Internet Search Tips

Address bar

Simply type your search terms and press Enter to run the search on the address bar.

Synonym search

Sometimes it's useful to search for a less specific term. If you're not sure which term will be used you can use synonym search.

Set your location.

The location you have on file with Google (in other words, your city, state, and zip code) will help it find search results that are more relevant to where you live.

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by searching "tilt"

If the site doesn't have what you need,

You can turn to the results page to look for more options.

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You can use the extra search tools to narrow down your results even more. by size, color, image type, and more.

How to search the web

You'll need to navigate to a search engine in your web browser, type one or more keywords. —then press Enter on your keyboard.

Search for multiple words at once

you can search for one word or phrase along with a second word or phrase.This can help narrow down your search to help you find exactly what you're looking for.

If you want to exclude a word from a search,

you can type a hyphen (-) at the beginning of a word.

If you're having trouble thinking of new search terms,

you can use search suggestions instead.

If you don't find what you're looking for on your first try,

you need to try different search terms

Search a range of numbers

place two dots between two numbers. This can help narrow down searches to a specific number to improve search results. ex) 2002..2017

Flipping a coin

Press the mic icon on Google's search bar, and say "flip a coin" or "heads or tails"

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Search results.

What is one or more keywords known as ?

Search terms

How to narrow your results by language or reading level.

You can access it from the results page by clicking Settings.You can also limit your search results to pages that have a certain domain

What do quotation marks used for searching?

You can search for exact words or phrases to narrow down your results.

Make Google your homepage.

Your homepage is the first thing you see when you open your browser (or when you click your browser's Home button)

If you can't decide which one to choose between this or that,

Compare things using "vs"

Use a colon to search specific sites

If you need to find specific content on a particular site, this is the shortcut you can use.