23 Trucos, comandos y utilidades para buscar en Google

Comenzamos con algunos comandos google:

1. Link: Lista todos los enlaces, que teniendo page rank 4 o más, apuntan a nuestra página. Su uso es sencillo: link:www.direccion.com
2. Allinurl: Muestra todas las páginas indexadas de un dominio indicado, o bien, las páginas que tienen todas las palabras especificadas en su url. Su sintaxis es: allinurl:www.dominio.com
3. Allintitle: Muestra las páginas que tienen todas las palabras especificadas en su título. allintitle: palabra1 palabra2 Devuelve las páginas que tienen palabra1 y palabra2 en su título.
4. Allintext: Páginas que tengan todas las claves especificadas dentro de su body.
5. Allinanchor: Páginas que tengan en el texto que las apuntan las palabras especificadas.
6. Site: Indica un determinado dominio que le indiquemos para realizar la búsqueda. Carece de sentido si no le especificamos algo más. Un ejemplo de su uso sería: site:www.dominio.com +palabra Esto busca todas las páginas con alguna ocurrencia 'palabra' dentro del dominio especificado.
7. Info: Nos muestra información sobre la página principal de un dominio especificado. info:www.dominio.com
8. Inurl: Busca la palabra que le especifiquemos en la url, pero no pide que todas estén en la url como allinurl.
9. Intitle: Busca la palabra que le especifiquemos en el título, pero no es necesario que todas estén en el título. Por ejemplo intile:clave1 clave2 Busca clave1 en la url.
10. Cache: Nos lleva directamente a la versión que tiene google de una determinada página. cache:www.dominio.com Y directamente a la caché que tiene almacenada google de www.dominio.com.
11. Related: Según google nos muestra sitios relacionados con la dirección que le especifiquemos, a saber que criterio sigue, porque los resultados más que malos, son nulos. No merece la pena usarlo.
12. Stocks: Nos lleva a Yahoo Finance y nos muestra información de tipo financiero relacionada con la marca que le indiquemos.
13. Filetype: Busca un tipo de documento especificado, por ejemplo: filetype:doc clave Busca ficheros '.doc' relacionados con 'clave'. ¿Útil, no?.
14. Define: Este es el comando más reciente; busca la definición de una palabra indicada, de momento sólo funciona con palabras en inglés. Uso: define:mouth.

Seguimos por los operadores:

1. " " : Las comillas son un tipo de operador especial que usaremos para buscar cadenas exactas. "Clave1 y Clave2", busca páginas con esa ocurrencia exacta, clave1 seguido de y, a su vez seguido de clave2.
2. '+' : Es el operador AND, busca esto, y esto otro.
3. '-' : Especifica que no se busque lo que sigue al '-'. Ejemplo: clave1 -clave2, busca páginas relacionadas con 'clave1' pero en las que no aparezca 'clave2'.
4. OR : El operador OR, siempre va en mayúsculas. Busca bien esta cosa, esta otra, o las dos. clave1 OR clave2, busca páginas relacionados con algunas de las dos claves o con las dos.
5. 1850..1900: Búsquedas por rango de números.

Y, aprovechando lo anterior, veamos algunas utilidades:

1. www.dominio1.com OR www.dominio2.com : Gracias a esto podemos comparar dos páginas de temáticas completamente diferentes y ver cual de las dos está mejor valorada por google, sin centrarnos en términos particulares.
2. inurl:addurl o inurl:addurl clave.: Y tendremos unas cuantas direcciones para dar nuestra página de alta, si añadimos clave al lado, tendremos más posibilidades de que nos salgan páginas relacionadas con la clave escrita.
3. site:www.dominio.com -cadena: Suponiendo que 'cadena' no sale en ninguna página de www.dominio.com, google nos listará directamente todas las páginas que tenga indexadas de ese dominio.
4. "+www.dominio.+.com": Lista todas las páginas en las que aparece la cadena exacta www.dominio.com.

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7 Clever Google Tricks Worth Knowing

July 25th, 2007 @ 2:12 pm  by: Marc

Below I have compiled a list of 7 clever Google tricks that I believe everyone should be aware of.  Together I think they represent the apex of the grand possibilities associated with Google search manipulation tricks and hacks.  Although there are many others out there, these 7 tricks are my all-time favorite.  Enjoy yourself. 

