It doesn't matter if you're a Junior or Senior Developer, everyone uses Google to search for solutions.

What a lot of people don't know, is how to effectively search for the right answer.

Let me help you improve your Google search skills with these 16 tips!

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1. NOT Logical operator:

You use this operator to exclude results if it contains the operand using "-" e.g.

javascript -frameworks
2. OR Logical operator:

This is a binary operator that returns a result if it contains both operands or one of them e.g.

(angular OR react) javascript tips
3. AND Logical operator:

This is a binary operator that returns a result containing it's operant on the left and right hand-side e.g.

html AND css

This returns a result if both terms are in the search result.
4. Exact match:

Use quotation marks to return an exact match in your search result e.g.

python tutorial "full course"
5. Wildcard:

Use the wildcard "*" placeholder to return a search result containing anything in your phrase e.g.

"the * javascript tutorial"
6. Site specifier:

This is probably the most used one. Using "site:" will return searches from that specific URL e.g.

site:https://t.co/c7XaH1z0RU S3

The S3 section of the amazon docs will be returned.
7. File specifier:

Using "file:" returns a search result based on the file type e.g.

filetype:pdf javascript tutorial
8. Related specifier:

Using "related:" returns the root domain of similar websites e.g.

related:https://t.co/cBQZlrwV0X
9. Map specifier:

Using "map:" returns the location of your search e.g.

map:silicon valley
10. Cache specifier:

Using "cache:" returns a cached version of a website e.g.

cache:https://t.co/DJSbcG5Khv

A webpage indexed by Google will have a cached version available on Google's end.
11. Intitle specifier:

Using "intitle:" returns results that contains your searched word in the title e.g.

intitle:best vscode extensions
12. inurl specifier:

This is a specifier that returns results containing its operant in the URL e.g.

python inurl:tutorial
13. define specifier:

This will display the meaning of a word in a card-like result e.g.

define:entrepreneur
14. intext specifier:

Find pages containing a certain word (or words) somewhere in the content e.g.

intext:best way to learn python
15. blogurl specifier:

Find blog URLs under a specific domain e.g.

blogurl:https://t.co/cynZoYUFJ3
16. movie specifier:

Find information about a specific movie e.g.

movie:avatar
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