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Google search engine cheat sheet

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Some tips and tricks for using the Google search engine effectively.  Instructions on how to make your internet searches more powerful by utilising various search techniques that Google provides. 1. Searching a single website only Prefix "site:" before the beginning of your chosen site plus any keywords you wish to add [code language="text"] site:technical-recipes.com google [/code] [caption id="attachment_9428" align="alignnone" width="763"] Google search engine cheat[/caption] 2. Excluding a website Add a minus sign right before the "site:" expression that represents the site you wish to exclude. For example, if you wish to search the term "GCHQ" while excluding results from the Guardian newspaper, just use: [code language="text"] gchq -site:theguardian.* [/code] 3. Including and excluding words Use the minus sign (-) to exclude search words; otherwise plus (+) or no sign to inc...