Use these models to be a master at doing internet & social media searches. Whether using Google, Bing, Yahoo, LinkedIn, or another search engine, these tips will help you dig deep to find what you need. Created by Marian Madonia, CSP

1. Search Party
Internet search tricks that will improve the way you
work
By Marian Madonia, CSP
October 21, 2016
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2. Search Teams
• Google
• Yahoo
• Bing
• LinkedIn
• DuckDuckGo
• Quora
• YouTube
• Vimeo
• Mywebsearch
• DogPile
• Ask (formerly
AskJeeves)
• SlideShare
• Webcrawler
• Wow
• Aol Search
• Info
• Infospace
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3. That’s Boolean
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4. String of Words
• Frozen Custard Fredericksburg Virginia
• Norwegian Church Black Hills
• Juke Box Hero
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5. Quotes
• “Nissan Altima”
• “Pasta Sauce”
• “I want to know what love is”
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6. AND
• Coffee AND Oatmeal
• Boxer AND Rescue
• Starrider AND Headknocker
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7. OR
• (Missouri OR Kansas)
• (“St Louis” OR “Saint Louis”)
• (Lou OR Lew)
• (Note: The Key is the Parenthesis)
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8. NOT
• Trainer NOT Fitness
– Trainer -Fitness
• Grocery NOT Kroger
– Grocery -Kroger
• Foreigner NOT Travel
– Foreigner -Travel
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9. * (Asterisk)
• Manage*
• Admin*
• Hot Blood*
– Blue * Blue *
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10. AROUND or NEAR
• August AROUND Daisy
• Stanley NEAR Schanbacher
• “Mick Jones” NEAR Foreigner
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11. Specific Site Search
• site:craigslist.org red+nissan+altima
• Migraine -site:webmd.org
• site:foreigneronline.com merch
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12. Better searches with Numbers
• Billboard Hits ..1977
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13. Combination
• “Nissan Altima” Coupe
• “Ed Primeau” Video
• “Head Games” Foreigner
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14. Cache it in
• cache:http://example.com
– For the last page on file that was indexed
– Great for pages that were deleted
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15. Names with Multiple Meanings
• Ex…Rose, Mark, Paris, Bob, Charity, Frank, Lily,
Wade, Carol, Jack, Regina, Jay, Robin, Nick, Joy,
John, Pam, Rich, Bill, January, April, May, June,
August…
• Use “&imgtype=face” to find the image of a
person (and thus the link to the site with the
picture)
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16. Proxy’s for Block/Paid Sites
• Google Translate
– http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ja&tl=en
&u=http://example.com/
• Google Modules
– http://www.gmodules.com/ig/proxy?url=http://ex
ample.com/
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17. Fun
• Top
• Best
• Worst
• Better than _____
• _____ vs (let autofill make suggestions)
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18. Odds & Ends
• link:example.com
• related:example.com
• Weather *zip code*
• Time *place*
• Phonebook: ___-___-____
• *artist* rider filetype:pdf
• @_____
• #_____
• Jeff Pilson bacon number
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19. Social Networking
1. Facebook
2. LinkedIn
3. Google+
4. Twitter
5. Yahoo
6. YouTube
7. Vimeo
8. Instagram
9. Skype
10. Pinterest
11. flickr
12. Snapchat
13. Tumblr
14. Wordpress
15. Medium
16. Reddit
17. Delicious
18. StumbleUpon
19. Digg
20. Meetup
21. Ask.fm
22. Classmates
23. WhatsApp
24. Viber
25. Quora
26. Periscope
27. BizSugar
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20. Search Multiple Social Media Sites
• SocialMention.com
• YoName.com
• Snitch.name
• Social-Searcher.com
• Google (Ex. site:facebook.com inurl:Marian
Madonia)
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21. Follow Marian on Social Media
• Facebook – MariansFans
• LinkedIn – Marian Madonia
• Pinterest – Marian Madonia
• Instagram – MarianMadonia
• Twitter – MarianMadonia
• Google+ - Marian Madonia
• YouTube – Marian Madonia
• Web – MarianMadonia.com
• SlideShare – Marian Madonia
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