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Ask HN: What are your Google Search hacks/tips/tricks?

6 pointsby hidden-spyderover 4 years ago

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ryan-duveover 4 years ago
* `site:&lt;domain&gt;` is basically the only way to search a public site for anything. Also, it&#x27;s great for when you want to restrict searches to TLDs like `.edu` or `.gov`.<p>* Google calculator does units like a champ.<p>* Quotes around a word&#x2F;words used to mean verbatim match, but for some reason they started allowing synonyms and other spellings to slip in.<p>* If a search result is slow to load, go back to Google and look for the cached version instead.<p>* Figure out how to phrase questions to get zero click answers. For example, if you want to know how old Ibram X Kendi is, instead of searching for his name do this: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;search?channel=fs&amp;client=ubuntu&amp;q=how+old+is+ibram+x+kendi" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;search?channel=fs&amp;client=ubuntu&amp;q=how...</a> Another example: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;search?channel=fs&amp;client=ubuntu&amp;q=when+did+guardians+2+come+out" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;search?channel=fs&amp;client=ubuntu&amp;q=whe...</a>
flaveover 4 years ago
I don&#x27;t know if it&#x27;s a hack but I spent some time working for big four consultancies and would prep decks which needed logos with transparent backgrounds.<p>You can do a google search for &#x27;[company] logo&#x27; then click &#x27;tools&#x27; then set &#x27;colour&#x27; to &#x27;transparent&#x27; and that will often throw the logo with a transparent background.