15 Ways to use Google like a Pro.

You're probably not using Google to its full advantage. Although
everyone knows how to search for something, there are a few
quick tips that can help you get the exact results you're looking
for, faster.
Google offers a "Power Searching" class and we took it so you
don't have to. In the class, Dr Dan Russell, a research scientist at
Google guides you through different lessons. Use these examples
from his lessons to learn how to filter and focus your search
results to get the answers you want.
See 9 easy tips for finding exactly what you want on Google:
1. First, let's start with some basic search features that you can
use to get information you need really, really quickly.
* Type "movies" followed by a town or city to pull up a list of
movies that are showing locally.
* Google "capital of" followed by any city to get a bolded answer.
* If you search "weather" followed by a city or a zip code, youll
get the latest forecast.
* If you search a flight code — say Hawaiian Airlines 24 — youll
get instant flight information.
* Try searching "time in Singapore" or any other city.
* Make conversions simple by searching something like "300
yards in miles" or "212F in C."
2. As usual, you might be able to find an Easter egg or two.
3. Now for some ways to filter your results. Google has a set of
"operators" that you can add to your search to give it special
instructions.
4. You can search within specific websites by using the operator
"site: " For example, "site: timesofindia.indiatimes.com" will only
search through TOI's archives.
5. You can also narrow down results by searching top-level
domains like ".gov" for government sites, ".edu" for educational
sites, or country codes like ".in" for Indian sites.
6. The operator "filetype:" is also useful. For example, you could
narrow your results to only include PDFs.
7. Or if you're doing a research project and want to find data to
download and work with, you could try searching for
"filetype:csv" like in the example below (CSV stands for "comma
separated values").
8. If you want to search for a specific phrase, put all the words
together in quotes.
9. Say you're looking for results about something that has several
different synonyms. If you search for several phrases with "OR"
between them, Google will search for both options.
10. Google's search-by-image tool is also incredibly helpful. (Go
to images.google.com to try it)
11. For example, if you have a photo you like but don't know
where it was taken, you can image search it.
12. Or say you find something random and you have no idea
what it is. Take a picture (on a white background), upload it, and,
viola! Google figures it out for you.
13. Colour filtering in Google image search can be very helpful.
Once you search for something, you can find the colour filtering
options under 'Search Tools'.
14. That might not sound too useful right off the bat, but it can
add context and let you find images based on information that
might not be included in the text of the corresponding page.
15. Finally, if you're looking to do some cooking, you can filter
recipes on Google by the time it takes to make, calories, and what
ingredients you have.