Cool Google Tricks To Improve Your Searches
In this tutorial i am going to outline some of these Google search tricks that you can use to save your time and amaze your friends both.
Did you know, you can save enough of your time by using efficient search phrases, to pull up your exact required information at the top of search results.
The simple looking Google is embedded with many tools that many of us are unaware of. Those tools can save a lot of your time if used in a day to day life. I have come up the best collection of useful and amazing Google tools and syntax that you can also start using from now onwards to save your time.
1. Make private searches:
When you make a search on Google, it by default creates a demographic history about you depends upon your search behaviour which is not at all acceptable by our privacy enthusiasts. Hence private searches came into the scene as they don’t allow search engines to track your ip address or your location or much. Private search doesn’t save your search history. Startpage (Known as lxquick as well) is an example of this private search that shows searches from the Google but keep your privacy safe.
Use quotes(“”) to search for a specific phrase:
Searching revolves around keywords. The more specific you are with your search query the more relevant results you’ll get. So brainstorm what you are looking for and type in the relevant keywords within double quotes(“”). When you type a specific phrase within these double quotes, Google will fetch results having the exact phrase in it even the order of the words is not altered. For example if you type ”you’re busy” in search bar, this Google tip will yield results having you’re busy in it. This kind of search query will discard all other alternate results even you are busy is also not considered as a result.
Use Google To Get Local Time Of Any City Of The World
Google can help you in getting the current local time of any city of the world. The only thing you have to do is, type time city-name
For Example. :- If you wish to view the current time of New York.Then, Type :- time new york on google search box.
Search by location
With this Google search bar trick You can target a specific location (city name or postal code) at the end of your search query and can have results related to that location only. This pretty much overrules the default behavior of Google search and calculate location specific results using your computer’s current IP address.
For example “cafes and Lounges V6E3J7” will give you a list of cafes in Vancouver, Canada.
Use search operators to make powerful searches
Get Local Weather Report of your City Instantly
If you are wishing to see the weather report of your city, then google may be the best companion for you.Just type weather ‘city name‘ to view the weather report.
For Example: weather chicago will show you the current weather reports of the chicago city on the top of the search results.
Search a Specific File Type
If you want to search a file with some specific file format like pdf,ppt,doc,docx, etc. Then Just type Topic filetype:ppt. For Eg: If you want to search for a pdf file on the topic “Information Technology”, then type information technology filetype:pdf
Search For a Specific Title/Phrase
If you want to search for a particular title on Google then you can use intitle. It is the syntax which is used to search a specific title within the web.
For Example: intitle:tricks returns all pages that have the word “tricks” in their title.
Just like intitle, there are more search operators as well that narrow down your searches to the body of a content,headline or even to a URL. I am sure you’ll find them extremely useful. They are:
Allintitle: “allintitle: India cyber security” will show the results having all three words in the titles.
intext: This search operator will make a search for a specific word phrase within the body of a content.
Search by Using “Inurl” and "allinurl" Syntax
Inurl and allinurl: These search operators are used to limit your searches with the specified terms only in URL. By this Google trick you will get most useful results quickly. For example “inurl:Android” will show results having android in their URL and similarly “allinurl:google android phone” will show results of those URLs having these terms in it.
Search a Specific Website
site: restricts search to a specific web site.It will only show the search results from a particular domain. It can be used to gather the information from a specific domain.
Example: tricks site:www.trickseek.org will find results related with tricks only from the domain www.trickseek.org.
Search for similar websites!
This trick is relatively new and could be used by everyone if they knew it existed. This trick is a powerful Google trick that gives you an option to browse some new sites as well. Take the example of LoginRadius. You like it very much and you want to explore more sites similar to that. To do so simply follow this syntax:
As a result of the above query, you will get a link to Tinder plus you’ll find links to other similar sites as well. Try this on your own.
Use Google As An Online Dictionary
If you are looking for a meaning of any word then there is no need to search for any online dictionary as you can straight away type Define followed by the word. It will show you the definition or meaning for that particular word. For Example: define: software will give you the definition of software.
Currency Conversion
You can get updated with the current currency conversion rate as Google can convert currencies values in seconds. You just need to type currency1 vs currency2 in Google. For Example : dollar vs inr.
Unit Conversion
Google is made to convert units for you. If you are a science student then this tool can save a lot of your time as you can directly type unit1 to unit2 to instantly see the converted unit value. For example: Kg to pound
Use Google as a Scientific Calculator
It is one of the excellent tool of Google that can instantly solve the most complex mathematical queries for you. You do not need to rely on any other mathematical website or online calculator if Google is there for you. Example : log(10) , sqrt(25), sin(25) etc. You can also get the instant answer for any of your complex mathematical numerical. For Example sin(log 8)+log(cos(tan 56))/cot 29
Use Google search bar to Know what links to what!
