1. “Quotation Marks”
   1. Generate rules that contain the words in the exact order you enter then and group them together as a phrase.
   2. E.g. “Quality is value to someone who matters.”
   3. This is helpful in searching for lyrics, quotes, phrases, etc.
2. Site
   1. Search for a particular term within the constraints of a specific site.
   2. “Ajay Balamurugadas” site:testingtitbits.com
   3. This will only search for the word/phrase on my website.
3. Hyphen -
   1. This is used to exclude certain search results.
   2. E.g. "Rahul Parwal" -testing
   3. This will focus on Rahul Parwal but exclude testing.
4. Tilde ~
   1. This helps search for synonyms of words.
   2. E.g. Testing ~Tool
5. Asterix *
   1. This is a wildcard and can be used as a placeholder in phrases or lyrics you don’t remember exactly
   2. E.g. "Testing is * to someone."
6. OR |
   1. Vertical bar | or the keyword OR(in CAPS only) will search for either of the two queries
   2. E.g. "Testing" OR "Automation"
   3. E.g. "Testing" | "Automation"
7. Related
   1. Find similar sites of the one we have searched.
   2. E.g. related:nytimes. com
   3. This will return USAToday, Reuters, etc.
8. Location:
   1. Helps narrow down results to a particular location.
   2. E.g. “Parwal” location:Jaipur
9. FileType:
   1. You can search for specific file formats.
   2. "Accessibility Testing" filetype:pdf
   3. This will only return pdf results.
10. Image Search
    1. You can reverse look up an image by uploading it (or a link) to Google Images.
11. Result Categories and Tools
    1. Your search results have categories like images, videos, etc.
    2. They also have tools that let you filter by date/time ranges, etc.
    3. E.g. Testing [Tools -> "Past Hour"]
    4. This will give you the results from the past hour.
12. Shortcuts:
    1. You can get the results for certain questions right away
    2. E.g.
       1. Weather <Location>
       2. Time <Location>
       3. <Stock Ticker>
       4. Math Equations/calculation
       5. Unit Conversions
       6. Package Tracking Number
13. Based on Rohan Kamath's LinkedIn Post on How to Google Effectively