Many Faces of Google Searching

If you are like me you are constantly using the search function in Google Drive.  You are also a person that uses Google Chrome’s omnibar for everything.  Did you know you can type in youtube.com and press tab and it creates a search of youtube for you?  Type away your search.

Now there are a lot of search engines listed in Chrome but you can create your own!  Thank you so much ShakeUpLearning for cluing me in.

How to Edit Your Chrome Search Engines:

1. Right-click on the Omnibox, and select, “Edit Search Engines.” This will open your search engine settings in Google Chrome.
2. From here, scroll down to the very bottom to add a new search engine.
3. Name your search engine.
4. Then choose the keyword you want to use. I use the letter “d.” It doesn’t even have to be a full word.
5. Then just copy and paste this search URL: https://drive.google.com/#search?q=%s
6. Click done.

Source:  Bell, Kasey. “Did You Know You Can Search Google Drive and Gmail From the Chrome Omnibox? | Shake Up Learning.” Shake Up Learning. Shake Up Learning, 28 June 2016. Web. 07 Oct. 2016. <http://www.shakeuplearning.com/blog/search-google-drive-gmail-chrome-omnibox/>.

Searching Tips & Tricks:

When searching if you type in the following items you will get better results.  One of my favorites is Filetype: because when searching for images I usually need a transparent background.  This occurs with PNG images therefore I will search Filetype:PNG to get images that have a transparent background.  Also remember to search only Open Source images that can be modified when doing this though.

• Filetype:
  • Add the type of file you are searching for such as PDF, DOC, PPT, PNG, etc.
• Time
• Weather
• Define:
  • This will define any word within the Google Search
• Translate
  • Translate any word
• allintext:
  • Must have your search term in the website
• allintitle:
  • Must have your search term in the title of the website
• ~
  • Use the symbol to look for your search term and others that are related
• ebook:
• • search for only ebooks
• inurl:
  • Search term must be in the URL/Web Address
• daterange:
  • Search for a certain time period
• movie:
  • Search for movies
• cache:website address
  • Search for the cached version of a website (cached=stored version)
• site:
  • Search within a single site.  Put the site in and then your search terms