Search Better on Google

I often get emails or calls asking a computer question or just asking for someone's phone number.  Google and the public phone book has made look good as a resource.  Often I will type the question in as I'm being asked it and voila!

Learning to use search engines is a valuable tool

​1. Use a hyphen followed by the word that you want to eliminate from the results.More of a minus sign, the "-" syntax lets you skip those results which have the words mentioned after the hyphen.  

2. Use quotation marks to look for the exact phrase.
Do you ever look for a quote from Shakespeare and instead get results from websites that deal in cheesy love quotes? Using quotation marks will make your search more organised and show results in which the words appear in the exact order as you typed.

3.  Use “define:” to ask Google for a definition of a word instead of relevant articles.
The syntax saves you a lot of time, cuts out on all the noise, and serves you with the only thing that matters- the definition you are looking for.

This article was particularly helpful.

20 Google Search Tips to Use Google More Efficiently
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