Tricks for easy, enjoyable and optimal internet searching
Have you ever searched on Google and the results that appear on your computer screen have nothing to do with what you are looking for?
How many times have you had to repeatedly press the "Back" button in Google Chrome to find that page you were reading a moment ago that has "lost" between the previous and subsequent pages?
But things can be so simple!
Google's search engine offers many little "tricks" that make the process of searching for content and browsing various websites easier and more enjoyable.
Even if you think you know it all, it's likely that you're missing some things.
Here are some of them, as compiled by Lisa Eadicicco in an article for Business Insider:
1. Indicate the range with two dots in Google search
When most people do online market research, they look for products and services offered in a specific price range.
To make your search through the Google search engine more "targeted", use the "trick" with the colon to indicate the price range.
For example, if you are looking for a camera whose price ranges between 50 and 100 dollars, then what you should enter in the search engine is the following: camera $50..$100.
2. Press and hold the back button to view history.
You don't need to click as many times as the websites you've browsed to find the one you opened first!
Simply press and hold the "back" button with the left mouse button to view your history.
3. Use "OR" for optimal search on Google.
If you do not use the specific term (OR), Google will return relevant results for all the keywords you have entered.
4. Use the asterisk (*) if you don't remember some words in a sentence
If you are in a hurry, or if you don't remember well a word or some words from a phrase you are searching for (e.g. the title of a song), you can use the asterisk (*).
This way the search engine will "fill" the gap.
5. Search in Incognito Mode to avoid recording your history
Google Chrome's Incognito Mode allows you to browse the Internet without recording your history, that is, the pages you visit.
This, of course, doesn't mean that you suddenly become "invisible." Your boss and the technical department of the company you work for will be able to "see" exactly what you've been doing. However, the browser won't "record" your history.
This is useful, for example, when you are using a friend's computer, or one in a public library.
6. By pressing the scroll wheel on the mouse you can automatically close an open page
If you have many open tabs, you can close them very easily, simply by pressing the mouse wheel when you hover over them.
7. Look at the speaker badge
When you have a lot of tabs open and suddenly music starts playing from one of them and you can't locate it, look for the speaker icon. This will direct you to the correct page that is causing the "problem."
Source: newsbeast.gr
