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How to Search Google Like an Expert

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If your Google searches aren't as fruitful as you'd like, maybe you need to make a few changes to the way you search. For example, did you know that you can search within a specific site just by adding the prefix "site:domainname.com" to your query? (It's true! Try typing site:bnet.com jott to find all the Jott-related posts on this site.) A blog called HubSpot has 11 other tips for improving your Google searches, including my favorite one of all: phrase-specific searching. That's when you put your query in quotes so Google searches for that exact phrase, not each individual word.

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