Google is the best search engine but do we really know how to use it? Or to Harness its full power?Perhaps not.
 
This article will exactly show you to do the same.
 
First go to Internet Explorer or Firefox and type in
 
www.google.com
 
So now lets begin
 
These are some things that you should always follow;-
 

1. Always type in the right keyword.
2. Try to specify the idea in limited set of keywords.
3. Avoid using the stop words.
4. Keep the searching simple.

 
Now lets understand this by taking an example. Suppose you want to know about the Cricketer 'Sachin Tendulkar'
 
Then most of you will type in 'Biography of Sachin Tendulkar' in google box. Mark that the text has been typed without the use of quotes.
 
You will get around about 117000 results. Now probably you will try to find the result that most suits you and that may take a long time. Remember, whenever you search try to minimize the no. Of search results by using the right keyword.
 
In the above example there is an redundant word that is 'of' which is used.
(which is a stop word). Now google ignores the stop word. So even if you use it or not use it doesnt matter. So its better to type in 'Biography Sachin Tendulkar'.
 
For the complete list of stop words go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/stop_word
 
The no. Of results produced will be same.
 
There is an option 'I am feeling lucky' below the google box. Clicking this will directly lead you to the page which is displayed first in the results.
 
For eg. So 'Biography Sachin Tendulkar' will lead you to the site wikipedia.
 
Now suppose you wanted to disable 'ethernet in linux' , may be for some reason.
You should type disable ethernet linux and NOT disabling ethernet in linux or something like this how to disable ethernet in linux. As I said minimizing the no. Of keywords will lead you to better results.
 
Google also offers an interesting option particularly for searching linux related queries.
 
For that go to www.google.co.in/linux
 
This google page is specifically for Linux related queries
 
Now lets move on.
 
Suppose you wanted some information about the viruses.(not computer viruses). I mean the biological viruses.
 
Most of you will type in virus.
 
What do you expect as result. I think most of the entries on the first page will contain information about the computer viruses.But did you want that? No.
 
So better type in virus -computer.
 
This will return almost all the entries except of those in which computer has been mentioned.
So, This filters your search.
 
“Mind that there should not be any space between -&computer.
 
Suppose you wanted search about Java Tutorial. Most of you will type in Java Tutorial. But there is a refined version which may produce more no. Of results.
 
Type in Java ~Tutorial instead. ~ is synonym operator.
 
This will search for google tutorial and will search for synonym words like manual,documentation.
 
Suppose you wanted to find a price of some product you dont know.You can specify a range in google search using' ....' operator.
 
Eg. Something like this will suffice computer price $800...$1000.
 
The '*' operator is a kind of fill in operator /or a wild card which when used replaces '*' with anything printable.
 
Eg. 'Google*'
 
This will search for sentences or phrases starting with google.
 
Now suppose you want to search for a movie 'Star Wars I'
 
The results wont be appropriate as the results would filter I, as I is the stop word.
 
Google offer the solution for this too.
Type Star War +I (no space between + & I )
This '+' operator forces the inclusion of the stop words.
The other operators are and & or.
'I' or 'OR'
Suppose you want to search about Jaipur or Delhi.Then type in 'Jaipur OR Delhi'
or
Jaipur/Delhi will return the same results.
Similarly the and operators will behave like and include both the results.
Suppose you are reading a newspaper and come across a phrase.”Pay peanuts get monkeys”
 
 
 
 
So lets move on.
You are sitting at home & want to do shopping- www.google.com/products or www.froogle.com.
So people has a solution for this also.
 
Now suppose you are downloading some software using softpedia.com & you get sick of it and want to try another site too. How to find a site related to softpedia.com.
Type in related:www.softpedia.com & press enter.
You will see the software download sites like 'topshareware.com','download.com' etc in the search results.
If you are bored, want a movie review, type in – movie:followed by movie name.
Eg, movie:kuch kuch hota hai
In google you can search code using the google code search.
This is the experimental feature of google.
Type in www.google.com/codesearch
This allows to search tons of code. The google code search allows the use of regular expressions too.
 
Now Lets move ahead.
 
The google search bar can used as a calculator too.
 
Type in 2+3
The result would be five.
 
For more features go to www.soople.com that harnesses the full power of Google calculator.
 
Now you are sitting at your home and want to know where are you located.
 
There are two options for this.One is google earth and the other is google maps.
 
The Google earth free version can be downloaded too.
 
Now lets return to our query ie. Biography Sachin Tendulkar
 
If I ever want to search/not search in a particular site,I can do that.
For this there is a special google tag 'site:'
 
You can write in Sachin Tendulkar site:wikipedia.org
 
This will search the above query in the site wikipedia only.
And if you want to exclude any site in searching then add '-' prefix before site tag.
 
If you to find any book go to Google book search.
Use http://books.google.com
The research related stuff is present at Google Scholar.
 
Search the content category wise using the Google Directory.
Visit directory.google.com for that.
 
If you have some stuff you can translate it.
 
Go to translate.google.com/translate
 
If you want to what people usually search for, go to google trends.
 
Www.google.com/trends
 
Igoogle is the peers analyzed google page. Now you can add news,photos on the page.
 
Want to know from where have the google logos come from?
 
The logos has been designed by Dennis Hwang. On Each day there is a different logo. There are some special logos for holidays too.
The logos are known as 'Google Doodle'.
 
You can search for Google Doodle.
 
Now you are at home and you dont have MS Office installed on your computer.So Google has a solution for this too.
 
You can go to Google Docs.
Http://docs.google.com
 
It provides online utilities that are similar to word,excel or powerpoint.
 
You can enjoy searching with good quotes go to www.boogle.com