Secret Search Hacks: Getting the Best Results From Your Web Searches

Secret Search Hacks: Getting the Best Results From Your Web Searches

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Interactive Video

Information Technology (IT), Architecture

KG - University

Hard

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The video tutorial covers various search engine techniques to enhance online search efficiency and accuracy. It explains the use of quotation marks for exact phrase searches, the minus operator to exclude terms, site search for domain-specific results, and file type search for specific document formats. Additionally, it discusses the wildcard operator for variable terms, related site search for discovering similar websites, and in title and in URL functions for targeted page searches. These tools aim to improve search precision and save time.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the purpose of using quotation marks in a search query?

To search within a specific website

To exclude certain words

To find results with exact matches

To find results with similar meanings

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How can you exclude certain terms from your search results?

By using the site search command

By using the wildcard operator

By using the minus sign

By using quotation marks

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which command allows you to search within a specific website?

File type search

Related site search

Site search command

Wildcard operator

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the wildcard operator (*) do in a search query?

It searches within a specific website

It excludes certain terms

It acts as a placeholder for unknown terms

It searches for exact matches

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How can you find websites similar to a specific domain?

By using the file type search

By using the related site search

By using the minus sign

By using the in-title function