Advanced Google Search

At the time of writing this article, Google is the most popular search engine for searching the internet. The most common searches are still for information rather than products or services. However most people do not know how to perform an advanced search on Google. This article will show you how to access the advanced Google search features and how to perform an advanced search.

The advanced search options on the Google website are not accessible via a link or button on the Google homepage. However finding the advanced search options is quite easy - simply type "advanced search" into Google's search box and the advanced search will be presented as the first search result. For ease of use you can just click this link to access the advanced search too.

The advanced search page gives you lots of options to be able to perform a very powerful search and return very specific search results. The first five text boxes give you options for your actual search phrase, with descriptions next to each box as to how to use them to perform your search. This allows you to search for very specific terms while excluding others.

The next options help you to refine your search further. You can specify language, region, last updated, a specific website to search, where your searched terms appear on the web page and the reading level of the content you are searching. You are also able to specify the SafeSearch level. SafeSearch filters the search results for adult content, so be careful not to set this to off unless you really want to search through adult content. If you are searching for content such as images or video then you can also specify the usage rights of the content you are searching.

Considering that most of use search the internet for information, Google's advanced search options an really help you find the information you are looking for faster than a standard search. Try it for yourself and see the difference it makes to your searches.

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