next button below to see the answer. Web Object Placeholder Address:http://www.google.com Displayed in: Articulate Player Window size:320 X 240

52. Answer