Google is the most popular search engines out there, but most people do not realize that Google has useful shortcuts that can help you do many things. These things range from finding what websites link to a specific website to searching for movie showtimes. Below are my favorite shortcuts.
| Site:<Name of Website> Example site:www.cnn.com “Robbery” | This limits your search results to the website after the : |
| Safesearch:<Search Term>Example safesearch:breast cancer | This limits your results to sites that are safe. This is useful when searching for something that might take you to adult websites |
| Links:<Website>Example link:www.bytesofinformation.com | This gives all of sites that link to the site after the : |
| Movie: < name of movie <zip code>Example movie:superhero movie 21090 | Gives you the chowtimes and locations for the specified movie in a zip code |
| Enter A place’s name and zip code or stateExample: best buys MD | This gives you information of a place you are looking for. |
Head over to http://www.googleguide.com/ for more Google shortcuts and other tips.