Google Search Tips and Tricks You Don't Know

The Google search engine is a powerful tool for a variety of tasks and problems. It can provide you with answers directly from the search tool without needing to go to a different website.Some tools go beyond search capabilities and can actually be used to save you time.

An example is the tip calculator. Next time you go to a restaurant, you can simply key in the bill, set the percentage amount and even divide it by the number of people on the table.

Search for the below keywords to get direct answers, instead of links :

• Tip Calculator - Ask how to divide a bill and Google provides you a way. Also lets you calculate the tip amount.

• Special Days - Looking for when Thanksgiving is this year? Search for special days to get to know and also opt for reminders on Google Now. 

• Chemical Compounds - If you search for chemical compounds, you get an option to view their structure in 3D.

• Updates on Celebrities - Get regular updates on what celebrities are up-to, by subscribing for alerts on Google Now. One useful instance is when you want to get to know about latest albums from your favorite music artist.

• Movie Release - Eager to know when the new Star Wars movie is going to be out? Or when was it’s last episode? Search <movie> release for the movie release date.Also, search for movie(s) to get a listing of movies screening in your city.

• TV Show Schedule & Reminders - Shows the list of recent episodes with air-dates and provides an option to set reminders for new episodes on Google Now.

• Books by an Author - Shows the list of popular books by an author.Similarly. 

• Albums by an Artist - Shows the list of popular albums by an artist.

• Restaurants - Shows the list of restaurants near by.

• Songs by an Artist - Shows a complete list of popular songs by an artist.

• Flight schedule - <airline> <flight> lists the flight schedule.

• Discover Competitors - Discover alternative products or find what to compare-to using Google auto-complete.

• Time - Shows the current local time. Similarly, time <city> for the time in a specific city.

• Weather - shows the weather forecast for your city. Similarly, weather <city>

• Sunrise / Sunset - shows the sunrise / sunset forecast for your city. Similarly, sunrise <city>

• Founder / Author / … - <company> founder shows the founder of the company. Similarly <company> ceo lists the CEO of a company and <book> author shows the author of a book.

• Capital - <country> capital lists the capital of the country.

• Dictionary - define <word> provides the word definition.

• Calculator - Entering a math expression provides you with the result.

• Graph - graph for <math function> shows the function plot.

• Solve Geometry Problems - solve circle/triangle/rectangle/… 

• Currency Converter - <Currency 1> in <Currency 2> gives you the conversion.

• Unit Converter - <Unit 1> in <Unit 2> gives you the conversion.

• Stock - <Stock symbol> gives you the current stock value.

• Google – (minus) operator - Hide results from a particular site or hide results containing a particular term using the – operator. Example: “searchquery -facebook” excludes all search results containing the term “facebook”.