Comments on: Google search tips you should know

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 02:19:00 +0000

already corrected again. Btw, I’m allowed all comments as long as they are not spams or no swearing words.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:51:00 +0000

Since spelling corrections are allowed, it’s “tilde”, not tildy. Word nerdism aside, this list is great and I appreciate the help!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:40:00 +0000

You can also search for a specific file type with ext:, for example try searching for a video or game title followed by a space then ext:torrent

By: SaeedM

SaeedM — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:34:00 +0000

Some good info and tips for searching.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:35:00 +0000

thanks for the correction, already edited

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 05:21:00 +0000

It’s spelled asterisk and comes from the Greek word asteriskos, which means little star.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:47:00 +0000

if you use sun?day, you can get sun-earth day or sunday, etc.

but if you use sun*day, you can get sun-earth day, sun tech day, etc.

so that * mean there should at least one character even space.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:49:00 +0000

i think ? substitutes one character where as * does multiple

By: ses5909

ses5909 — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:26:00 +0000

Thanks for writing those down…the only one I knew was the asterix!

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:05:00 +0000

two periods, that’s my favourite part