The main reason Google rose to be the World’s most popular search engine is the quality of the search results. But the Web has evolved since Google was launched and so has Google. With these ten tips you can use Google to search new media or old sites in more advanced ways.

1. Find faces: Add &imgtype=face to the end of the URL after doing an image search to limit your image search results to faces, e.g. bean (for Mr. Bean and not the legume).
2. Find document types: With the filetype operator, you can find certain file types, e.g. “jane austen” filetype:pdf for finding pdf versions of Jane Austen’s books.
3. Get definitions: Find definitions for words, abbreviations, and more using define:, e.g. define:pandia.
4. Search images by style: You can sort your image search results by photo, clip art, line drawing or face by selecting the relevant options after clicking Images in the left hand menu to find e.g. photos of Albert Einstein.
5. Search video dialogue: Use Google Video to find video dialogues between your favorite characters, e.g. title:buffy xander willow.
6. Find reusable content: With Google Advanced Search you can find Creative Commons content, content the creators have tagged as reusable. Click the + sign at the bottom of the page for “date, usage rights, numeric range, and more”.
7. Conversion: Google’s search makes it easy to convert any unit of measurement, e.g. convert 10 kilometers to miles.
8. Limit time: Sometimes you need to limit your search to a certain period or point in time.
9. Wonder Wheel: Use Google’s Wonder Wheel (available as an option in the menu on the left in the search results) as a search term thesaurus for a more precise search.
10. Compare products: Add “better than” to your search to see compare products or find competitors, e.g. better than Google.

These 10 tips are extracted from the article 100 Google Search Tricks for the Savviest of Students by Online College Courses.

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