1.  Find the Face Behind the Result – This is a neat trick you can use on a Google Image search to filter the search results so that they include only images of people.  How is this useful?  Well, it could come in handy if you are looking for images of the prominent people behind popular products, companies, or geographic locations.  You can perform this search by appending the code &imgtype=face to the end of the URL address after you perform a standard Google Image search.

• Examples (notice the differences in each URL):
  • Image Search for Google vs. Faces Behind Google Image Search
  • Image Search for Digg vs. Faces Behind Digg Image Search
  • Image Search for California vs. Faces Behind California Image Search
  • More info.

2.  Google + Social Media Sites = Quality Free Stuff – If you are on the hunt for free desktop wallpaper, stock images, Wordpress templates or the like, using Google to search your favorite social media sites is your best bet.  The word “free” in any standard search query immediately attracts spam.  Why wade through potential spam in standard search results when numerous social media sites have an active community of users who have already ranked and reviewed the specific free items that interest you.  All you have to do is direct Google to search through each of these individual social media sites, and bingo… you find quality content ranked by hundreds of other people.

• Examples:
  • site:digg.com free “desktop wallpaper”
  • site:reddit.com free “wordpress templates”
  • site:del.icio.us free “stock images”
  • site:netscape.com free “ringtones”
  • site:stumbleupon.com free icons
  • More info.

3.  Find Free Anonymous Web Proxies – A free anonymous web proxy site allows any web browser to access other third-party websites by channeling the browser’s connection through the proxy.  The web proxy basically acts as a middleman between your web browser and the third-party website you are visiting.  Why would you want to do this?  There are two common reasons:

• You’re connecting to a public network at a coffee shop or internet café and you want privacy while you browse the web.  You don’t want the admin to know every site you visit.
• You want to bypass a web content filter or perhaps a server-side ban on your IP address.  Content filtering is common practice on college campus networks.  This trick will usually bypass those restrictions.

There are subscription services and applications available such as TOR and paid VPN servers that do the same thing.  However, this trick is free and easy to access from anywhere via Google.  All you have to do is look through the search results returned by the queries below, find a proxy that works, and enter in the URL of the site you want to browse anonymously.

• Examples:
  • inurl:”nph-proxy.cgi” “start using cgiproxy”
  • inurl:”nph-proxy.cgi” “Start browsing through this CGI-based proxy”
  • More info.

4.  Google for Music, Videos, and Ebooks - Google can be used to conduct a search for almost any file type, including Mp3s, PDFs, and videos.  Open web directories are one of the easiest places to quickly find an endless quantity of freely downloadable files.  This is an oldie, but it’s a goodie!  Why thousands of webmasters incessantly fail to secure their web severs will continue to boggle our minds.

• Examples:
  • Find Music: -inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:”index of” +”last modified” +”parent directory” +description +size +(wma|mp3) “Counting Crows”
  • Find Videos: -inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:”index of” +”last modified” +”parent directory” +description +size +(mpg|wmv) “chapelle”
  • Find Ebooks: -inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:”index of” +”last modified” +”parent directory” +description +size +(pdf|doc) “george orwell 1984″
  • More info.

5.  Browse Open Webcams Worldwide – Take a randomized streaming video tour of the world by searching Google for live open access video webcams.  This may not be the most productive Google trick ever, but it sure is fun!  (Note: you may be prompted to install an ActiveX control or the Java runtime environment which allows your browser to view certain video stream formats.)

• Examples:
  • Axis Webcams: inurl:/view.shtml or inurl:view/index.shtml
  • Cannon Webcams: sample/LvAppl/
  • MOBOTIX Webcams: control/userimage.html
  • FlexWatch Webcams: /app/idxas.html
  • JVC Webcams: intitle: intitle:”V.Networks [Motion Picture(Java)]”
  • More info. - More info.

6.  Judge a Site by its Image – Find out what a site is all about by looking at a random selection of the images hosted on its web pages.  Even if you are somewhat familiar with the target site’s content, this can be an entertaining little exercise.  You will almost surely find something you didn’t expect to see.  All you have to do is use Google’s site: operator to target a domain in an image search.

• Examples:
  • Digg in Images
  • Wired in Images
  • Reddit in Images
  • More info.

7.  Results Based on Third-Party Opinion - Sometimes you can get a better idea of the content located within a website by reading how other websites refer to that site’s content.  The allinanchor: Google search operator can save you large quantities of time when a normal textual based search query fails to fetch the information you desire.  It conducts a search based on keywords used strictly in the anchor text, or linking text, of third party sites that link to the web pages returned by the search query.  In other words, this operator filters your search results in a way such that Google ignores the title and content of the returned web pages, but instead bases the search relevance on the keywords that other sites use to reference the results.  It can add a whole new dimension of variety to your search results.

