Tricks when Google doesn't give you what you want

Google but it may not be the best search tool for everything. While Google has everything that you personally need and a simple Google search will give you exactly the results you need. If you're not getting the results you want from Google you can use this trick.

Don't search for full sentences

Search for the keywords in what you're looking for. Google will just ignore certain words it knows are common and irrelevant, but this may not be the case with all search engines. Just leave out anything you don't need.

Use the AROUND() Operator

Google searches for your search terms everywhere in the page and they don't necessarily have to be near each other. Here you can use the AROUND() operator. It'll let you search for things like black AROUND(2) bear to make sure both words are in a specific order. The number you give to AROUND specifies the proximity. A lower number means the words need to be closer together and a higher number means they can be farther apart.

Search Titles Only

Do you only need to search for page titles and ignore the actual text on the page? In Google you can do this by prepending your query with allintitle:. When searching on Bing or Yahoo!, you can do the same thing simple by using title:.

Search for a File

Maybe you're not looking for a web page at all, but instead a specific kind of file. You can easily restrict your search to a file type by typing filetype:extension in front of your search terms. For example, if you were searching for a Pdf file you'd use filetype:pdf.

Specific site Searches

Sometimes you're looking for an article you know you saw on, say, theinternetsurfer, but you can't remember what it's called. You could search for site:theinternetsurfer.blogspot.com and you'll find some relevant, theinternetsurfer-specific results.