Difference between revisions of "Google tricks"
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Google will sometimes add a feature to their web sites, only to remove it because they think their users want interfaces to be dumbed down to the point of being useless. Sometimes they keep the features around for people who actually want a decent user experience. Here are some tricks that will help you make Google pages useful. | Google will sometimes add a feature to their web sites, only to remove it because they think their users want interfaces to be dumbed down to the point of being useless. Sometimes they keep the features around for people who actually want a decent user experience. Here are some tricks that will help you make Google pages useful. | ||
| − | ==Image | + | ==Image search by specific size== |
Google removed the ability to search images by a specific size from their interface, but you can still add the following text to your search: | Google removed the ability to search images by a specific size from their interface, but you can still add the following text to your search: | ||
imagesize:[width]x[height] | imagesize:[width]x[height] | ||
| − | ==File | + | ==File type== |
This feature appears to have been eliminated by Google as including it in a search deletes the command. However, in the past, you could search for a specific file type by adding the following text to your search: | This feature appears to have been eliminated by Google as including it in a search deletes the command. However, in the past, you could search for a specific file type by adding the following text to your search: | ||
filetype:[extension] | filetype:[extension] | ||
| − | ==Pages | + | ==Pages in a specific web site== |
You can search for only those pages in a specific web site by adding the following text to your search: | You can search for only those pages in a specific web site by adding the following text to your search: | ||
Latest revision as of 16:37, 29 April 2024
Google will sometimes add a feature to their web sites, only to remove it because they think their users want interfaces to be dumbed down to the point of being useless. Sometimes they keep the features around for people who actually want a decent user experience. Here are some tricks that will help you make Google pages useful.
Image search by specific size
Google removed the ability to search images by a specific size from their interface, but you can still add the following text to your search:
imagesize:[width]x[height]
File type
This feature appears to have been eliminated by Google as including it in a search deletes the command. However, in the past, you could search for a specific file type by adding the following text to your search:
filetype:[extension]
Pages in a specific web site
You can search for only those pages in a specific web site by adding the following text to your search:
site:[url]
