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Kuvajainen
These tips don't work that well anymore now that google is promoting ads in the search results. But at least the ads are clearly marked.
casbott
And search for "Jeff Bezos penis" as the previous site before you go to Amazon, as they track the last site you were at before theirs.
alcamar
How I do my job as a programmer 101
RiskIt4ABiscuit
Haha yup, datasheets belike
Kuvajainen
Lol yeah, Stack Overflow goes brrrrr!
downrightmike
Also:
slader.com</a> text book a">nswer">book answers
readanybook.com read books
thriftbooks.com cheap books
polishmywriting.com
gutenberg.org
Kuvajainen
One more to add: deepl.com for very good translations. Even works for Finnish(to a point) and that's impressive!
hyperchondriac
How do you not get a full page of sponsored content at the top of your search?
SpeedyCerviche
Truth is Google shows you what it wants to show you, not what you're looking for. It used to be better, now it's just ads not real results
kojenk
Yeah. These USED to work but now it just the laid for priority results. it turns up empty or rubbish results if you go too deep with filters
mirrorz
I've been abusing Tilda Swinton for years years.
spidermenz
Amizcuz
the pre ':' terms work but the logical operators are largely ineffective. especially hate the lack of discussion site-specific searches :(
BeTheMirage
So how do you search for hyphenated words, instead of ignoring results with the second half? Quotes?
WorksOnMyMachine
"quotation markets"
Slash0mega
hahahahaha, untill google decides to ignore it. i try searches with - and "phrase" all the time, and google is like, nah bro.
Curii
I get that all the time. It's incredibly annoying.
CaptainHightower
90% of my job as IT-support was googling. The rest is because I remember the error or the customer is just really stupid,
AnonKneeMoose
All of these tips have beem broken thanks to the introduction of sponsored search results that show regardless of ANY relevance
ClericOfTheProsperityGospel
Very cool. Lotta functionality there. I will never use any of these
Entitlement
I didn’t know any of these and I’m going to try all of them
basicisaac
Most of these also work in a very private search engine called DuckDuckGo. No ads will follow you or searches will be shared with police.
SpikeTheGoat
Some worked many years ago with old search engines, too! I remember a few of these from 21+ years ago from high school.
DrasticBastard
It doesn’t work very well anymore.
UnremarkablyInteresting
Quoted searches has become pretty crap the last few years. You'll still get results that don't match the exact phrase
ThatSonOfaBitch
I didn't know about tilde.
crackblind
75% of my job is being better at using Google than the people I work with.
LeftRightThere
Need to find the perfect reaction gif search site:Imgur.com the gif
suckstoyourauntie
Reaction GIFs seem very limited on Imgur. I am an Old, and I don't know how people get to post all the cool and current GIFs here.
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
https://www.google.com/search?q=reaction%20imgur&tbm=isch&tbs=itp:animated replace reaction with whatever you're looking for.
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
grayman222
Does -words use a space? How else do I search for Spider-Man and X-Men
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
you need the space. That was a typo.
KipperFillets
"Spider-Man"
dudedude09
Favorite this now! Forget it forever.
Tomadzo
Favorite and forget
AtsaMattaForMe
TheDaharMaster
This better be top comment by tomorrow
JamieSommersWonderWoman
Favorite and forget.
Dafoosa2
Just google “google search tips”
404th
I want to remember this stuff. Even if it is just Google as a search here. Remembering how to find my way, some way, is helpful these days.
wisepairofjeans
Put a post it on your monitor or something
sangman
This was useful many years ago, on modern Google it almost doesn't matter
applesforjuice
Don't worry, it's posted here constantly, so if you forget just wait a few days
Eldibs
This worked a lot better before Google tried guessing what you were looking for and started randomly excluding terms.
Forensickle
It seems to have decided I only want to see things from stores. Image search is literally just a shop now
SvarvSven
Must contain X and Y, does not contain Y...I get this all the time, so annoying
JoshuaHarazin
Fuck Google with a pitchfork for that change. "must include (x)?" Yes google that's why I fucking typed it in the search box.
Sorceresss
And the results used to be somewhat chronological, now you get 10 year old forum threads and dead links on the first page.
Forensickle
Wait? You get forums when you search? I never get shown a site without a "buy" button on every page.
spaceystacey
I saw one yesterday where Google warned me the link was to a video uploaded 10 years ago. I had to click through it to see the video.
astrangehop
I remember a period where boolean just wouldn't work and I never tried it on the goog agaon
CJFoxx11
Like -amazon results that include amazon.
