A lot of people use Google these days. In fact, practically everyone with access to the internet uses Google search for one query or another. In most cases, because we are not well-informed, we cannot always get or take full advantage of a particular thing. This is also the case with Google. There are many tips and tricks that will help you fully realize the potential of this wonderful search engine that you have never experienced. They are the following:
1. Hit “I feel lucky” If you don’t type anything in the search box, you’ll get a list of every Google doodle – up to 1998.
2. Have you ever noticed this? Just google ‘zerg rush’ and your search results will be eaten up by Google O’s.
3. Has it ever occurred to you to solve math problems for Google? It’s as easy as ABC! Just type in the equation and search and the result will be right in front of your eyes. This includes unit of measure conversions, such as grams to kilograms conversion, currency conversion, etc.
4. Have you tried asking Google to make a rotation around the longitudinal axis? Try it now and you will be surprised at the results you get. Google will do a barrel roll immediately!
5. Are you in a hurry and want to search for two objects at the same time to save time? You don’t need to worry. Just insert “or” between the two elements and there you are!
6. Do you know that you can search for the origin of words just by adding “etymology” after the word?
7. Google also does language translation! Would you like a specific statement to be translated into another language? It’s one of the easiest things Google does. Just write , translate the text into the desired language and it’s done. For example: “I love you translate into Dutch”.
8. I bet you don’t know that! You can use Google search to find out when the sun rises and sets at a specific location. Just write sunrise or sunset followed by the name of the place and the answer will be right there.
9. Use Google as a timer by typing “set a timer for” and then the length of time.
10. If you want to search in a range of two numbers, just insert two periods between the two numbers
11. If you are looking for a PDF file or PowerPoint document on a specific topic, you can search by file type “File type: PPT”.
12. Would you like to know the date of a holiday? No need to write a long statement, just type in the name of the holiday and google will give you the exact date for it.
13. I think this is one of the most useful aspects of Google. If you can’t remember exactly what you’re looking for, type the part of the sentence you can remember and replace the missing word or phrase with an asterisk. Google will try to find suitable results for your search.
14. If you don’t want Google to change your search term in the results, you get… Then put the search terms in quotes, and Google will search for the words exactly in the order you wrote them.
15. You can use Google to search for websites that link to another website on their pages. You do this simply by searching “link” and then the website.
16. You can remove a word or phrase from a Google search by adding a minus sign in front of the words you want to remove. If you’ve already submitted a Google search but want to remove one or more words, you don’t need to delete them. Just add a minus sign before you want to exclude something from the search.
17. If you want to search only within a site, you can do so by typing “site:” followed by the site’s URL and your search terms.
18. Did you know that Google has a built-in tip calculator? All you have to do is just search “Tip Calculator”.
19. Do you know that flight information is available on Google?
Having the flight number allows you to search and retrieve as much information as you need about a specific flight.
20. Entertainment is not neglected – you can play games on Google!
Search “Atari Breakout” on Google Images and you can play the legendary Block Breaker with the results.