7 Top Google Search Tricks

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Many of use the google in our everyday life, but knowing what to find and focusing your search to accurate queries might get you the right results you might be looking to find.So here are the most basic 6 tricks to apply your geeky side in searching through google.
Internet search tricks 
Following are few search tricks that I use quite frequently.
So here I am with yet another article to the supporters of hackhow.com.

Search trick #1:
Filetype:
Different types of filetypes are now in your system within a fraction of seconds
Now you will be able to download any kind of files consisting of a particular information; it can be a document type or of the type ppt or pdf.
PDF – topic name filetype:pdf
PPT – topic name filetype:ppt
DOC – topic name filetype:doc

Search trick #2

 Spell check
Entering a word into Google is a quick way to see if you have the right spelling. If it’s incorrect, Google will suggest the correct spelling. Additionally, if you want to get a definition of a word, you can use the “define: word” to return definitions from various dictionaries (for example, define: parasympathetic).

Search trick #3

 Calculator
Google has got an in-built calculator. You can type directly any equation as ((100*60)+(45/9)).

Search trick #4

World Time Check
You can know the time of any place around the at anytime, anywhere with Internet net google at your finger tips
Just to make sure that you do not disturb your near and dear ones late night or early in the morning or even during their high times google comes out with an elegant feature of knowing the time of the place anywhere around the globe.
For this you just need to search for “time” and then name of the city.

Search trick #5

Quick Currency Conversion
Google can also do currency conversion, for example: 100 pounds in dollars, 100 euros in dollars. If you would like to convert minor currencies, be sure to be specific about the country.

Search trick #6

Area code lookup
Need to know where a phone number is located? Google will let you know where it is, and show you a map of the area, too. For example: 515.


Search trick #7

Site Search
Use the word “site” to limit searches. If looking for posts about ESL, for example, you could try this search: ESL site:bangkokpost.com.

If you know more simple google tricks that you would like to share, then let us know by your comments..:D..Cheers..