Searching Effectively Online
How to Search Efficiently Online¶
Here's a guide that showcase many useful search operators that you can use to search things online more efficiently.
Exclude a Term From Your Search¶
Add a - before the word to exclude.
You'll get animals, not a football team.
If You Want Synonyms in the Result¶
Add a ~ before the word if you want synonyms.
Here you'll get music classes, lessons, coaching, etc.
Search Within a Specific Website¶
How to search inside a specific website → site:reddit.com
Or and |¶
How to use OR while searching ? → OR or |
Search Within Two Number Ranges¶
How to search within a range ? → 1993..2000
Find News Related to a Particular Location¶
How to search inside a specific location only ? → location:Charleston
Filter by File Type¶
How to search for a specific filetype ? → filetype:pdf
Searching for Exact Words¶
How to search for instances of a word? → "word"
Gives you the results with the full name exactly as is, not just the first or last one.
Eliminate Sites That Flood the Results¶
Want to get rid of sites that flood the results? → -site:pinterest.*
No results should have pinterest in the domain name. Does not exclude sites that include pinterest in the their name