Improving Google search skill

As i say at my first post. Searching information and resources at search engine like Google, Yahoo and Bing(MSN) is very important. This will lead us to the right and usefull information. Now, we will talk about Google; the most popular search engine and how we improve our searching skill.
When we visit Google. Our main objective is to search a web pages that we want and the key is the query that we type-on. So, deciding a search queries is important. Here is the basic:

Basic Query
Arafa Daming	finding a keyword for Arafa and Daming
Arafa Blog OR Profile	will find information about Arafa Blog or Arafa Profile
"Arafa Daming Profile"	will find the exact phase "Arafa Daming Profile"
+about Arafa Daming	find the word of about, arafa and daming, + sign force google no to ignore about
arafa -blog	will find only arafa
e-Labuan	Will find the keyword for e-labuan, e labuan and elabuan
designer ~glossary	find information about designer glossaries, as well as dictionary
Arafa-Daming	will find all term, whether spelled as a single word, a phrase, or hyphenated

To make your life easier, Google is the best tool.

Google as a calculator
+ – * /	basic arithmetic, eg:12 + 34 - 56 * 7 / 8
% of	percentage of, eg: 45% of 39
^ or **	raise to a power, eg:2^5 or 2**5
old units in new units	convert units, eg: 200 MYR in USD, 130 lbs in kg, or 31 in hex

This is very usefull for designer and developer

Advanced Search
define:malaysia	Provide definitions for words, phrases, and acronyms from the Web.
site:paiarafa.blogspot.com	Search only one website or domain.
time:labuan	Define Labuan current time
info:paiarafa.blogspot.com	Find info about a page, eg: cache: related: etc

From the list above, we can make a lot of new idea about our own website or blog like making a sitemap, improving SEO etc. For more information visit Google Guide.

Write by Arafa Daming