Do you want to know who links to your website? Or do you want to know where your backlinks are made? If yes then “link:” is there to help you. Just type “link: your webpage” and get a list of all urls that have a link back to the mentioned webpage.
For Example: link:www.geekpolice.net
Use Google search bar for synonyms!
(~) tilde symbol in front of any word will widen your searches as it will show up the results for the synonyms of that particular word as well. And use (+) plus sign to remove the synonyms from search results.
Google search trick to browse offline websites!
Do you know Google keep a cached version of all the websites scanned by its crawlers? Yeah, it does and that’s why we can see them even if their server is down for some time. “cache: “ is the search operator which is used to browse a website even when it’s server is facing a down time.
Type cache:www.geekpolice.net and you’ll get a cached version of the website even if it is offline.
Google Translate
Google translate can train you to be a multilingual person. You can instantly translate any word or sentence to almost any language from around the word. With this powerful tool of Google you can chat on internet with any person around the world. You can type any word or sentence followed by to language-name. For example love to turkish
Know your ip address!
Don’t know what’s your router public IP address? Type ip address in Google search bar get your physical ip address on your router.
Use Google search bar to get results from Top level domains!
Top level domains are the extensions that come after a domain name like .edu, .com, .org, .au and many more. Use “site:TLD” to target a specific top level domain in your search results.
For example Android site:edu will yield results from .edu domains only.
In the same way use (-) minus sign to remove any unwanted site from your search results. Type
– site:website.com and you won’t see that website in your search results.
Example: Android -site:wikipedia.org will not show a wikipedia link in its search results.
Convert numbers to words and solve calculations
It is useful when you have a really large number and can’t get what it is. Don’t worry just type your number in Google search bar like this “1098762341= English” and you’ll get your numbers in word form.
Find out the distance between cities
It is another amazing google search tricks which allows you to get distance between two places and cities. You have to simply open google and type distance from first place to second place. It will provide you distance between those places.
Get lyrics of song
This feature of google will helps you to get lyrics of any song. You have to simply type a song name and then lyrics after the song name. It will provide you full lyrics of the song.
Graph for (math function)
Graph is another amazing feature of the Google which let you get graph of any math function. You have to simply type graph for and then a function of math. It will provides you full graph details of the function which you have provide it. For ex graph for sin(x) + cos(x).
Songs by Artist Name Feature
This feature of google provide full details of songs by an artist. You have to just type Song by artist name. It will provide popular song related to that artist in few seconds.
Now it’s time for some fun on Google! Try some Fun Tricks here:
Do a Barrel Roll!
Type “Do a Barrel Roll” (without quotes) in your search bar and hold your Desk for a second as this will give a circular roll off your screen.
Tilt your screen with Askew!
Type Askew in search bar and give your screen a slight tilt.
Epic Google
Type “Epic google” on google search bar and open the first link in the search results. You will see the google logo including everything other thing on the page is continuosly growing in its size and at one stage it would go out of your screen.
Google Rainbow
Type “Google Rainbow” and click “I am feeling lucky” or first link. The text would file up with rainbow colors, but it would be annoying to read the colored text.
Annoying Google
Type “Annoying google” and click “i’m feeling lucky” or first link. and you will notice that the text u type, randomly changes between upper case and lower case.
Google Gravity
Type “Google Gravity” and click on “i’m feeling lucky” or first link. The gravity will attract Google logo towards it.
Google underwater
Type “Google Underwater” and click “i’m feeling lucky” or first link. Enjoy watching the google logo and search bar floating in water.
Google Space
Type “Google Space“ and click “i’m feeling lucky” or first link. and enjoy the Google moving upwards in the air.
Google Loco
Type “Google Loco” and click “i’m feeling lucky” or first link to make the google dance.
Atari Breakout Trick
Just go to google image and type “Atari Breakout”. It will shows you some images and within few seconds it will transform into block and you can easily play this breakout and easily score more score. After finish the game you can also share your score with your friends and family.
Tilt Google Search Engine
It helps you to tilt google search engine. If you want to use this trick you have to simply open the google search engine and type tilt on search bar and click on the first search result. It will provide you tilt google search option.
Google Sky
Google sky will provide you an amazing view where you can easily get space view on your device. To use this feature of google you have to open Google sky on your device. Here you can easily search anything about the space and planets.
Did you know, you can save enough of your time by using efficient search phrases, to pull up your exact required information at the top of search results.
The simple looking Google is embedded with many tools that many of us are unaware of. Those tools can save a lot of your time if used in a day to day life. I have come up the best collection of useful and amazing Google tools and syntax that you can also start using from now onwards to save your time.
1. Make private searches:
When you make a search on Google, it by default creates a demographic history about you depends upon your search behaviour which is not at all acceptable by our privacy enthusiasts. Hence private searches came into the scene as they don’t allow search engines to track your ip address or your location or much. Private search doesn’t save your search history. Startpage (Known as lxquick as well) is an example of this private search that shows searches from the Google but keep your privacy safe.
