Powerful Searches

Time and time again I find myself amazed at all the wonderful features and tools Google has to offer.  This week was no exception as I got to explore various ways to up my search game on Google.  Did you know you can search Google by file type?  Neither did I until fairly recently!  If only I had known this sooner, I could have saved a lot of time searching.

Say you were looking for a PowerPoint presentation on the Water Cycle.  You could just search for "water cycle" and spend forever looking for an actual PowerPoint, but no one has time for that!  Instead, try typing the following into your Google Search: "water cycle filetype ppt".

Check out what I found right away!  Be sure to try it out for yourself, it's a real time-saver!

Another great thing about searching on Google is that you can do number searches.  Need to know where that mysterious area code is from? Just type it into your Google search bar.  Waiting on a package to arrive?  Instead of going trying to figure out if it's coming UPS, USPS, FedEx, etc., simply type your tracking number directly into a Google Search!

It's amazing how much time you can save when you know how to search effectively using Google!  For more tips and tricks to optimize your Google Searches, check out this article from Lifehack!

Happy Googling!