{"id":2377,"date":"2006-12-03T18:30:52","date_gmt":"2006-12-03T17:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=2377"},"modified":"2007-02-04T11:13:47","modified_gmt":"2007-02-04T10:13:47","slug":"ten-tips-for-smarter-google-searches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=2377","title":{"rendered":"Ten Tips for Smarter Google Searches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Citraka dasa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Google is a very sophisticated search engine, but most users don\u2019t use its full power. The average user enters a keyword or two into Google\u2019s search box, clicks the Search button, and waits for Google to display the first page of search results. This is a rather brute-force method of searching, unfortunately, and typically generates a ton of mostly unwanted results.<\/p>\n<p>There is a better way to search\u2014one that generates a smaller, more targeted list of results. All you have to do is implement a few simple tips, and you\u2019ll soon be generating more and better Google search results. <\/p>\n<p>   <a href=\"http:\/\/www.informit.com\/articles\/article.asp?p=675274&#038;seqNum=1&#038;rl=1\">1. Tip #1: Use the Correct Methodology<\/a><br \/>\n   <a href=\"http:\/\/www.informit.com\/articles\/article.asp?p=675274&#038;seqNum=2\">2. Tip #2: Conduct an &#8220;Either\/Or&#8221; Search<\/a><br \/>\n   <a href=\"http:\/\/www.informit.com\/articles\/article.asp?p=675274&#038;seqNum=3\">3. Tip #3: Include or Exclude Words in Your Search<\/a><br \/>\n   <a href=\"http:\/\/www.informit.com\/articles\/article.asp?p=675274&#038;seqNum=4\">4. Tip #4: Search for Similar Words<\/a><br \/>\n   <a href=\"http:\/\/www.informit.com\/articles\/article.asp?p=675274&#038;seqNum=5\">5. Tip #5: Search for an Exact Phrase<\/a><br \/>\n   <a href=\"http:\/\/www.informit.com\/articles\/article.asp?p=675274&#038;seqNum=6\">6. Tip #6: List Similar Pages<\/a><br \/>\n   <a href=\"http:\/\/www.informit.com\/articles\/article.asp?p=675274&#038;seqNum=7\">7. Tip #7: Fine-Tune Your Search with Other Operators<\/a><br \/>\n   <a href=\"http:\/\/www.informit.com\/articles\/article.asp?p=675274&#038;seqNum=8\">8. Tip #8: Search for Specific Facts<\/a><br \/>\n   <a href=\"http:\/\/www.informit.com\/articles\/article.asp?p=675274&#038;seqNum=9\">9. Tip #9: Search the Google Directory<\/a><br \/>\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.informit.com\/articles\/article.asp?p=675274&#038;seqNum=10\">10. Tip #10: Use Googles Other Specialized Searches<\/a><\/p>\n[kqf=3]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/log2w2wo.jpg\" alt=\"Hare Krishna\" \/><strong>By Citraka dasa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Most people use Google in a very inefficient and often ineffective manner. If all you do is enter a few keywords and click the search button, you&#8217;re one of those users who don&#8217;t get as much out of Google as you could. In this article, Google expert Michael Miller shows you how to search smarter \u2014 and more effectively.<!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-citraka-dasa","category-technical-goodies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}