What comes to mind when you think of an online search engine? Probably on Google. The latter, although there are a large number of variants available to Internet users, has established itself as a synonym for a search engine.
Do you know how to use Google as efficiently as possible? With a few simple tricks, you'll get the hits you've always wanted to find.
Exact phrases
![Exact phrase.](https://e7852c3a.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/screenshot_21.jpg)
Put the combination of words you want to find between quotation marks.
Missing words
![Missing words.](https://e7852c3a.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/screenshot_41.jpg)
Use an asterisk instead of the word that slipped your memory.
Selected words
![Selected words.](https://e7852c3a.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/screenshot_31.jpg)
If you don't want to get hits that contain a certain word, put a minus sign in front of the unwanted word.
Synonyms
![Synonyms.](https://e7852c3a.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/screenshot_5.jpg)
If you insert the ~ sign before the searched word, Google will find its synonyms specifically for you.
Ranges
![Ranges.](https://e7852c3a.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/screenshot_6.jpg)
If you are looking for products in a certain price range, you can narrow your search with two dots between the selected prices.
Search for specific pages
![Search for specific pages.](https://e7852c3a.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/screenshot_7.jpg)
If you want Google to display only hits from a specific website, such as City Magazine, enter the desired phrase and site:citymagazine.si into the search engine.
Connections
![Connections.](https://e7852c3a.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/screenshot_8.jpg)
If you insert the word link: before any link, you will find out on which websites the link has been mentioned.