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APITALIZATION

Google searches are NOT case sensitive. All letters, regardless of how you type them, will be understood as lowercase.For example, searches for

george washington

George Washington

, and

gEoRgE wAsHiNgToN

will allreturn the same results.

UTOMATIC

“A

”

ERM

By default, Google only returns pages that include all of your search terms.

There is no need to include "and"between terms.

Keep in mind that the order in which the terms are typed will affect the search results.

Torestrict a search further, just include more terms.For example, to plan a vacation to Hawaii, simply type

vacation hawaii.

LUS

(+)

PERATOR

Google ignores common words and characters such as

where

the

how

, and other digits and letters that slowdown your search without improving the results. If a common word is essential to getting the results you want,you can make sure we pay attention to it by putting a "+" sign in front of it. (Be sure to include a space before the"+" sign.)

Star Wars Episode

"OR"

To find pages that include either of two search terms, add an uppercase

between the terms.For example, here's how to search for a vacation in either London or Paris:

Vacation London

Paris

EGATIVE

ERMS

If your search term has more than one meaning (

bass

, for example, could refer to fishing or music) you can focusyour search by putting a minus sign ("-") in front of words related to the meaning you want to avoid.For example, here's how you'd find pages about bass-heavy lakes, but not bass-heavy music:

bass

–

music

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YNONYM

EARCH

If you want to search not only for your search term but also for its synonyms, place the tilde sign (~) immediately infront of your search term.

term

HRASE SEARCHES

Sometimes you'll only want results that include an exact phrase. In this case, simply put quotation marks aroundyour search terms.

“

the long and winding road

”

“I’

M FEELING LUCKY

”

After you've entered your search terms, you might want to try the

I'm Feeling Lucky

button, which takes youstraight to the most relevant website that Google found for your query. You won't see the search results page atall, but if you did, the "I'm Feeling Lucky" site would be listed on top.For example, if you're looking for the Stanford University homepage, just enter

Stanford

and click

I'm Feeling Lucky

instead of the Google Search button. Google will take you directly to www.stanford.edu.

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EFINE

Looks up one definition for the word or term.

define

word

DEFINE

The query [define:] will provide a definition of the words you enter after it,

gathered from

various online sources

.The definition will be for the entire phrase entered.

define:

cacophony

EATHER

weather

city, state

zip code

IME

time

city, state

zip code

OCAL

EARCH

If you’re looking for a store, restaurant, or other local business you can search for the category of business and thelocation and we’ll return results right on the page, along with a map, reviews, and contact information.

Italian food

city, state

zip code

OVIE

HOWTIMES

To find reviews and showtimes for movies playing near you, type "movies" or the name of a current film into theGoogle search box. If you've already saved your location on a previous search, the top search result will displayshowtimes for nearby theaters for the movie you've chosen.

movies

city, state

zip code

EAL

STATE AND

OUSING

To see home listings in a given area type "

housing

", "

home

", or "

real estate

" and the name of a city or a U.S. zipcode into the Google search box and hit the Enter key or click the Google Search button. Clicking the "Go" buttonon the results page will display details of individual homes that Google has indexed.

housing

home

real estate

city, state

zip code