One of the fastest way to access Google (or any other *.com) domain is to type the name, then press Ctrl+Return. This will put "http://www. - - - .com" around anything, e.g. http://www.google.com.
To open a new window for a given page, you can hold down the Shift key while clicking on the link. To close the window, you can press Alt+F4. To quickly switch to the old one, press Alt+Tab. You can then also Tab your way through the link list on the Google result page.
If you prefer a previous search result, hit Alt+Left. And Alt+Right to go one step forward.
Also, you can bookmark Google. But instead of naming the bookmark "Google", name it "G". You can now simply enter g in the Internet Explorer address bar and hit Return to be taken to Google.
| Google Shortcut | Finds Pages That Have... |
| fax machine | the words fax and machine |
| car OR racing | either the word car or the word racing |
| "rise like a phoenix" | the exact phrase rise like a phoenix |
| fax -paper | the word fax but NOT the word paper |
| superman +2 | movie title including the number 2 |
| ~auto | looks up the word auto and synonyms |
| define:love | definitions of the word love |
| how to * video | the words how to video separated by one or more words |
| + | addition; 789+765 |
| - | subtraction; 654-789 |
| * | multiplication; 789*765 |
| / | division; 789/987 |
| % of | percentage; 50% of 100 |
| ^ | raise to a power; 3^19 (4 to the nineteenth power) |
| old in new (conversion) | 45 celsius in Fahrenheit |
| site:(search only one website) | site:websearch.about.com “how to” |
| link:(find linked pages) | link:www.riselikeaphoenix.com |
| #...#(search within a number range) | fax machine £100...£300 |
| daterange:(search within specific date range) | daterange:200508-200510 |
| safesearch: (exclude adult content) | safesearch:keep fit |
| info: (find info about a page) | info:www.riselikeaphoenix.com |
| related: (related pages) | related:www.riselikeaphoenix.com |
| cache: (view cached page) | cache:www.riselikeaphoenix.com |
| filetype:(restrict search to specific filetype) | football filetype:doc |
| allintitle: (search for keywords in page title) | allintitle:"addidas" running or allintitle:"www.riselikeaphoenix.com/" archangel |
| inurl:(restrict search to page URLs) | inurl:star or inurl:www.riselikeaphoenix.com |
| site:.edu (specific domain search) | site:.edu, site:.gov, site:.org, etc. |
| site:country code (restrict search to country) | site:.br “rio de Janeiro” or site:www.riselikeaphoenix.com |
| intext:(search for keyword in body text) | intext:theatre or intext:www.riselikeaphoenix.com |
| allintext: (return pages with all words specified in body text) | allintext:capital city or allintext:www.riselikeaphoenix.com |
| book:(search book text) | book:star wars |
| phonebook:(find a phone number) | phonebook:yahoo |
| bphonebook: (find business phone numbers) | bphonebook:millinium |
| rphonebook:(find residential phone numbers) | rphonebook:london |
| movie:(search for showtimes) | movie:star wars |
| stocks:(get a stock quote) | stocks:minmet |
| weather:(get local weather) | weather:34567 |