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mahmoud.abd.allah@hotmail.comeg.linkedin.com/in/mahmoudabdallah01
• Search Default Settings
• Logical Operators
• Common Specifiers
• Shortcut Specifiers
• Site Specifiers
• Metadata Specifiers
• Advanced Search Interface
• Custom Settings
• Summary
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Welcome!
• People overestimate their Google Search skills!
• Just ask them to retrieve something specific on Google
• You’ll soon become a Google sniper
Google Search default settings
•Case-insensitive
•Grammatically insensitive
•Look up for alternatives
•Implicitly adds an « AND » operator between query elements.
•Results are sorted by « relevance »
Logical Operators
AND
OR
NOT
The « AND » operator• The « AND » operator is a binary (two operands) operator that returns results containing its operands on the left-hand side and right hand-side.
• The « AND » operator is implemented by writing a blank space between the operands you want to connect.
• Because Google ignores parentheses, the « AND » operator will always connect its closest neighboring operands.
• You can use multiple « AND » operators in a row. It will work as usual.
• Remember: returning results with the two operands is the best case scenario.
The « OR » operator• The « OR » operator is a binary (two operands) operator returns results containing one of its two operands or both of them.
• You can implement the « OR » operator by writing « OR » or by writing a vertical bar (|) between two operands.
• Because Google ignores parentheses, the « OR » operator will apply to its closest neighboring operands.
• You can use multiple « OR » operators in a row along other logical operators.
The « - » (NOT) operator• The « - » (NOT) operator is a unary (one operand) operator that excludes all the results containing its operand.
• You have to use the minus (-) symbol to implement the « NOT » operator. It has no syntactical equivalent.
• There should be no blank space between the « - » (NOT) operator and its operand.
• When you use a « - » (NOT) operator in a query, it will apply to the whole query.
• You can use multiple « - » (NOT) operators in a row. They’ll add up and exclude their respective operands from the final result.
Common Specifiers
Exact match
Placeholder
Range
The « “” » (double quotes) specifier• The « “” » (double quotes) specifier is an n-ary (n operands) specifier that returns results containing its operands in the same order.
• The « “” » (double quotes) specifier has no syntactical equivalent. The single quotes cannot replace it.
• The « “” » (double quotes) specifier is case-insensitive, singular/plural- insensitive and may return synonyms.
• The « “” » (double quotes) and its operands are treated as a single expression by logical operators.
The « * » (wildcard) placeholder• The « * » (wildcard) placeholder is a n-ary (n operands) specifier that returns results containing its operands in the same word order with a word to replace the wildcard.
• The « * » (wildcard) has no syntactical equivalent and it cannot be replaced by a blank space.
• The « * » (wildcard) cannot be used alone. It has to be an unknown element of a structure.
• The « * » (wildcard) and its operands are considered as a single expression.
The « .. » (double dots) specifier• The « .. » (double dots) specifier is a binary (two operands) specifier that returns results containing a numerical value between its operands.
• You can implement it by writing « .. » with an operand on the left and right-hand sides. There should be no blank space. It has no syntactical equivalent.
• It only takes numerical values as operands.
• You can use the « OR » and « AND » operators on the « .. » specifier and its operands, but you cannot use the « - » (NOT) operator.
• You can use the dollar ($) currency on its operands.
Shortcut Specifiers
Definition
Translation
Weather
Location
Time
Calculator
Converter
The « define: » specifier• « define: » is a unary specifier (one operand) that returns the definition – according to Google Dictionary – of the operand it applies to.
• The ‘:’ (colon) is optional and can be replaced by a blank space.
• Remember that it only works with English words.
• You cannot use logical operators on ‘define:’ and its operand.
• You can get additional information about a word such as its etymological root and its recurrence over time on Google.
The « translate: » specifier• The « translate: » specifier is a binary (two operands) specifier that returns the translation of a word in a target language. It takes two parameters: a word or sentence to translate and the target language.
• The ‘:’ (colon) is optional and can be replaced by a blank space.
• Like ‘define:’, you cannot apply logical operators on ‘translate:’ and its operands.
• Because the translator is based on Google Translate’s API, it has the same limitations.
The « weather: » specifier• The « weather: » specifier returns the weather – according to Google’s own previsions/database – of the place it applies to.
• The ‘:’ (colon) is not mandatory and can be replaced by a blank space.
• When two places have the same name, you must provide additional information.
• Using logical operators will break the « weather: » specifier.
The « locations: » specifier• « locations: » is a specifier that returns the Google Map coordinates of its operand.
• The ‘:’ (colon) is not mandatory and can be replaced by a blank space.
• If two places have the same name, you also have to specify the country.
• Using logical operators will break the « locations: » specifier.
