4 Google Tricks

Updated , First Published by Pete Freitag

Here are four things I didn't know you could do in a google search until recently:

  1. Fuzzy Search - Search for ~music player, and google searches for music player, mp3 player, audio player, and other words that have similar meanings to music.
  2. Number Ranges - Searches for a range of numbers, for example mp3 player 20..60 GB will match 20, 40, and 60GB mp3 players (and any other number in between).
  3. Wildcard - When you place a * in your query, google will match any word in between. For example: apple * player matches apple ipod player, apple mp3 player, etc.
  4. Search Page Title only - Use the allintitle: operator to search only page titles. For example: allintitle:ipod Searches for any page with ipod in the title. You can also use intitle: to match just one word.

Comments

Emmanuel Okyere

nice find! I use +,-,* regularly, and allintitle together with the rest of the advanced operators are documented at http://www.google.com/help/operators.html, but I had never seen tilde (~) and the range operator (..) as used here... feels kinda perlish :). can you say where these are documented? thanks, eokyere

Emmanuel Okyere

ok... a quick search turned this [http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/fuzzy.pdf] up. thx :) eokyere

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This tricks are great.

Ekrem

Hi is there any one can help me to get in to google search when the search as done Turkish carpet...Thanks

elmer fudd

if you type google backwars "elgoog" and hit im feeling lucky it will make all of google backwards. hahahahahahhahaha

Josue Calvo

I like wat happens when u press elgoog it make me ......lmafo....Rofl

jazir

type"google gothic"in search bar and click imfeelinglucky

Joe

type in google easter eggs in the search bar then click i'm feeling lucky

Asher

just type in any color plus google and click im feelin lucky. It's sweet.

Shane

Type "Google gravity" and Click "I'm feeling Lucky." :)