Forensickle
That doesn't stop me getting Amazon results in Google, not at all
gnomedeplume
also becoming exclusively a product promotion engine instead of giving you what you're looking for
dirtcreature
Yeah, it is being gamed to death by fake review sites, as well.
Forensickle
I am at the point where I add "Reddit" to any search just to not see shops when searching for anything
RideTheStimutacs
"Here are results for something you didn't search for. If you want to search for the thing you actually searched for, click here."
litelbrown
Honestly, it's right more often than it's wrong
jtxyz
I get my best punctuation down at the quotation market.
PalaverQuader
meh. i stopped investing in the quotation market. i mean.. look at the quality up there. no cent from me anymore i can tell you that.
DiddleFartingAround
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toomanymemesandnotenoughmemeory
Down at the paradise city where the bears are bears and their rampage ain’t so pretty
JoshuaFalken
Oh, can't we please go home??
Idontneedrealfacts
no faster way to ensure no one reads a list you write than to start off with a massive obvious error
SpaceSpeed
Quotations being traded on the Frankfurt Stock Market, 1959 (colorized then uncolorized)
Idontneedrealfacts
good, but next time go with (colorized then uncolourized) just to mess with people more
badatediting
I had to read that three times to get it.
Idontneedrealfacts
subtly is sometimes louder than screaming :)
FlipTheBirdBeforeTheBirdFlipsYou
I can sell you a bag of P’s
OnePostCloserToAHappierLIfe
Secondly, remember that these can be combined. For instance, Google Images: (Favorite topic) -inurl:"pinterest.com" No Pinterest links.
Oprean
Quora is swamping my search results, i need to set them aside when searching for anything, cheers
Lynkfox
"-site:pintrest.com" also works
OnePostCloserToAHappierLIfe
I recall there was some issues between 'site' and 'inurl'. I couldn't tell you when I switched, but the latter has been consistent.
nurotoxin10000
I hate Pinterest with a passion
johnnyhasadhd
Most ppl need to learn non specifics when searching. Not searching: "the earth is flat" or "the earth is round" but "earth's shape" ect.
meskarune
Seriously fuck pinterest
anyofmany
I use a browserr add on for that- it just put that term at the end of every search
thecrookinthehook
Yes, fuck pinterest!
jethro007
I've used unpinterested chrome extension for years... Fantastic.
thecrookinthehook
Ohhh, good idea. (installing now)
ChromeIsRubbish
More like Shiterest. Fuck that site with a cactus! Thats all 80% of the image search results are. & Shiterest won't let you download them.
ErroLyonne
Why you say inurl: when it says site: ?
HedonistBeard
Or: vague description of a meme you remember inurl:imgur.com to find a meme for a comment. Can also pick gifs only from the type menu.
OnePostCloserToAHappierLIfe
Yep. I've been trying to index something like a meme/gif "booru", but Imgur simply isn't built for that.
Roehcai
phatdaddi
It also works with just -pinterest and it filters out all pinterest links
OnePostCloserToAHappierLIfe
The problem with -pinterest is that it removes any site that mentions pinterest in the page/code.
TheBunnyPants
An option depending on your search I guess.
CUBErk
If the site mentions Pinterest then it most likely links to it, which then guarantees the link is in the code. This also being filtered out?
IAmTheBadW01f
Or has the option to share something to pinterest built in, like many sites do for Twitter, FB, email, etc
OnePostCloserToAHappierLIfe
Yes. "-pinterest" (sans quotes) removes any listing that mentions pinterest anywhere in the page, in the raw code.
DeeDoubleYu
a sacrifice im willing to make
BishlamekGurpgork
But still a useless one.
M1Rygaard
I Would pay for a plug-in that auto added that specific line to all searches I make.
illegalacorn
there is an extension that exists to autoblock or hide pinterest results
MooseSK
That and Quora
SirBillington
"Huge fuckin anime tiddys -pintrest"
jethro007
Its called Unpinterested...
Lynkfox
Yep. And it's beautiful. I always forget Pinetrest exists until I do an image search on my work computer
Skadoodlle
Reviews say it doesn't really work and breaks Google map searches. Is that still true?
Lynkfox
Still works for me and never use map search on my desktop so no idea