How can you save time with Google search? Do you know what operators you can use with Google?

Have you used Google to its full advantage? Joseph has compiled an exhasutive list and list of examples, queries that you can use on Google search to quickly find what you want.

Check the Unofficial Google Advanced Search guide.

Do you know how Google interprets your search queries into an URL? For example,

Google advanced search sends the following URI to the
server.

Here is
decoding:http://www.google.com/search?
as_q=test (query string)
&hl=en (language)
&num=10 (number of results
[10,20,30,50,100])
&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq= (complete
phrase)
&as_oq= (at least one)

&as_eq= (excluding)
&lr= (language results.
[lang_countrycode])
&as_ft=i (filetype include or exclude.
[i,e])
&as_filetype= (filetype extension)
&as_qdr=all (date [all,M3,m6,y])

&as_nlo= (number range, low)
&as_nhi= (number range, high)
&as_occt=any (terms occur
[any,title,body,url,links])
&as_dt=i (restrict by domain [i,e])
&as_sitesearch= (restrict by [site])

&as_rights= (usage
rights
[cc_publicdomain,cc_attribute,cc_sharealike,cc_noncommercial,cc_nonderived]
&safe=images (safesearch
[safe=on,images=off])
&as_rq= (similar pages)
&as_lq= (pages that link)
&gl=us (2-digit country code in
lowercase)

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