No one can deny that searching is a crucial part of our life. You can ask yourself how many times you google something per day? Yeah 🔍 many... 😅

But the real question is how often you find yourself scrolling without hope, and sometimes you give up because you couldn't find what you want? 🤯

No worries 🎉 There is a solution: 🎉

10 tips and tricks to make sure you get what your expected results:

1. "[Search term]" 😍

How to use it? -> "[Search term]".

Used to get the exact match to your search term.

Ex. "frontend developer"

2. site:URL 💻 (URL = Uniform Resource Locator or simply site address)

How to use it? -> [search term] site:url

Used to get your search term from a specific site

Ex. javascript site:freecodecamp.org

Advance tip 🤩 you can use in the URL a top-level domain code ex. -> learn code site:eg

3. 💡 after:[year]

4. before:[year]

5. [year]..[year] --> range

How to use it? -> [search term] after:[year] How to use it? -> [search term] before:[year] How to use it? -> [search term] [year]..[year]

Used to get information about your search term which came after or before or in a range of dates.

Ex. how to make a cake?😋 after:2022

6. filetype:[type] 💥💥

How to use it? -> [search term] filetype:[type]

Used to get your search term according to a specific format.

Ex. how to write resume? filetype:pdf

7. intitle:[any] 🥹🥹

How to use it? -> [search term] intitle:[you can use any word to be included in the result or a year]

Used to get your search term that includes the mentioned word or year.

Ex. how to learn web development? intitle:[2022]

8. -[excluded term] --> minus sign 🙅🏻‍♂️

How to use it? -> [search term] -[excluded term]

Used to exclude terms from the search results.

Ex. how to create an element using javascript? -jquery

9. * --> wild card 🤗

How to use it? -> [search term] * [search term]

Used to get everything about your search term

Ex. top * companies to work for in 2022

10. OR --> same as | (bitwise OR operator) 🤷🏻‍♂️

How to use it? -> [search term one] OR [search term two]

Used if you have more options to search between them.

Ex. Vue | React | Angular

🌸 Thanks for completing the post. Could you tell me if you know any additional tips?