How to use Google better: Part 2
All of us use Google search, most of us use it multiple times every day. Some of us can't imagine how we got our work done before we had Google search. But how many of us know how use the 'power features' of Google? Google search can actually do far more sophisticated searches than most people ever attempt. By learning a few very simple techniques you can take advantage of the inner workings of the Google search engine and perform all kinds of advanced searches that will return what you are looking for faster and more reliably. For example:
Search exactly as is (+).
Google employs synonyms automatically, so that it finds pages that mention, for example, childcare for the query [ child care ] (with a space), or California history for the query [ ca history ]. But sometimes Google helps out a little too much and gives you a synonym when you don't really want it. By attaching a + immediately before a word (remember, don't add a space after the +), you are telling Google to match that word precisely as you typed it. Putting double quotes around a single word will do the same thing.