• Examples (notice the added variety between search results):
• allinanchor:”google hacks” vs. basic search for Google hacks
• allinanchor:”wordpress exploits” vs. basic  search for Wordpress exploits 
• More info.

Bonus Material:

Here is a list of my favorite Google advanced search operators, operator combinations, and related uses:

• link:URL = lists other pages that link to the URL.
• related:URL = lists other pages that are related to the URL.
• site:domain.com “search term = restricts search results to the given domain.
• allinurl:WORDS = shows only pages with all search terms in the url.
• inurl:WORD = like allinurl: but filters the URL based on the first term only.
• allintitle:WORD = shows only results with terms in title.
• intitle:WORD = similar to allintitle, but only for the next word.
• cache:URL = will show the Google cached version of the URL.
• info:URL = will show a page containing links to related searches, backlinks, and pages containing the url. This is the same as typing the url into the search box. 
• filetype:SOMEFILETYPE = will restrict searches to that filetype
• -filetype:SOMEFILETYPE = will remove that file type from the search.
• site:www.somesite.net “+www.somesite.net” = shows you how many pages of your site are indexed by google
• allintext: = searches only within text of pages, but not in the links or page title
• allinlinks: = searches only within links, not text or title
• WordA OR WordB = search for either the word A or B
• “Word” OR “Phrase” = search exact word or phrase
• WordA -WordB = find word A but filter results that include word B
• WordA +WordB = results much contain both Word A and Word B
• ~WORD = looks up the word and its synonyms
• ~WORD -WORD = looks up only the synonyms to the word 
• More info.

Want more info on Google Hacking?  These 3 books are must reads:

• Google Hacks: Tips & Tools for Finding and Using the World’s Information
• Google: The Missing Manual
• Google Hacking for Penetration Testers

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Posicionamiento natural en internet: la importancia de los resultados de búsqueda

Written on March 13, 2010 at 5:29 pm by admin1

Tener una web accesible y con un buen diseño es sólo el principio: si nadie conoce nuestra página web no podremos hacer negocios en internet.

Hoy en día, todas  las empresas que tienen cierta entidad en el mercado, disponen de un sitio web  que las represente ante el público. Pero llega un punto en el que  muchas de ellas se plantean si esta presencia que mantienen en la Red, resulta una inversión de la que pueden obtener una serie de beneficios tangibles o se trata de un mero gasto de representación del que nada más pueden obtener, salvo seguir una moda o no quedarse descolgados de las nuevas tecnologías.

Por ello, si lo que se busca es conseguir que una página web tenga una verdadera función práctica dentro del funcionamiento de la empresa, y que se puedan obtener una serie de ganancias de su creación y mantenimiento, resulta fundamental tener en cuenta el concepto de posicionamiento en los buscadores, también conocido como SEO,  posicionamiento web o posicionamiento natural.

Una definición básica de posicionamiento sería el “conjunto de medidas enfocadas a intentar conseguir una posición preferente de visibilidad en los buscadores por delante de la competencia, con el objetivo de obtener un mayor número de visitas”. Este aumento de visitas tiene como consecuencia el incremento de posibilidades de realizar negocios.

El posicionamiento de una página web en los buscadores es una mezcla de técnica y arte, ya que la creación de una web de manera que aparezca bien posicionada en los buscadores no es tarea fácil. El trabajo de los responsables de posicionamiento es intentar que las páginas web o sitios de las empresas aparezcan mejor posicionados en los buscadores que los de la competencia. Para ello analizan el contenido de las webs, centrándose en los textos y en la forma de presentación, estudiando también la programación y la tecnología utilizada en su desarrollo, y sugieren cambios a aplicar y analizan los resultados.

Cada uno de los diferentes buscadores existentes, utiliza para indexar un algoritmo propio. Todos los algoritmos son distintos, y se actualizan y mejoran de forma permanente. Para las empresas creadoras de los algoritmos, éstos son considerados secretos de suma importancia. Este hecho implica que lograr un buen posicionamiento en los buscadores sea un ejercicio de ingeniería inversa.

Fuente: Articulos Online – CERCAM

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How To Use Google Search More Effectively

Google is the biggest search provider for years now and it will remain the same for the upcoming decade as well. Google Search Engine contains so many resources that one can only imagine to exploit each and every one.

