15 Ways To Use Google Like A Pro
Tags: webdev, css, html, codenewbie
Published: 2021-02-15 05:23:00

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title: 15 Ways To Use Google Like A Pro
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Googling is an Essential skill every web related person must have. In this guide i put together 15 ways to get better in Searching for content on the web

## 01. Google advanced search

Google advanced search is one of the best google feature, you can narrow your results down to **region** and when it was **updated**

###### Try out The:
1. [Google's advanced search for website and files](https://google.com/advanced_search)
2. [Google's advanced search for images](https://google.com/advanced_image_search)
3. [Google's advanced search for videos](https://google.com/advanced_video_search)
4. [Google's advanced search for books](https://google.com/advanced_book_search)

![Google advanced search preview](https://spruce.com.ng/blog/15-ways-to-use-google-like-a-pro/img/advanced-search.png)<figcaption>
    Google advanced search preview
  </figcaption>

## 02. Finding Quick Definations 

Google does a great job in finding answers to your search word or phrases, like **what is css** , but you can find the meaning of any word in google by adding **Define** at the begining of the word  
 
<b>Define Css</b>

## 03. Perform Calculations

You can also perform calculations in google as well by entering any maths equation like so
   
30\*800

## 04. Unit conversion

Google also performs unit conversion just by entering any unit conversion in the search box
   
200m to mm  
100 dollers to naira

## 05. Searching for an exact image size

Very useful when working with logos and when you need an image of specific file size, just add **imagesize:500x400** at the begining of a word or phrase
   
imagesize:500x400 spongeBob

![Exact 500x400 spongebob image](https://spruce.com.ng/blog/15-ways-to-use-google-like-a-pro/img/image-size.png)<figcaption>
    Exact 500x400 spongebob image
  </figcaption>

## 06. Search Social Media

It is very easy to narrow a search to only social media in google, you can search only social media for a particular user or word in google by just adding **@** at the begining of the word like
   
@SpruceEmmanuel

## 07. Search For Hashtags

You can also search for your favourite hashtags by just adding **#** at the begining of the hashtag
   
**#100daysOfCode**

## 08. Search for Items with a specific prize

Finding items that falls withing your budget is one of the coolest thing i like in Google, this can be acheived by simply adding the **$** to the begining of the price
   
**Intro to python books $100**

## 09. Exclude certain words from your search result

This is done by adding an **-** at the begining of the woed you want to exclude   
**Create a blog with only html -css**

## 10. Searching for an exact match

You can search for an exact match of a word or phrase by puting the word or phrase in qoute
   
**"What is Javascript"**

## 11. Search within a range of numbers

This is extremely useful when you have a minimum and maximum budget, you can Search for items price that are sold for **$40 t0 200$** by adding **...** between two numbers 
  
**Javascript Cookbook $50...$100**

## 12. Combining Search

Add **OR** between two search query to search for two items at at time. You can combine this with other search parameters to get more accurate search result, also notice that the "OR" is in uppercase 
  
Javascript Cookbook $50...$100 OR Python offline guide $40

## 13. Search a particular site

You can search a specific site by adding **site:** at the begining of a site or domain   
site:spruce.com.ng  
site:.dev

## 14. Search for a related site

Check similar sites is possible in google by adding **related:** at the begining of a site   
related:spruce.com.ng

## 15. Google cached version of a site

Can't find an article you once read on a site? you can always check the cache version of a site in google by adding **cache** at the begining of a site   
cache:spruce.com.ng