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Google Search Tips and Tricks

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Ravi Singh
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Ravi Singh
Software engineer with 15+ years building backend systems and cloud platforms across fintech, automotive, and academia. I write about the things I build, debug, and learn — so I don’t forget them.

1. Exact phrase search#

Use double quotes "" to search for exact phrase match. e.g.: “JedisDataException: ERR unknown command CONFIG”

2. Exclude terms
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use hyphen (-) to exclude search terms which should not contibute to the search result. e.g.: coke -cola to exclude cola from search results.

3. Website search#

use search term site:sitename to search a site for the results. e.g. jedis site:ravikrs.com

4. Related website#

use link:ravikrs.com to find which sites have links for your website’s content

5. Similar website
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use related:ravikrs.com to find which sites are similar as yours.

6. Logical Operators
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Use AND/ OR to combine search results for two search phrases. e.g. jedis site:ravikrs.com OR site:stackoverflow.com

7. Filetype search#

use filetype:pdf to search for pdf documents corresponding to a search phrase


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