5 MORE Quick Tips to Enhance Your Google Searches!
1. Google Cached Pages - Google takes a snapshot of each page it examines and caches (stores) that version as a back-up. Use the cached internet pages when the original link is unavailable due to internet congestion, a down website, moving of web pages by the owner, etc. If Google returns a link to a page that appears to have little to do with your query, or if you can’t find the information you’re seeking on the current version of the page, take a look at the cached version. Ever wonder why some search results have a time stamp next to them? The time indicates when Google last cached the Internet page. The cached version of the webpage will have all search words highlighted in a different color. The color representation might be especially useful for when trying to locate a specific word or determine frequency of a word within a webpage.
2. Pages of Results? - When conducting a Google query, do you ever find yourself scrolling through pages of results? As a time saver, increase the number of results Google displays on each results page. To do this, visit http://www.google.com , click on preferences, then click on the dropdown next to “Number of Results”. Keep in mind though, if you are unable to locate what you are looking for within the first 10-20 results, you may want to adjust your query instead of navigating through pages of irrelevant results.
3. Feeling Lucky? - You’ve probably seen (but never used) the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button on the Google homepage. No…this button won’t bring you love or extensive wealth, but it will narrow down your search results to just 1 instead of pages of results! The “I’m Feeling Lucky” button bypasses the search engine results page and displays the first query match.
4. Unit Conversion - You can use Google to convert between many different units of measurement of height, weight, and volume among many others.
Example: “1030cm to inches”
5. Related Searches - To search for web pages that have similar content to a given site, type “related:” followed by the website address into the Google search box.
Example: related:www.howstuffworks.com
