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Exact Match

When you search an error message on google, wrap it in quotes. This tells google to search for an exact match. Otherwise it'll just look for synonyms and related terms.

Specific Site

If you want google to show results from a specific site use: site:YourSiteHere followed by the search term e.g. site:stackoverflow.com yourSearchTermHere

Exclude result

You can exclude stuff from the results by using the minus sign: e.g. Don't return results using jquery: how to grab an element from the dom -jquery

Don't get information from obsolete sources

To ensure you don't get information from obsolete sources, use the "after" keyword: 'tableViews after:2020'

Don't get information from new sources

This is handy when maintaining a legacy project: 'yourSearchTermHere before:2020'

Seach range of dates, numbers etc.

Simply use two dots:

  • 2015..2020
  • $10..$20
  • #..#

e.g.

  • angular 2 announement 2013..2015

Search for A OR B

Use the pipe operator "|"

  • (A|B)

You can even add a third thing like so: (A|B)C

Wilcard operator

You also have the wildcard option (an asterisk) which stands for "ALL". e.g. How to build * with css

Find subdomains of a website:

In the example below you can find all the subdomains of a website: site:*fireship.io -www

Specific Filetype

You may also want a specific filetype: filetype:pdf

Find competitor websites

Find competitor websites to the one you are looking at: related:url related:angular.io

Has google cached the latest version of your website?

cache:url cache:yourWebsiteHere.com`(you will see your website the way google sees it)

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