Monday, July 16, 2007

Tips & Tricks for an effective Google search

We all use a lot of search engines to get various info.

But yet at times we are unable to get the required information in a single search .

So hence,

What went wrong in our search?

Whether the words we entered were wrong

Google doesn’t have proper database


Then how can we get the apt result in a single search???????????????


This is where you need to gain little bit of logical information based on google algorithm based on which Google access its database for the search we put…….


The logic behind the search engine algorithm is as follows…..

On a whole, searches are classified into various types

· Basic searches

· Compound search

· Search modifiers

· Restrictive searches

· Specialized searched

· Fact searches

· Math & number searches

Basic searches

  • All needz

This kind of search finds the pages with words all and/or needz in title or in anchor text link or on the page. In this the two words may be anywhere in the page.

  • “All needz”

Finds the page with words all and needz in title or in anchor text link or on the page. In this the two words will be near to each other and also in the same order.

  • All or needz

Finds the page with either all or needz in title or in anchor text link or on the page.

  • All and needz

Finds the page with both the words all and needz in title or in anchor text link or on the page. The words can be anywhere in the page and also in any order.

  • All-needz

Finds the page with word all in title or in anchor text link or on the page, but it will not have the word needz in them. Make sure no space is there before and behind the minus sign.

  • All~needz

Finds the page with word all in title or in anchor text link or on the page, also finds the page with synonyms for the word next to ~ (i.e) needz.

  • Define: needz

Finds the page with definition for the word needz in title or in anchor text link or on the page.

Compound searches

Compound searched can be done using logical operators like OR & AND. Along with this [“], [-] can also be used.

  • All (NeedZ OR NeedS)

Finds the page with word All and either NeedZ OR NeedS in title or in anchor text link or on the page.

  • All (NeedZ AND NeedS)

Finds the page with word All and both NeedZ AND NeedS in title or in anchor text link or on the page.

  • All (NeedZ AND NeedS)-home

Finds the page with word All and both NeedZ AND NeedS in title or in anchor text link or on the page, but without the word home in title or in anchor text link or on the page.

Let’s say you wanted to do a search for people who haven’t painted or modified their home in a while, here’s how you would create that query
"haven't (painted
OR modified)" AND home

1 comment:

Gaby de Wilde said...

interesting, I knew most of this but I only use basic searches and those in quotation marks.

I believe the AND operator is depreciated on Google.

I keep a rule looking only at the first few results. I won't look for more as 5 seconds before trying a new search string.

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