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* 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