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Top 10 tips and tricks to search for anything like a pro?
No more struggling while searching for errors!
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