* Tips on how to make Google suck less
1. Add quotes to your search for exact matches
2. Limit dates with before: and after:
3. Limit domains with site:
+--------------+----------------------------+
| operator |comment |
+--------------+----------------------------+
|`""` | Find specific word order |
|`intitle` | Search for specific title |
|`inurl` | Search for specific url |
|`intext` | Find specific text in body |
|`filetype/ext`| Find specific file types |
|`before/after`| Find specific dates |
|`site` | Limit to domains |
+--------------+----------------------------+
* ideas
site:gist.github.com google search operators
filetype:txt after:2020 google search operators
filetype:txt site:edu after:2020 google search operators
intext:"Powered by Jekyll"
intext:"Powered by Hugo"
intext:"powered by Pelican"
intext:reddit.com -site:reddit.com
best books to read -twitter -tweet -reddit -facebook
video games -site:com -site:net -site:org
How to make cornbread site:github.com OR site:stackoverflow.com
How to write a loop site:dev.to OR site:medium.com OR site:gist.github.com
Use Python to format your searches
#!/usr/bin/python
import sys
import webbrowser
sites = [
" site:wikipedia.org ",
" site:stackoverflow.com ",
]
webbrowser.open_new_tab(
"https://www.google.com/search?q=" +
" ".join(sys.argv[1:]) +
" OR ".join(sites))
Links:
https://github.com/iorate/ublacklist