The « time: » specifier• The « time: » specifier is a unary (one operand) specifier that returns the current time (and time zone) of its operand.
• The ‘:’ (colon) is not mandatory and can be replaced by a blank space.
• Using logical operators will break the « time: » specifier.
• If two places have the same name, you have to provide additional information.
The calculator functionalities• Google’s internal calculator is a Google-hosted calculator that can perform arithmetical calculations and basic function graphing.
• The calculator will get called if you use mathematical syntax. It won’t work if you mix it with non-mathematical syntax.
• It follows the PEMDAS order of operations: (1) parentheses, (2) exponents, (3) multiplications/divisions, (4) additions/subtractions.
• The calculator will ignore blank spaces between mathematical operators and mathematical operands.
• You can graph multiple functions at once if you separate them by a comma.
The units converter• The Google converter takes a numerical value of a certain unit of measurement and converts it into its equivalent numerical value for another unit of measurement.
• The converter only works if the source unit of measurement and the target unit of measurements are convertible. For example, you can convert ‘inches’ to ‘miles per hour’.
• The converter understand full unit names (e.g. ‘feet’), abbreviations (e.g. ‘ft’), and symbols (e.g. ‘$’).
• You can either use a blank space or ‘to’ between the source and target values.
• The converter is rather complete, and you can convert many different kinds of units, such as volumes, speeds, frequencies, etc.
Site Specifiers
Get results from a website
Get files of a specific type
Find related websites
Find links pointing to a website
Retrieve the cached version of a webpage
Get additional information about a website
The « site: » specifier• The « site: » is a unary (one operand) specifier that returns results with an URL containing its operand.
• The ‘:’ (colon) is mandatory and there should be no blank space.
• The operand can be a country code.
• Using the « OR » operator between two URLs will make « site: » apply to the right one and ignore the left one.
• Using the « OR » and « - » (NOT) operators between two « site: » expressions will work as usual, whereas the « AND » operator will break them.
The « filetype: » specifier• The « filetype: » specifier is a unary (one operand) specifier that returns results containing a file of the specified type.
• The ‘:’ (colon) is mandatory and there should be no blank space between the specifier and its operand.
• Using multiple « filetype: » specifiers in a query will only consider the first one.
• You can find the list of the accepted filetypes in the Google Advanced Search interface located at google.com/advanced_search.
• The « filetype: » specifier is really potent when used along other specifiers such as the « site: » specifier.
The « related: » specifier• The « related: » specifier is a unary (one operand) specifier that returns the root domain of similar (according to Google) websites.
• The ‘:’ (colon) is mandatory and there should be no blank space.
• Using logical operators between the « related: » expression and other expressions will basically ignore the right-hand side expressions.
• When using logical operators between two « related: » expressions, the right-hand side expression will get ignored.
• Remember: ‘relatedness’ is defined by Google according to internal criteria that may not be intuitive.
The « link: » specifier• The « link: » specifier is a unary (one operand) specifier that returns a few selected (by Google) results pointing to an URL.
• The ‘:’ (colon) is mandatory and there should be no blank space.
• Using logical operators between the « link: » expression and other expressions will break it.
• When you want to trace backlinks, it’s more efficient to use the double quotes specifier on the URL and the « - » (NOT) operator on this URL.
The « cache: » specifier• The « cache: » specifier is a unary (one operand) specifier that returns the cached version of a webpage at a specific date and time.
• The ‘:’ (colon) is mandatory and there should be no blank space between the specifier and its operand.
• It’s normally not possible to retrieve previous versions of a webpage’s cache other than the one proposed by Google.
• Any webpage indexed by Google will have a cached version on Google’s end.
• When you use multiple « cache: » specifiers, it will only work for the first one.
The « info: » specifier• The « info: » specifier is a unary (one operand) specifier that returns its operand’s URL and Google suggested specifiers applied to this URL.
• The ‘:’ (colon) is mandatory and there should be no blank space.
• Beware: the « info: » specifier will consider everything on its right as its operand.
• Because you already know how to use all the suggested specifiers, you may directly use them on the URL instead of going through this step.
Metadata Specifiers
Filter results by URL
Filter results by title
Filter results by clickable text
Filter results by text
The « inurl: » specifier• The « inurl: » specifier is a unary (one operand) specifier that returns results containing the operand in their URL.
• The ‘:’ (colon) is mandatory and there should be no blank space.
• The « inurl: » will only apply to its operand and will ignore other expressions on its right.
• Using the « OR » operator on its operands will make « inurl: » work as if it was called on each operand, or both.
• You can use logical operators between two « inurl: » and they’ll work as usual.
The « allinurl: » specifier• The « allinurl: » specifier is a n-ary (n operands) specifier that returns results with an URL containing the n operands.
• The ‘:’ (colon) is mandatory and there should be no blank space.
