We all know Google. The search engine giant. It's quite possible that the king of the Internet has become a daily part of our lives. We use Google for practically everything. From daily news to sports to e-commerce. Okay, so lets get to it.

Google's search engine not only has the ability to search, but improve its results by using specific commands and queries. This functionality is very similar to how you would query a database to pull information and filter it.

Keep on reading!

Let us look at some of these hidden queries:

• Quotations Marks ("{search term}"): Enclose your search term in quotation marks to include the full string in the search.
  For ex: "Laptop Accessories" will only return results where the full string matches.
  
• Using the Plus sign("+"): If you concatenate your search term with a plus sign, Google will return that specific phrase/term.
  For ex: +"George Bush" War Plans will return all results relating to his plans for war, but also where the enclosed term is a direct match.
  
• Filter unwanted words with negative ("-"): You may negate your term to tell Google to search for it, but don't return results.
  For ex: Bass -Fish will filter out all results that has the search term relating to music. It will only return results that are related to the fish.
  
• site:dailytip.net: Does a search on that specific site, and returns the results from that specific site only.
  
• related:dailytip.net: Similar to the "site" function but returns all that are related. Google's search algorithm will do the work for you.
  
• link:dailytip.net: The link query is useful for web-masters as it returns all the sites that link to your domain. It is a useful tool when building backlinks.
  
• maps:{address}: will redirect you to the maps site with the specified address.
  
• info:dailytip.net: Returns an information page regarding the web site given.
  
• weather: Toronto: Can effectively give you the weather for the specified city.
  
• cache:{yourword}: Returns a normal query except the specified word is highlighted in the cache.
  
• spell:{word}: well.. runs a spell check :)
  
• define:{word}: Gives you a definition for the specified word.
  
• allinurl:daily tip: Will return results that have the specified words in the domain name. This particular example will return all listings that have the word "daily" and "tip" in the domain name.
  
• intitle:Dailytip: The title is essentially what you see on the very top of your browser right now. Using this query, Google will return results that have the specified word in it's title.
  
• inurl:Dailytip: Similar to intitle, except it looks in the URL.
  

Those are the general queries for Google search engine. Here are some more tips, and queries that integrate each other to return the most targeted results. You have to be careful when using these queries.

Lets do a couple of example searches.

admission requirements site:www.harvard.edu

Get your admission related questions answered quickly by using that query. It will save you time by having results specific to what you need.

"index" + "Led Zeppelin" -mp3

This query is used to search for indexs of\including Led Zeppelin's mp3 songs.

This is the end of the article. I know, you can get the same results you need without even memorizing or even using these queries. I guess the whole point Google has implemented these is to make is easier for the end user to search for their stuff, and get the results even faster.

Use them, and let us know how you like it. If you know of any that I have missed, PLEASE COMMENT and I'll make sure to add it (giving you credit of course).