Here are a few simple searching techniques which help you to search on Google. Use symbols or words to get effective search results.
To search within a specific website
Type site:site-name.com Example: site:Gethowstuff.com
To see similar sites of a specific website
type related:site-name.com – Example: related:Google.com
To get results with exact word
use “Quotation Marks” – Example: “I love you Dad”
To search within two number ranges
use Two Periods (..) – Example: TV shows 1970.. 1980
To search websites having one or two or all search query words
use Vertical Bar (|) – Example: Shoes | Pant | Shirt
To exclude a word from search results
use hyphen (-) before that word – Example: Coffee -Sugar
To get search results including synonym of a word
use Tilde (~) before that word – Ex: ThanksGiving ~deals
To search for websites linking to a specific URL
use link:site_URL Example: link:gethowstuff.com
Reference: https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433
