This site gives twelve excellent tips on how to effectively use the Google search Engine.
http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/1264/12-Quick-Tips-To-Search-Google-Like-An-Expert.aspx
Those are very good tips. Thanks for posting!
another great tip: once in awhile, try using a different search engine. I know google is in the lexicon like 'band-aid' & 'kleenex', but there are others out there.
microsoft's version; www.bing.com tends to be a 'purer' search engine, not just delivering pages of advertising links & spam for you to click thru - google's revenue is advertising driven. just my 2 cents
Another Great Tip for Using Google Search
Unit conversions; type in units "to" units
5 gallons to liters
15 feet to meters (doesn't differentiate international foot vs us survey ft. I assume it calculates international feet)
3 acres to hectares
etc.
Another Great Tip for Using Google Search
For higher-level queries, I recommend Wolfram|Alpha. Cool stuff.
Another Great Tip for Using Google Search
Wolfram | Alpha is a very cool query tool
