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Search Secrets Of Google Engineers Revealed

Jul 7, 2010
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PCWorld: Search Secrets Of Google Engineers Revealed

Think you know everything there is to know about using Google to find stuff? Check out the tips two Google engineers reveal to our author. For example, did you know you could search just for the most recent pages containing given search terms?


“I like to think that my vocabulary and usage skills are above average; I am, after all, a professional writer. But a little known search function in Google showed me that I’ve been misusing “peruse” for years. And it taught me that when a teenager says he’s “pwned” me, it wasn’t a compliment.

Google is full of useful functions and search tricks that you probably don’t know. I recently spent some time with Google engineers Jake Hubert and Dan Russell, learning ways to get more out of Google search. These are tips you’ll find useful, whether you’re wondering how to convert Centigrade to Fahrenheit before you head for the beaches in the south of France, or need to look at a patent for a technology innovation.”

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