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iano Member (Idle past 1971 days) Posts: 6165 From: Co. Wicklow, Ireland. Joined: |
My Googling knowledge:
"if I want to find this" then put it in quotes If I want to find out about GABA, then put in "Gamma AminoBuytl Acid" so as to avoid a heap of "Buy GABA at Super Low Prices" pages if I'm not relying on quotes only, then a little bit of thought about what might constitute sensible search words is recommended. ...and that's about it Any other must-know tips would be welcome
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NosyNed Member Posts: 9004 From: Canada Joined: |
I don't know much either and will be glad to see answers here but I've found it useful to use the advanced search and restrict the search to a specific site.
I use that to search for things instead of the builtin search functions. Note that neither is perfect and I don't really know how the builtin one works either.
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jar Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
You can make something a mandatory part of your search by adding a + before the word (or - to exclude).
Aslan is not a Tame Lion
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smokeyvw Inactive Member |
I've had a lot of success by searching for not only the direct thing I am seeking, but also related things, or specific examples of the thing.
For example, if you're looking for a classic saying, rather than searching for classic sayings, try to seach for answers you already know. Type this at Google: "a stitch in time saves nine" "don't count your chickens before they hatch" - with those quotes, and you will immediately get proverbs, sayings, cliches, etc. etc. It usually gets me what I want really fast.
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iano Member (Idle past 1971 days) Posts: 6165 From: Co. Wicklow, Ireland. Joined: |
Was this thread the one that "Smokey'd you out" then
Welcome
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smokeyvw Inactive Member |
If you mean that was my first post here. Yup.
Oooo... now I've done two!
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iano Member (Idle past 1971 days) Posts: 6165 From: Co. Wicklow, Ireland. Joined: |
Message # 2 ...it seems like only yesterday
So, what has you here then... Evo/Creo (or as the street language goes...fundi)/undecided/something else
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smokeyvw Inactive Member |
I have been lurking here on and off for a while, and thought I might chime in if I have something concrete to say. There certainly is a lot of vitriol here though. So I've been putting off registering.
I'm not going to say at this time what my biases are. In due time, and if there's a true need in the discussion.
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ramoss Member (Idle past 642 days) Posts: 3228 Joined: |
You can also limit your search to a specific .xxx for example, to look at all education links, you can add site:edu, or if you want us government sites, you can put in site:gov
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iano Member (Idle past 1971 days) Posts: 6165 From: Co. Wicklow, Ireland. Joined: |
There certainly is a lot of vitriol here though. So I've been putting off registering. You have been lurking haven't you. Occupational hazard it would seem.
I'm not going to say at this time what my biases are. In due time, and if there's a true need in the discussion. ...sound of patiently drumming fingers. Night Smokey..and welcome again. And thanks for the tip. Lateral thinking... must remember that
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Modulous Member Posts: 7801 From: Manchester, UK Joined: |
If you wanted to search for something like GABA, try clusty.com.
This search should demonstrate clusty's great context clustering. It clusters the search results like this: Acid, Gamma (52)Receptor (35) Association (16) Nutrition (12) Vitacost (11) Oral, Care (9) Pictures (9) Gaba Supplement (9) Modulation (10) HGH (9)
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crashfrog Member (Idle past 1497 days) Posts: 19762 From: Silver Spring, MD Joined: |
You can search by filetype: say,
battlestar galactica +filetype:torrent
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Parasomnium Member Posts: 2224 Joined: |
Whenever I want to use an expression in English and I don't know the exact phrase, I just google some words from the expression and look at the results. If more than one of them uses the phrase in the same way, I conclude that that is the right way to use it. Works most of the time.
Another nifty thing is a combination of a Firefox feature and the possibility to google pictures: whenever I need a picture of something, I type "pic " in the address bar (not the google bar) of Firefox to get what I want very quickly. I have defined 'pic' as a smart keyword for the search box of google pictures. Other smart keywords I use regularly are:
Smart keywords are an amazingly efficient way of finding things. Another very handy Firefox extension lets me look up words very quickly by double clicking them. The following picture shows an example. (I have double clicked the word 'thesaurus'.)
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iano Member (Idle past 1971 days) Posts: 6165 From: Co. Wicklow, Ireland. Joined: |
Nice one Mod. I tried it with a couple of items for which I know the search has been a bit of a trawl and the items were included in a relevant sector each time. Added to favorites for further investigation under real life conditons
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iano Member (Idle past 1971 days) Posts: 6165 From: Co. Wicklow, Ireland. Joined: |
Could you explain further Crash?
Say I wanted to see footage of a Bf 109. I tried typing in Bf 109 +mpeg:torrent but nothing relevant came up. What'd I do wrong
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