A guide to better google-fu in 8 forms

Google is a powerful tool but 98% of the people on the Internet suck at it. Google search can do more than just typing in a word and pressing enter.

Here's the 8 tips:

1. "Quotation Marks"
   
   Put quotes around search terms to let you search exactly for that word.
   
   Example: "Sara Duterte"
   
   Gives you all Sarah Duterte search results without just "Sarah" or just "Duterte".
   
   
2. - Dashes
   
   Use dashes to exclude a term from your search results. The word before the dash will be included.
   
   Example: multithreading -java
   
   You want to know about multithreading but exclude anything with java. 
   
   
3. OR
   
   Put "OR" between each term to combine search results. A vertical bar | also works.
   
   Example: marathon OR race, marathon | race
   
   
4. site:
   
   Use "site:" to search within a specific website or domain.
   
   Example: Nuclear Energy site:en.wikipedia.com
   
   Would give you results about Nuclear Energy but limited to en.wikipedia.com.
   
   
5. $
   
   If you are searching for a price.
   
   Example: Video card $600
   
   
6. .. (two periods)
   
   Search within a range of numbers. 
   
   Example: SUV 2010..2012, motherboard $100..$140
   
   
7. location:
   
   Use "location:" to get results related to a particular location
   
   Example: Sara Duterte location:cebu
   
   
8. @ 
   
   Use @ in front of a word to search social media. 
   
   Example: @pythonconf
   
   Similarly, you can also use "#" in front of the word to search hashtags in social media. 
   
   Example: #pyconph