Use Google like a pro

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Jan 19, 2023 8:01 PM
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Googling is one of the most important skills for every developer.

Let me show you how to get better at Googling.

Let’s start!

1. Use quotes to force an exact-match search:

"what is javascript"

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Google search exact match example

2. AND operator will return only results related to both terms:

html AND css

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Google search with AND keyword

3. You can use the OR operator to get the results related to one of the search terms

(javascript OR python) free course

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Google search OR keyword example

4. - operator will exclude results that contain a term or phrase:

javascript -css

5. You can use the (*) wildcards as placeholders, which will be replaced by any word or phrase.

"how to start * in 6 months"

6. Search inside a single website:

site:freecodecamp.org

7. You can also use a very useful feature that helps to find a specific file type.

filetype:pdf learn css

8. Search for a range of numbers:

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