For this purpose we have gathered some of the best google search tricks from the web, although we have covered almost all aspects in this post but i am sure there will be number of other things which may not be mentioned here. Let’s dive into the golden search tricks to make a good use of this huge search provider.

Advanced Search

When you’re searching for specific material, use Advanced Search to plug in qualifiers that will narrow down your search. Here are more Advanced Search tricks to learn.

1. Search within a domain: Only let Google bring up .edu or .gov sites, for example, if you want primary sources or authoritative information.
2. Select file type: This very handy qualifier is useful when you need to quickly find certain types of data or information for a presentation. You can choose to limit results to .pdf, .xls, Google Earth, .doc, .rtf, and more.
3. : If you’re looking to use open source material or unlicensed material, this is a good trick to make sure you’re on track.
4. Exclude terms: Use a minus sign right before a word (-example) to eliminate it from your search results.
5. Wildcard search: The * key acts as a wildcard in Google search that can be helpful with early stages of research. Google gives the example [Obama voted * on the * bill] to learn about Obama’s votes on several different bills.
6. Blogs: After conducting a search, click on the “Blogs” button under “Show Options” to view only blog posts on the subject.
7. Limit synonyms: Did you know that Google sometimes finds results that don’t match your search exactly, but that use synonyms instead? Type in the + sign before a search to eliminate synonyms and use your words only.
8. Language: For foreign language or international business or policy classes, or if you just have to have a primary source, use this selector to change language settings.
9. Where your keywords show up: When you’re looking for very specific information or for a specific kind of source, you can use this feature to limit where the keywords show up in your search: the URL, title of the article, in links to the page, or just anywhere in the page.
10. Find pages that link to the page: Use this feature when you want to do a little more digging. You’ll stumble across blog posts, journal articles and news stories that offer more in-depth commentary.
11. Quotation marks: Put quotation marks around a phrase to let Google know you want that exact phrase in that order.

Scholar Search

Google Scholar is an excellent resource for undergraduate and graduate students who want a quick way to connect to authoritative information from journals and scholarly publications. Use these tips to search Scholar.

1. Search by author: Scholar recommends using the author’s initials, or at least first initial and last name, to increase your results.
2. Search by journal: Used Scholar’s Advanced Search to find articles published in a specific journal or publication.
3. Find articles and pieces that reference that article: By typing in the name of an article in quotation marks, you’ll find that paper plus other papers that reference it.
4. Limit by date: Make sure you’re citing the most updated research by limiting your returns by date.
5. Find court opinions: If you’re searching for court opinions, you can search by state, choose only U.S. federal court opinions, or expand your search to all journals and opinions.
6. Select collections: Also in Advanced Search is the option to select collections like Chemistry and Materials Science or Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities.
7. Search Library Links: Under Google Scholar Preferences, you’ll find the option to find library access links.
8. Start with citations, then move offline: Sometimes Google will pull up a citation but not the whole piece because it hasn’t found it online. If it looks like a good match for your research, copy it down and bring it to your librarian for help locating it.
9. Find foreign language journals: Look for primary materials from foreign language journals in Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Spanish and more.
10. Bibliography Manager: Bibliography Manager is a Scholar feature that lets you add citations in various formats like RefWorks, RefMan, EndNote, and BibTeX. This is found in the Preferences section.

Reference Tools and Tips

Google is full of tricks for pulling up statistics, basic facts and reference material. Check here for great shortcuts for finding definitions and more.

1. Dictionary: Type the word “define” before the word you want to look up in the Google search bar.
2. Calculator: Just type in an equation with the = sign to use Google’s calculator feature. You can find more calculator operators and symbols here.
3. Books: Click on the “Books” option under “Shop Options” after entering your search. You’ll find Google books on the subject, and can quickly add them to your library or preview them.
4. Unit conversion: Let Google complete unit conversions for you when you type in a problem, like “4 lbs in kg.”
5. Cooking conversions: When you’re trying out mom’s recipes at school, use this feature to solve cooking conversions.
6. Numeric ranges: If you want to know who was president during a certain timeframe, type in “president 1940…1950″ for example. You can also use this feature to find results that contain certain dollar amounts or other numerical ranges.
7. Stock Quotes: For business classes, you can use the Stock Quotes search by typing in the ticker symbol. Google will bring up current stock quotes.
8. Glossary: Type in a word followed by ~glossary to find glossaries, term lists and dictionary entries for that word.
9. Package tracking: Find out when your next care package arrives when you use this feature.
10. Public data: Look up public data by typing in keywords and a location, like “population california.”
11. Area Code Lookup: This feature should be useful when applying for jobs or looking for places to visit in your area for research.
12. Froogle: Whether you’re shopping for the best deal or are conducting market research for a project, use Google’s product search tool, Froogle.

