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Searching for stuffs with Google is really easy. All you do is just type in the search keyword or phase but there are more to it to fine tune your search to get specifically what you want. This is why I want to show you the power of the colon :. It might be old stuff to some people but hey there are people who don’t know yet.

Say you want to search for specific file type, the syntax goes like this

 filetype: extension search term
 eg. filetype:doc how to blog

The above example brings out files with .doc extention relating to a topic on “how to blog”

The next syntax let you search for specific search term on a particular site you know of

 site:URL search term
 eg. site:www.addhen.org social bookmarking

If you want definition of a word

 definition:word
 eg. definition:blog
       or
 define:word
 define:blog

Being specific on the search term, just add double quotes to the search term

 "search term"
  eg. "How to blog"

Okay that is it. These are what I know. If you know of others please include them as comments.