How To Search/Google

250px|center|2015 Google logotype. Google Google • (private) - *Original Audience:* All Internet users - *Original Scope:* Internet - *Original Coverage:* All documents that Google's web crawling software can process - *Original Update Boolean Operators + Boolean Operators BooleanOperator Syntax Example AND {Default} skunk tomato OR OR skunk OR tomato NOT - skunk -tomato Other Operator + Other Operators Syntax Example Description "" "skunk smell removal" exact phrase search + skunk + and tomato include a common word that Google usually does not search; force search of exact form of a certain word ~ ~auto loan synonymous search * red * blue separated by one or more words 1..100 "abraham lincoln" 1860...1861 number range search Search Fields + Search Fields Syntax Example Description site: site:wikibooks.org "how to search" domain restrict link: link:www.wikibooks.org sites that link to the specified site inurl: inurl:wikibooks url restrict filetype: sociology filetype:pdf search for a particular filetype date: xenotransplantation date:6 searches a range of months; 6 in the example safesearch: safesearch: sex education filters adult content info: info: www.wikibooks.org information about a site related: related: www.wikibooks.org finds related sites phonebook: phonebook:John Doe searches for phone numbers related to the address or person's name Other Features Google also allows a number of searches which can only be done using templates on their advanced search screen. Other features not directly impacting search results include interface language, number of results, and results window. + Other Features Feature Description Example Further Information Calculator Allows calculations to be done from the search box. 45*12 Many further scientific calculations can be done using Google, not all of which are documented. Calculator Conversions 12 kilograms in pounds Further examples: 12 in hexadecimal 1 the speed of light in mph 60 GBP in USD answer to life the universe and everything 0b00111001 in roman numerals Definitions Defines words define:numeral define:marmalade Alternate speller Searches for alternate spellings of words word Can be turned off by prepending the word with + . Compare Mihajlović (will found references both to Mihajlović and Mihajlovic) with +Mihajlović (only Mihajlović). External Links Google