PRODUCTIVITY TIPS

Google Tips 

1. "Quotation Marks" 

Put qoutes around search terms to get exact words or phrases. 

Ex: "James Clear" gives all James Clear results without just "James" or "Clear"

2. -Dashes

If you want to exclude a term from your search, include a hyphen before that word. 

Ex: dolphins-football returns dolphins the animal without the football team.

3. ~ Tilde

Use tilde when you want synonyms to appear in the result. 

Ex: music ~classes would return music classes, music lessons, music coaching, etc.

4. Site: 

Use to search within a specific website only. 

Ex: Promotion site:e-publishing.af.mil would return files that reference promotions only from e-pubs.

5. | Vertical Bar

Works the same as OR. 

Ex: Netflix | Hulu would return Netflix or Hulu results

6. . . Two Periods

Use 2 periods to search within 2 number ranges. 

Ex: movies 1980..2000 returns movies from 1980 and 2000

7. Location:

Find news related to a particular location. 

Ex: Elon Musk location:San Francisco returns news stories with Elon Musk from San Fransisco

8. FileType:

Filter by a certain file type for your search. 

Ex: warren buffet filetype:pdf 

Credit to Chris Hladczuk for sharing these tips on Twitter.