Notes and Organization

Keep your research organized with these tricks.

1. Search within a site: Type “example search term site: example website” to search a keyword or search term within that site only, if you need to use a particular source.
2. SearchWiki: Use SearchWiki to star and edit your favorite results, even hidden ones.
3. info:: Find information about a website if you need to verify it or collect data for a citation.
4. Custom Search Engine: Create your own custom search engine with Google. You can name it, pick the language, and select only certain sites to be searched.
5. Learn how to assess credibility: This slide explains how to check a page’s “about” section, find a date and author, and verify the author’s credentials on Google.
6. Google Toolbar: Great for study groups, this toolbar lets you share websites with friends and translate web pages.
7. Pay attention to Google’s indents: Google indents results when they’re from the same website as the result above it.

Social and New Media Search

Google is a great tool for finding images, toying around with new media, and locating and connecting with people online. Here are some Google tips to help you maximize Google’s cutting edge potential.

1. Google Maps eye-level perspective: Once you’ve searched for a particular map, drag the little person icon (located at the top of the zoom in/zoom out bar) anywhere on the map to get an eye-level perspective.
2. Google Groups: When you want to pull up information from Google Groups only, you can type in the author’s name, group name or insubject: and the subject keyword.
3. Updates: After conducting a search, click on the “Updates” button under “Show Options.” You’ll get a steady stream of the most updated social media comments about that topic. Clicking “Discussions” will take you to forums Q&A pages.
4. Google Image Search: You probably know how to use image search, but did you know it’s a useful way to ID people and look up foreign language definitions?
5. Knol: While it may not be the most authoritative search tool, Knol can help you start your research and find out how others around the world are reacting to current events and popular discussion topics.
6. Recognize faces: Follow this link for instructions on how to get Google to recognize faces, and not bring up other image results when you type in someone’s name.

Shortcuts

Use these shortcuts to make your Google searches even faster.

1. I’m Feeling Lucky: If you’re an expert searcher, use this button on the Google search page to get automatically directed to the first web page that would normally show up in a list in a general search.
2. “Better than” and “reminds me of”: This weird little tip will help you find comparisons. Just type in either search term and then a keyword, all enclosed in quotation marks.
3. cache:: Use this shortcut to show a web page in its cached version.
4. related:: Type in a website after related: to find related sites.
5. Shortcut for spellcheck: Don’t bother going to a dictionary website to see if you spelled something correctly: just enter it into Google’s search bar, and the “did you mean…” suggestion will pop up with the correct spelling.
6. Google Blog Search: Blog Search is another quick way to jump to blog posts only.
7. Set up iGoogle: Personalize your Google homepage so that it contains links to your favorite feeds and research pages.

Miscellaneous

From looking for jobs to understanding case sensitivity, here are more Google tricks for students.

1. Google Job Directory: Use this tool to look for job opportunities, including seasonal jobs and job fairs.
2. Delete search history: You can clear your address bar history, Google Toolbar history, and Google search box history here.
3. Search operators are case sensitive: Google isn’t case sensitive when it reads your keywords, but operators like OR are.

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Fundamentos SEO: Desarrollando una Web amigable a los buscadores

Aunque el SEO está en constante cambio y evolución existe una base fundamental que se refiere a qué tan “amigable” es la Web de cara a los buscadores, tanto desde un punto de vista de la relevancia como de la rastreabilidad e indexabilidad del sitio.

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Nueva Guía SEO de Google

September 29, 2010 SEO

Google ha renovado su Guía SEO para principiantes (sólo en inglés) que puedes descargarte abajo.

La verdad es que le he echado un vistazo y me parece que está bastante bien,  por lo que recomiendo su lectura.

Esta versión es mucho más visual que la anterior, Google ha hecho un esfuerzo en el diseño gráfico y se agradece, y si bien la guía son 32 páginas, se proporcionan enlaces y recursos extra muy útiles.

