Refine web searches

You can use symbols or words in your search to make your search results more precise.

Google Search usually ignores punctuation that isn’t part of a search operator.

Don’t put spaces between the symbol or word and your search term. A search for site:nytimes.com will work, but site: nytimes.com won’t.

Refine image searches

Overall Advanced Search:

• Go to Advanced Image Search.
• Use filters like region or file type to narrow your results.
• At the bottom, click Advanced Search.

Search for an exact image size:

Right after the word you’re looking for, add the text imagesize:widthxheight. Make sure to add the dimensions in pixels.

Example: imagesize:500x400

Common search techniques

Search social media:

Put @ in front of a word to search social media. For example: @twitter.