A major part of the fun that lies in using a computer or smartphone is the tips and tricks that make using it more fun. Do you want to be the best at Google? Are you aiming to climb that much higher? Then, it's time to get your hands on these Google tricks. No matter if you are a beginner or an advanced learner, these tricks are sure to help your learning process.
So, if you're bored of using your phone or computer, take a look at these Google Tricks that will make you look like a genius! So Let's Start...
1. Related Results
Let's start off with the related results search if you want to find websites that are similar to other sites in the search bar you would type related followed by a colon and then you just put in the name of a website. I'll show you a couple quick example.
Ex : related:google.com
Hit enter now you see the results are sites similar to Google like Bing and Yahoo. Related search results is a great way to discover websites that you may not know about.
2. Google Augmented Reality
Google's most recent new features and it's augmented reality search if you go onto google and type in snake or panda or horse any animal you can really think of and scroll down you will see these 3d animals moving and there you will see an option that says view in 3d. If you don't see this option don't despair you just need to update your Google Chrome browser so now if you click on View in your space all you have to do is allow Google access to your camera and storage so if you're happy with that just click on got it and now guys you will actually just do the small hand gesture within your room so it can recognize your space and then it'll actually place the 3d animal in your room and now you can walk around or you can simply just watch it. Unfortunately this does only work on augmented reality enabled devices.
This feature is that the animals you are seeing within your space are actually life-size so this is what a full-grown animal would look like if it were right in front of you this feature is not exclusive to animals they are rolling out more and more objects every day so you can check them out in augmented reality.
3. Google Timer
Google have a ton of seriously useful tools like for example in the google search bar you can type out and say in mic. Set time 5 seconds and instantly this timer will begin counting down and that alarm will sound once your timer is up. It can be any number of course but whether you want to do a five second, five minutes or five hour timer you can do it and there's even the stopwatch function which is super useful.
Rolling a dice is also another reticle thing you can do within google simply search for roll a dice within google search section and like that the rolling dice tool appears and not only can you choose from a six sided dice but you can choose an eight sided ten sided or even four sided dice and roll multiple dice at the same time so if you ever needed do that.
4. You've All Heard The Phrase Less is More
When doing your initial search keep the number of words to a minimum avoiding any unnecessary words three or less keywords is a good rule to follow for example if you want a tutorial on how to write code for the python computer programming language just use the keywords python programming and tutorial from here add additional keywords if necessary to narrow down the search results. Click on tools you have two choices you can filter when the content was published anytime is the default you can select from the past hour up to the past year or select a custom range and for all results selecting verbatim will only list results that include all search terms with the exact spelling.
5. Search by File Type
Sometimes searching by file type can be
useful especially for students teachers or anyone conducting research that may be looking for a pdf word document or any other file type for example.
Ex: studyfile filetype:pdf
Here's how it works in the search bar first put in your search term then file type and colon you switch out the ending here and put in doc now you see it ended up with different results with links to doc files the file type search works with just about any file type extension.
6. Image Search
When you're doing an image search the tools tab can be quite handy as well you can filter by size, color, type, time and usage rights the usage rights filter is beneficial for those of you looking for images with creative commons license to use in your projects.
7. Play Some Games
If you type in the search bar tic-tac-toe you will actually be able to play this game with Google just as you see me doing here and it's actually oddly addictive and it's a nice thing to pass the time while you're waiting in queues or waiting somebody at a cafe etc and then it's not just exclusive to tic-tac-toe if you type in snake game this little game of snake will pop up and again it is so addictive you just use your finger to navigate and collect all the apples as you collect the apples just make its bigger I mean it's so simple but it's so fun. There's one more game Pac-Man and this one works exactly like the original it has the same sounds and everything.
8. Amazing Google Tools
If you type in color picker this color picker will pop up straightaway on Google and you can either find the RGB x' or Hex color of whatever it is you're looking for.
If you type in metronome and then the metronome will pop up just like that and you can actually change the BPM you can make it faster or slow, it is so useful for some users out there
If you type in breathing exercise this one-minute breathing exercise pops up and if you click playing as the circle gets smaller you breathe out and as it expands and gets bigger you breathe in and this just helps you calm down perhaps before a speech or a big meeting.
9. Translate Website
If you're in google browsing a website and it's in a language you don't understand or you want to translate it to another language you simply click on those three dots in the top right hand corner and click on translate once you've selected that a little tab will pop up at the bottom of the screen and you can choose what you want to translate. Suppose you choose French and as you can see just like that in seconds that entire website was translated into French there's just about every single language you can think of available to choose from so if ever you wanted to do that now you know how.
10. Check Whether and Time
To get the weather forecast for a specific location or zip code type weather followed by the location or zip code you'll see the current temperature in fahrenheit or celsius based on your region along with the 10 day forecast you can also check the precipitation and wind speed. if you ever need to check the current time for any location type time and the location let's go with london this is especially handy if you have friends family or have business dealings and other time zones to translate.
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