hyper-detailed searches made easy

bynomda ploom

1.3K followers

12 years ago

We all want to know where to find the good stuff right? And sifting for results gold can be a drag when we are time pressed. This might help..

first get yourself one of these...

Do this:

Some search operators to help you when you are doing research on a niche or to delve deeper into what others have put out there….details below...

Don't do this:

You could do this via the advanced search option of Google however once done and the results being provided, it then clears itself. This way you get to keep the good stuff on a notepad or spreadsheet for future reference and you can just work out of the main search box…

Google and other search engines are mines of information beyond what is generally assumed to be available. The search box can be refined in what it does for you, with some simple “operators”

Just do some of these instead...

How helpful would it be to be able to track down a list of pdf’s out there?

The quotation marks are there to left out- just to delineate the search terms- if you leave them in, it will return an exact match for those words, in that order- just so as you know.

Do: “file type:pdf LOSE BELLY FAT” (substitute your key word for the capitalized ones- this search revealed 719,000 source documents- would that help you to find information or to compare and contrast journalistic perspectives to work out a different angle to write about your topic?

How about “top 1..250 puppy training tips” this will return results for any numbered lists

Or: “inurl:/register.php keyword” to find forums, blogs etc, where you can likely register to contribute to a discussion and enter your site name in your application to comment which can then be used to get a backlink…or at least you can check out the competition and what it is doing. Add the word “blog” after the keyword to get just blog results, “forum” etc. as you need to…

Some search operators to help you when you are doing research on a niche or to delve deeper into what others have put out there….

If you are after very recent content, so you can jump on it and work out trends or leave a comment if you can try:

www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=your keyword&as_qdr=d....d means day, on the end, swap it out for w, m, m2, m6 for week, month, 2 and then 6 months by adding the short code after the = sign…

Want to get the official low down on things try:

keyword” forum site:.gov this will get you to the government sites with a forum-generally used to keep the public up to date on any issues..

If you enjoy playing with others try: inurl:forum.*.com “keyword” to lead you to forums in your topic area

Just some ideas, hoping that they might be helpful.

As ever, best wishes, to all, Andy

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