Search Basics: Searching made easy

We're always working hard to help you easily find what you're looking for with Google. While we don't provide personalized search assistance, we can offer plenty of tips to help you search more strategically.

Tip #1: Choose your keywords wisely. Select descriptive, specific words.

• Search for: Vancouver 2010 Olympics rather than Olympics

• Search for: 2004 football statistics rather than football

Tip #2: Use quotes for an exact match.

• When you enclose your search query in quotation marks, you'll only get results for the exact terms you entered in the order you entered them.

• Search for: "friendly robot" rather than friendly robot

Tip #3: Try these.

• For calculations, search for the equation.

  Example: 5+2*2

• For flight status, search for the flight number.

  Example: united 134

• To track a package, search for the package's tracking number.

  Example: 1Z9999W9999999999