Una cosa que llama la atención es que no se menciona para nada  Google Instant, pero en esta ocasión sí se hace hincapié en SEO para móviles, lo que denota la importancia que este sector está empezando a cobrar para Google.

Antes de nada, no perdáis de vista en todo momento que es Google, haciendo recomendaciones SEO para Google por lo que  conviene tener en cuenta todas sus recomendaciones.

Recomendaciones que si sois familiares con el SEO ya conocéis (no hay nada extraño o que no se sepa ya en esta guía) pero que no está demás tener en cuenta.
A través de un ejemplo de una página ficticia de unas 250 páginas de Cromos de Beisbol. Google va detallando las Best Practices para posicionarse adecuadamente en su buscador:

• Se le da importancia al título de la página y a las descripciones, palabras clave y diferentes en cada página y nos guía en su correcta construcción.
• Habla de la importancia de los Headings H1, H2…
• Comenta la importancia de tener unas urls claras, bien estructuradas y con keywords en ellas.
• Habla de la estructura del sitio y de cómo evitar contenidos duplicados con redireccionamientos 301 y rel=”canonical”.
• Comenta la importancia de una correcta página de Error 404.
• Nos cuentan que es ideal tener 2 sitemaps, uno HTML para humanos y otro XML para robots.
• Mencionan que es mejor evitar Flash y Javascript en menús de navegación y la importancia de los anchor texts.
• Hablan de la optimización de imágenes con el nombre de archivo, atributos alt, consolidación en un mismo directorio y creación de un Sitemaps de imágenes.
• Nos cuentan también que utilicemos correctamente el robot.txt y hablan del Nofollow, pero centrándose en la posibilidad de activarlo para evitar contenido spammy (
  en comentarios de blogs, por ej). No hablan del Nofollow como herramienta de link sculpting dentro de nuestra web pero si que comentan que puede usarse cuando queramos enlazar a otro sitio sin pasarle reputación.
• Nos cuentan, como siempre, la importancia de un contenido fresco y relevante y nos dicen (oh! sorpresa) que puedes utilizar su Keyword Tool antes de escribirlo para anticiparse y escribir sobre algo con volúmen de búsquedas.
• Avisan de que hay que tener cuidado con la generación de Backlinks (tienen que ir poco a poco) y animan a bloguear y utilizar herramientas Social Media, así como a darse de alta en Google Places.
• También nos animan a utilizar la combinación de herramientas Google Webmaster Tools, Google Analytics y Google Website Optimizer para sacar el máximo partido a nuestro sitio.

En cuanto SEO para Móvil nos comentan entre otras cosas:

- Que nos aseguremos que nuestro sitio móvil está indexado y que Google puede recorrer nuestras webs móviles

- Que utilicemos un Mobile SiteMap.

- Que redireccionemos al usuario a la versión correcta: Web o móvil, evitando el cloaking.
Como digo no viene mal a los veteranos darle un repasillo rápido y para los nuevos  es una buena oportunidad de aprender los conceptos básicos del SEO de una manera muy visual.

Por cierto me llama la atención que no se mencione nada sobre el peso de las páginas, factor al que últimamente la comunidad SEO estaba dando mucha importancia, que no se mencione Google Instant y que el googlebot lleve cresta y un ramo de flores (no me lo imaginaba así ;P )

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25 Awesome Google Search Tips and Tricks

Justin Stravarius on June 2nd

• Google,
• Search,
• Tips,
• Tricks

We all love Google. It’s a great place to search and find things that we do not know about. The beauty of Google is its all powerful algorithm that executes billions of search queries. In addition to showing top notch search results, Google’s algorithm has a few interesting features.

We’ll be taking a look at a few tips that can help us tap into the full power of Google.

World Time

time cityname
cityname time

Want to know what’s the current local time in a city across the globe? Google can help you.

Currency Conversion

USD EURO
USD in EURO

You wont have to go WSJ’s web page or use a mobile app. Google can tell you the real time currency conversion rates.

Unit Conversion

km mile or km in mile
inch feet or inch in feet
sec in ms

The following search strings can help you convert units pretty quickly. You can try out a lot more on your own.

Mathematical Calculations

cos(10)
sqrt(100)

In addition to unit conversions, mathematical conversions can also be done with the help of Google.

Search for similar keywords

Linux ~Tutorial

For those of us who do not know technical jargon, Google lets us to search for keywords that could be similar or synonymous to the one you are using.

Google will search for similar keywords like guides, how tos, manuals etc.

