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How to ask good questions?

DAMN! Don't ask me now! Go-ogle

If you want to learn "How to ask good questions?", also you can ask Google.

But, I can say "How to search with Google better?"

Before reading this article...

You should read DAMN Manifest!

  • Stop The Pollution
  • Save The Internet
  • DAMN

1 - Most Important Tool to Learn Something

Researcher, student, developer, artist, writer or just a person who wants to cook, whatever you are. According to your needs, the first thing you do is search on google.

So, How much successful 🏆 are we in searching in this dark space ❓

2 - How To Be A Master?

If you can find what you want from Google successfully, you have the key to learning or mastering something.

Think of it like a hunt you make on Google. If you approach your hunt with the right tactics, you will shoot it.

3 - Google Search Operators

Service Google Operators
web search allinanchor: - allintext: - alllintitle: - allinurl: - cache: - define: - filetype: - id: - inanchor: - info: - intext: - intitle: - inurl: - link: - related: - site:
image search allintitle: - allinurl: - filetype: - inurl: - intitle: - site:
groups allintext: - allintitle: - author: - group: - insubject: - intext: - intitle:
directory allintext: - allintitle: allinurl: - ext: - filetype: - intext: - intitle: - inurl:
news allintext: - allintitle: - allinurl: - intext: - intitle: - inurl: - location: - source:
product search allintext: - allintitle:

4 - Basic Google Search Features

4.1 - Quotation Marks (" ")

This operator helps you get precise answers about what you want to call. In the search, what you get into the quotation mark is searched as a whole.

For example:

"Advanced Google Search"

4.2 - Two Dots (..)

This operator helps you determine the range in your search results.

Queen Albums 1985..1988

4.3 - Hyphen (-)

This operator helps you to excluding to your choosed keywords.

burger -king
(you will see that the brand-related things are not coming out)

4.5 - Plus (+)

Operator helps you include keywords by giving priority to words.

FIFA World Cup +Brazil 2014

4.6 - Star (*)

This operator will match any word or phrase. Helps you get results when you are not sure about what you are looking for.

black * society

4.7 - OR (or)

This operator helps you to get results of possibilities when you are confused. This will return results related to separately or both.

The Beatles OR Pink Floyd

4.8 - AND (and)

This operator helps you to get results of only related to both of them.

The Beatles AND Pink Floyd

5 - Important Search Query Operators

5.1 - define:

This operator produces results similar to the dictionary equivalent of the keyword you are looking for.

define:vulnerability

5.2 - cache:

This operator returns the most cached web page about your search.

cache:dogukanerel.com

5.3 - site:

This operator will only help you search for web pages on a particular website or with the given name.

site:youtube.com Zakk Wylde

HINT! "example.+com" ---> Shows pages indexed by google

5.4 - filetype:

This operator will help you to search document types or files like [pdf, doc, xls, ppt, etc...]

python filetype:pdf

5.5 - intitle:

This operator find any results contain the selected word or something in title.

intitle:derelartwork

5.6 - allintitle:

It is similar to intitle operator. Difference is allintitle only results contain all specified words in the title tag.

allintitle:DAMN Manifest

5.7 - inurl:

This operator find any results contain the selected word in url.

inurl:derelartwork

5.8 - allinurl:

It is similar to inurl operator. Difference is allinurl only results contain all specified words in the url.

allinurl:0derel git

5.9 - intext:

Search your keywords at pages containing somewhere in the content. Any results contain your keyword in the content will be return.

intext:whyisdamn

5.10 - allintext:

It is similar to intext operator. Difference is allintext only results contain all specified words in the page content.

allintext:DAMN Manifest

6 - Other Operators

It can be understood from the names where it is used in the operators I have not written here. They are used in different combinations. It can be combined with other operators and used.

* phonebook:
* maps:
* book:
* info:
* movie:
* weather:
* related:
* link:

You can reach other google search operators from the table [above].