{"id":178,"date":"2012-05-21T12:14:56","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T17:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/blog\/argument-use-google-to-find-the-answer\/"},"modified":"2018-06-26T12:04:51","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T17:04:51","slug":"argument-use-google-to-find-the-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/blog\/argument-use-google-to-find-the-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"Argument? Use Google to find the answer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"postcontent\">\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-11120\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techadvisory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/GoogleApps_May16_C-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>One of the greatest things about the Internet is the incredible amount of information at our fingertips. Want to know the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? You can easily find out by going to Google and searching for it. The trouble comes when we conduct a search and are presented with an overwhelming amount of results to sort through. However, there are more effective ways to conduct searches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here are seven tips to help you Google like an expert.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Exact phrase. <\/strong>If you\u2019re looking for a specific topic, Mobile Internet for example, it\u2019s easier to put the search into quotations i.e., \u201cMobile Internet\u201d. This will tell Google to return results that match the words.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Exclude words.<\/strong> When you conduct searches for general information, you\u2019ll often get unwanted results. Let\u2019s say you are looking for <a title=\"IT Consulting Services for Marketing, Media, Communication\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/marketing-media-communication.html\" target=\"_blank\">marketing information<\/a> and don\u2019t want results that have the term \u201csales\u201d in them. Type in\u00a0<em>Marketing -Sales<\/em>, and Google will return marketing results without sales. Note: don\u2019t have a space between &#8211; and the term you want to exclude.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Search similar.<\/strong> If you\u2019re looking for a topic and would also like to search for similar words, put a ~ in your search. e.g., \u201c~Business\u201d. Google will return business results as well as results for synonyms.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Search between dates.<\/strong> To find results for something over a period of time put the dates separated by \u201c..\u201d (two periods) e.g., \u201c1999 ..2012\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Wildcard search.\u00a0A wildcard is used to substitute a word in your search. Google has designated * as the wild card. When you enter a wildcard, Google will essentially fill in the blank.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Define:.<\/strong> For words you don\u2019t know the meaning of, you can have the definition comeback as the number one result by entering \u201cdefine: word\u201d.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Think like a <a title=\"Stratosphere Networks\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>.<\/strong> It\u2019s best to not ask questions when you\u2019re searching for something. Rather, look for the results. If have back pain and enter, \u201cMy back hurts. What\u2019s a good pain reliever?\u201d You\u2019ll find the result, but it may take a few pages of searching. You should instead enter: \u201cBack pain reliever\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With these search methods you\u2019ll be able to find the information you want quicker. For more tips on how to use Google Search, and other Google apps, to their maximum potential please contact us.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the greatest things about the Internet is the incredible amount of information at our fingertips. Want to know the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? 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