Use quotes(“”) to search for a specific phrase:
Searching revolves around keywords. The more specific you are with your search query the more relevant results you’ll get. So brainstorm what you are looking for and type in the relevant keywords within double quotes(“”). When you type a specific phrase within these double quotes, Google will fetch results having the exact phrase in it even the order of the words is not altered. For example if you type ”you’re busy” in search bar, this Google tip will yield results having you’re busy in it. This kind of search query will discard all other alternate results even you are busy is also not considered as a result.
Use Google To Get Local Time Of Any City Of The World
Google can help you in getting the current local time of any city of the world. The only thing you have to do is, type time city-name
For Example. :- If you wish to view the current time of New York.Then, Type :- time new york on google search box.
Search by location
With this Google search bar trick You can target a specific location (city name or postal code) at the end of your search query and can have results related to that location only. This pretty much overrules the default behavior of Google search and calculate location specific results using your computer’s current IP address.
For example “cafes and Lounges V6E3J7” will give you a list of cafes in Vancouver, Canada.
Use search operators to make powerful searches
- OR – This search operator is much like “either-or” concept of English. For example if you type in “buy cheap Nike shoes or Reebok”, it is basically a combined search query for both “Buy cheap Nike shoes” and “Buy cheap Reebok shoes”. Google will list the results having any of those terms in it.
- And – This when used within a search query provides results containing both the terms in it. If you make a search for “buy cheap and blue Nike shoes”, Google will enlist all the results that contain both cheap and blue words.
- Asterisk(*) – Asterisk is used to take any variation of a phrase when used within double quotes. Replace a word in your phrase with Asterisk(*) and get a full list of all possible variation of that search query. Suppose you have a movie in your mind but don’t remember the full name of that movie. Don’t worry just type whatever you have in your mind and place Asterisk on other places. Google will give you all the possible combinations relevant to your search query. Try this.Type ”A * to remember” and have all the possible variations of the phrase in your search results.
- Minus(-) – Here’s a hidden Google trick, add minus before those words you want to eliminate from your search results. This trick is useful when you are searching for a term that yields lots of results and most of them are not of your interest. So just place (-) minus sign in front of those keywords and get a filtered result for your search query. See below
Get Local Weather Report of your City Instantly
If you are wishing to see the weather report of your city, then google may be the best companion for you.Just type weather ‘city name‘ to view the weather report.
For Example: weather chicago will show you the current weather reports of the chicago city on the top of the search results.
Search a Specific File Type
If you want to search a file with some specific file format like pdf,ppt,doc,docx, etc. Then Just type Topic filetype:ppt. For Eg: If you want to search for a pdf file on the topic “Information Technology”, then type information technology filetype:pdf
Search For a Specific Title/Phrase
If you want to search for a particular title on Google then you can use intitle. It is the syntax which is used to search a specific title within the web.
For Example: intitle:tricks returns all pages that have the word “tricks” in their title.
Just like intitle, there are more search operators as well that narrow down your searches to the body of a content,headline or even to a URL. I am sure you’ll find them extremely useful. They are:
Allintitle: “allintitle: India cyber security” will show the results having all three words in the titles.
intext: This search operator will make a search for a specific word phrase within the body of a content.
Search by Using “Inurl” and "allinurl" Syntax
Inurl and allinurl: These search operators are used to limit your searches with the specified terms only in URL. By this Google trick you will get most useful results quickly. For example “inurl:Android” will show results having android in their URL and similarly “allinurl:google android phone” will show results of those URLs having these terms in it.
Search a Specific Website
site: restricts search to a specific web site.It will only show the search results from a particular domain. It can be used to gather the information from a specific domain.
Example: tricks site:www.trickseek.org will find results related with tricks only from the domain www.trickseek.org.
Search for similar websites!
This trick is relatively new and could be used by everyone if they knew it existed. This trick is a powerful Google trick that gives you an option to browse some new sites as well. Take the example of LoginRadius. You like it very much and you want to explore more sites similar to that. To do so simply follow this syntax:
Code:
“related: loginradius.com”As a result of the above query, you will get a link to Tinder plus you’ll find links to other similar sites as well. Try this on your own.
Use Google As An Online Dictionary
If you are looking for a meaning of any word then there is no need to search for any online dictionary as you can straight away type Define followed by the word. It will show you the definition or meaning for that particular word. For Example: define: software will give you the definition of software.
Currency Conversion
You can get updated with the current currency conversion rate as Google can convert currencies values in seconds. You just need to type currency1 vs currency2 in Google. For Example : dollar vs inr.
