Google Search: Search if you don't know what to look for

Google is spending millions of dollars to develop more algorithms, but Google Search still can't determine what you have undefined. Sometimes even though you know the information you're looking for is somewhere on the web, you can't find the right terms to find them.

Google Search

If you don't know what to look for in Google Search, there are some tricks that can prove very useful.

Today, we're going to look at a few different ways ς για να σας βοηθήσουμε να αναζητήσετε κάτι που δεν ξέρετε πως να το περιγράψετε.

Search by wildcard

Google wildcard search is useful if:

  • You don't know a specific word in a phrase you're looking for either
  • you want to find many results around a basic phrase.

To search with a wildcard, you need to type an asterisk (*) in the search term you are not sure about.

For example, let's say you're looking for a song you heard on , but you can't find a specific word. You could type “smoke * water.” Google results will show you results that match the phrase. You will see results like: “Smoke on the water”, “Smoke on the Water (2012 Remaster) by Deep Purple”, “Smoke, how water filters help reduce it” and many more related.

Similarly, you can use wildcards in Google search to find results around a topic. For example, if you search for “trusted * provider”, the they will show you “reliable internet provider”, “reliable web hosting provider”, “reliable electricity provider” and many more.

Excluding words

If you want to search for something but the results you are showing are not relevant, you can block specific words.

The word exclusion feature is especially useful if your list of results is dominated by irrelevant results. You can exclude one or more words by typing a minus (-) just before the word.

For example, if you search for "Bayern", almost all the results on the front pages show links to FC Bayern Munich, the German football team. To see results for the city rather than the team, you can type "Bayern -football -soccer -fc" to force Google to skip any football results.

Results in a series of numbers

Adding two dots (..) between the search terms will show you results from a specific range of numbers. This search is perfect if you want to search for something in a specific price range or at a specific point in time, but you don't know what to look for.

For example, imagine that you are trying to find something in the Greek history of the 19th century. If you type "Greece 1800..1900”In Google Search, you will have a list of results for the country at that time.

Likewise, you can use the same trick to find something you want to buy that fits your budget. For example, type "smartphone € 100 .. € 200" and you will see product listings and articles for smartphones that cost from 100 to 200 euros.

Around if you don't know most of a phrase?

The solution is to use the term around. Just type in an estimated number of missing bracketed words for example around (10).

So, let's look for a phrase of Odysseus Elytis and specifically, something he said and contains "an olive tree, a vineyard and a boat". So the search term will be: an olive tree, a vineyard and a boat around (10)

“If you decompose her , at the end you will see that you have an olive tree, a vine and a boat left. Which means: with so much else you rebuild it."

In the search results Google will find the quote you want.

Do you know any other trick that can make our life easier? We will be happy to see it at of the publication.

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