Here’s an overview of some of the most useful Google search tricks, frombasic tips to new features just recently released。
下面就是谷歌最实用的一些小窍门，从最基础的到最新发布的。
1.Use quotes to search for an exact phrase
用引号进行精确匹配搜索
This one’s a well-known, simple trick: searching a phrase in quotes willyield only pages with the same words in the same order as what’s in the quotes。
这是个广为人知的简单技巧，加引号之后，你所搜到的和你所想要的在词汇和语序上都完全相同。
2.Use an asterisk within quotes to specify unknownor variable words
在引号间用星号(*)表示你不知道或不确定的词
Here’s a lesser known trick: searching a phrase in quotes with an asteriskreplacing a word will search all variations of that phrase. It’s helpful ifyou’re trying to determine a song from its lyrics, but you couldn’t make outthe entire phrase (e.g. “imagine all the * living for today”)， or if you’retrying to find all forms of an expression (e.g. “* is thicker than water”)。
3.Use the minus sign to eliminateresults containing certain words
在搜索结果中用减号(-)排除某个词语
You’ll want to eliminate results with certain words if you’re trying tosearch for a term that’s generating a lot of results that aren’t of interest toyou. Figure out what terms you’re not interested in (e.g. jaguar -car) andre-run the search。
Think of the “site:” function as a Google search that searches only aparticular website. If you want to see every time TIME.com mentioned Google,use the search “Google site:TIME.com”。
5.Search news archives going back to the mid-1880s
搜索19世纪的旧闻
Google News has an option to search over 100 years’ worth of archived news fromnewspapers around the world。
谷哥新闻有一项服务，你可以搜索全球超过100年的报纸旧闻。
6.Compare foods using “vs”
用“vs”比较食物
Can’t decide between a burger or pizza for dinner? Type in “rice vs.quinoa,” for example, and you’ll receive side-by-side comparisons of thenutritional facts。
If you search your favorite food, and then click “Search Tools” rightunder the search bar, you’ll be able to filter recipes based on ingredients,cook time and calories。
8.Use “DEFINE:” to learn the meaning ofwords—slang included
用“DEFINE”去搜索词义，包括俚语哦！
Streamline the dictionary process by using, for example, “DEFINE: mortgage。”For words that appear in the dictionary, you’ll be able to see etymology and agraph of its use over time alongside the definition. Google will even sift theweb to define slang words or acronyms. Try out “DEFINE: bae” or “DEFINE: SMH”。
Ever come across a photo that looks strangely familiar? Or if you want toknow where it came from? If you save the image, and then search it on GoogleImages (with the camera button)， you’ll be able to see similar images on theweb。