• Each word expression on its right-hand side will be considered its operand if it doesn’t have its own specifier.
• Using the « OR » operator between two operands will make « allinurl: » work as if it was called on each, or both of them.
• When using logical operators between two « allinurl: », the « AND » operator will break them, whereas the « OR » and « - » (NOT) operators will make the right-hand side expression ignored.
The « intitle: » specifier• The « intitle: » specifier is an unary (one operand) specifier that returns results containing the operand in the document’s title or URL.
• The ‘:’ (colon) is mandatory and there should be no blank space.
• The « intitle: » specifier applies to its operand and ignores other expressions on its right.
• Using the « OR » operator on its operands will make « intitle: » as if it was called on each operand or both of them.
• Using logical operators between multiple « intitle: » will work as usual.
The « allintitle: » specifier• The « allintitle: » specifier is a n-ary (n operands) specifier that returns results containing all the operands in the document’s title or URL.
• The ‘:’ (colon) is mandatory and there should be no blank space.
• The « allintitle: » specifier will consider any word expression on its right- hand side as its operand.
• Using the « OR » operator on its operands will make « allintitle: » work as if it was called on each operand, or both.
• Using the « AND » operator between two « allintitle: » will break them, whereas the « OR » and « - » (NOT) operators will make the right-hand side expression ignored.
The « inanchor: » specifier• The « inanchor: » specifier is a unary (one operand) specifier that returns results containing the operand in the anchor text (not necessarily the title) and the URL.
• The ‘:’ (colon) is mandatory and there should be no blank space.
• The « inanchor: » specifier applies to its right-hand side operand and ignores other words.
• When you use the « OR » operator on its operand, the ‘inanchor:’ specifier will work as if it was called for each of them or both.
• You can use multiple ‘inanchor:’ specifiers in the same query without breaking its functionalities.
The « allinanchor: » specifier• The « allinanchor: » specifier is a n-ary (n operands) that returns results containing the operands in the anchor text or URL.
• The ‘:’ (colon) is mandatory and there should be no blank space.
• The « allinanchor: » specifier will apply to all the words on its right- hand side that don’t have their own specifier.
• Like for ‘inanchor:’, when you use the « OR » operator on its operands, the ‘allinanchor:’ will do as if it was called for each operand, or both.
• You can use the « OR » and « NOT » operator between ‘allinanchor:’ expressions, but the « AND » operator will break it.
The « intext: » specifier• The « intext: » specifier is a unary (one operand) specifier that returns results containing the operand in their URL or document’s text.
• The ‘:’ (colon) is mandatory and there should be no blank space.
• The « intext: » specifier only applies to its right-hand side operand.
• Using the « OR » operator between its operand and another word will make work as if it was called for each, or both of them.
• You can use multiple « intext: » specifiers in a row.
The « allintext: » specifier• The « allintext: » specifier is a n-ary (n operands) specifier that returns results containing all its operands in the URL or the document’s text.
• The ‘:’ (colon) is mandatory and there should be no blank space.
• The « allintext: » specifier will consider any word expression on its right- hand side as one of its operands.
• When you use the « OR » operator between its operands, the « allintext: » specifier will work as if it was called on each, or both of them.
• When using logical operators between two « allintext: », the « AND » operator will break them, whereas the « OR » and « - » (NOT) expression will get ignored.
Advanced Search Interface
Custom Settings
The Advanced Search Interface
•First half of the interface:
The Advanced Search Interface
•Second half of the interface:
The custom settings
• You can activate the SafeSearch
• You can activate the instant results
• You can set up the number of results from 10 to 100
• You can activate the speech-to-text for voice search
• You can set the results to open in new window tabs
Summary
Summary• Default settings:
• Case-insensitive
• Grammatically insensitive
• Look up for alternatives
• Implicitly adds an « AND » operator between query elements.
• Results are sorted by « relevance »
• Logical operators:• The « AND » operator implemented by a blank space
• The « OR » operator implemented by ‘OR’ or a vertical bar (|)
• The « NOT » operator implement by the minus symbol (-)
Summary• Three useful punctuators:
• The double quotes « ”” » specifier
• The range « .. » specifier
• The wildcard « * » as a placeholder
• Handful shortcuts:• The « define: » shortcut• The « translate: » shortcut• The « weather: », « locations: » and « time: » shortcuts• The calculator functionalities• The converter functionalities
Summary• Site specifiers:
• The « site: » specifier
• The « filetype: » specifier
• The « related: » specifier
• The « cache: » specifier
• The « info: » specifier
• Metadata specifiers:• The « inurl: » and « allinurl: » specifiers• The « intext: » and « allintext: » specifiers• The « intitle: » and « allintitle: » specifiers• The « inanchor: » and « allinanchor: » specifiers
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