Excluding Keywords

software -paid

You can easily eliminate a particular keyword from the search.

This search string will not include paid software in the results.

Accessing blocked websites

cache:tmz.com

Want to catch up on the latest celebrity gossip from a site banned in your corporate firewall? Google can help you.

Removing specific sites from results

ipod -site:wikipedia.org

Google makes it very easy to eliminate results from a particular site that you don’t want to be listed.

This string can be very helpful when you want to eliminate links from ecommerce sites when searching for product information.

Title Search

intitle:tips for interior design

If you are tired of the search farm results with their useless keyword stuffed articles, you can choose to search the titles instead for better results.

URL Search

inurl:tips for interior design

URL search works the same as Title Search except for the fact that the words in the URL (Permalinks) alone are searched.

Finding Weather

weather NYC

Weather reports for your local city or for any city in the world can be found using the following search string.

Tracking Flight Status

delta flight 1587

If you know the flight number, you dont have to be calling the airline to check the status.

Searching for specific filetypes

robotics filetype:ppt

If you are looking for a specific filetype, say a PowerPoint file to learn about Robotics, this is the right search string for you.

Searching within a Specific Website

giveaway site:web.appstorm.net

Google indexes almost all websites in the world. Now if you know that a particular is available in a website and you dont want to search anywhere else use the following search string

Searching for related websites

related:www.wikipedia.org

Google can act as a recommendation engine if you like a particular website.

Daterange Search

daterange:1234567– 1234569 “apple”

You can search for results from a particular date range using this search string. The catch is that you will have to use the Julian date format and you can know more about it here.

Phonebook Search

phonebook:dell nyc

Google can be your very own online phonebook.

Definitions

define:guru

Want to know the politically correct definition for a term? There is a string for that!

Calculator

10+12
10*2

Google can be a great calculator if you like using your keyboard and not a mouse pointer in the native calculator app of the operating system.

Wildcard Search

Aint no *

The following search string can be very useful if you forgot the words in a lyric of a song you listened earlier. the wildcard symbol “*” will compare the possible results using the Google algorithm.

Movie Listings

movie:nyc

Google can list the movies playing in your town with showtimes.

Stock Prices

GOOG

If you know the ticker symbol of a listed company, you can have their financial data in seconds.

Range Search

ipod $300..$400

Be it numbers, years or price, Google lets you search withing numerical ranges.

Maps

maps: upper east side

With the maps keyword, there is no need for you open a Google Maps window to find your location.

Area Code Lookup

212

If you know an area code and want to know more details abut the same, just type in the three digits and the details will be shown. Works within US only though.

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Autor: Jordi Camps
Fuente: Maestros del web

Te damos 10 consejos para hacer mas efectivas tus busquedas en Google.

Tips para la busqueda en Google Casi todo el mundo usa Google en sus búsquedas, pero… ¿sabemos emplearlo bien? a continuación una serie de tips para obtener mejores resultados en nuestras busquedas en Google.

Busque en Google palabras que figuren en la página que desea.

1. Emplee comillas. Por ejemplo si buscamos Antonio Pérez, el buscador localizará todas las páginas que contentan Antonio y todas las que contengan Pérez. En cambio si escribimos “Antonio Pérez”, buscará exclusivamente aquellas que contengan la unidad “Antonio Pérez”.
2. Utilice el signo + delante de las palabras. El signo + obliga a Google localizar una palabra en particular siempre.
3. Utilice el signo - delante de las palabras. El signo - elimina los resultados que contengan dicha palabra.
4. Utilice el asterisco * a modo de comodín. Por ejemplo si escribimos aguila*blanca, Google proporcionará como resultados águila cabeza blanca y otras opciones.
5. Google diferencia los sitios principales de los secundarios mediante las sangrías.
6. Emplee el operador OR. Google comprende el operador lógico OR ( o ), siempre que esté en mayúscula. A modo de ejemplo es útil si quiere buscar una casa en Madrid o Barcelona o términos que puedan tener diferentes grafías.
7. Use la página de búsqueda avanzada. La cual nos permitirá localizar contenidos entre fechas o idiomas particulares.
8. Búsquedas mejoradas. Google está constantemente incorporando nuevos servicios. Por ejemplo funciona muy bien como diccionario y calculadora.
9. Finalmente si Google no proporciona los resultados apetecidos, pruebe a localizar otros buscadores ( Altavista , AlltheWeb, Vivismo y Teoma).

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