Unit Conversion
Google is made to convert units for you. If you are a science student then this tool can save a lot of your time as you can directly type unit1 to unit2 to instantly see the converted unit value. For example: Kg to pound
Use Google as a Scientific Calculator
It is one of the excellent tool of Google that can instantly solve the most complex mathematical queries for you. You do not need to rely on any other mathematical website or online calculator if Google is there for you. Example : log(10) , sqrt(25), sin(25) etc. You can also get the instant answer for any of your complex mathematical numerical. For Example sin(log 8)+log(cos(tan 56))/cot 29
Use Google search bar to Know what links to what!
Do you want to know who links to your website? Or do you want to know where your backlinks are made? If yes then “link:” is there to help you. Just type “link: your webpage” and get a list of all urls that have a link back to the mentioned webpage.
For Example: link:www.geekpolice.net
Use Google search bar for synonyms!
(~) tilde symbol in front of any word will widen your searches as it will show up the results for the synonyms of that particular word as well. And use (+) plus sign to remove the synonyms from search results.
Google search trick to browse offline websites!
Do you know Google keep a cached version of all the websites scanned by its crawlers? Yeah, it does and that’s why we can see them even if their server is down for some time. “cache: “ is the search operator which is used to browse a website even when it’s server is facing a down time.
Type cache:www.geekpolice.net and you’ll get a cached version of the website even if it is offline.
Google Translate
Google translate can train you to be a multilingual person. You can instantly translate any word or sentence to almost any language from around the word. With this powerful tool of Google you can chat on internet with any person around the world. You can type any word or sentence followed by to language-name. For example love to turkish
Know your ip address!
Don’t know what’s your router public IP address? Type ip address in Google search bar get your physical ip address on your router.
Use Google search bar to get results from Top level domains!
Top level domains are the extensions that come after a domain name like .edu, .com, .org, .au and many more. Use “site:TLD” to target a specific top level domain in your search results.
For example Android site:edu will yield results from .edu domains only.
In the same way use (-) minus sign to remove any unwanted site from your search results. Type
– site:website.com and you won’t see that website in your search results.
Example: Android -site:wikipedia.org will not show a wikipedia link in its search results.
Convert numbers to words and solve calculations
It is useful when you have a really large number and can’t get what it is. Don’t worry just type your number in Google search bar like this “1098762341= English” and you’ll get your numbers in word form.
Find out the distance between cities
It is another amazing google search tricks which allows you to get distance between two places and cities. You have to simply open google and type distance from first place to second place. It will provide you distance between those places.
Get lyrics of song
This feature of google will helps you to get lyrics of any song. You have to simply type a song name and then lyrics after the song name. It will provide you full lyrics of the song.
Graph for (math function)
Graph is another amazing feature of the Google which let you get graph of any math function. You have to simply type graph for and then a function of math. It will provides you full graph details of the function which you have provide it. For ex graph for sin(x) + cos(x).
Songs by Artist Name Feature
This feature of google provide full details of songs by an artist. You have to just type Song by artist name. It will provide popular song related to that artist in few seconds.
Now it’s time for some fun on Google! Try some Fun Tricks here:
Do a Barrel Roll!
Type “Do a Barrel Roll” (without quotes) in your search bar and hold your Desk for a second as this will give a circular roll off your screen.
Tilt your screen with Askew!
Type Askew in search bar and give your screen a slight tilt.
Epic Google
Type “Epic google” on google search bar and open the first link in the search results. You will see the google logo including everything other thing on the page is continuosly growing in its size and at one stage it would go out of your screen.
Google Rainbow
Type “Google Rainbow” and click “I am feeling lucky” or first link. The text would file up with rainbow colors, but it would be annoying to read the colored text.
Annoying Google
Type “Annoying google” and click “i’m feeling lucky” or first link. and you will notice that the text u type, randomly changes between upper case and lower case.
Google Gravity
Type “Google Gravity” and click on “i’m feeling lucky” or first link. The gravity will attract Google logo towards it.
Google underwater
Type “Google Underwater” and click “i’m feeling lucky” or first link. Enjoy watching the google logo and search bar floating in water.
Google Space
Type “Google Space“ and click “i’m feeling lucky” or first link. and enjoy the Google moving upwards in the air.
Google Loco
Type “Google Loco” and click “i’m feeling lucky” or first link to make the google dance.
Atari Breakout Trick
Just go to google image and type “Atari Breakout”. It will shows you some images and within few seconds it will transform into block and you can easily play this breakout and easily score more score. After finish the game you can also share your score with your friends and family.
Tilt Google Search Engine
It helps you to tilt google search engine. If you want to use this trick you have to simply open the google search engine and type tilt on search bar and click on the first search result. It will provide you tilt google search option.
Google Sky
Google sky will provide you an amazing view where you can easily get space view on your device. To use this feature of google you have to open Google sky on your device. Here you can easily search anything about the space and planets.