{"id":28952,"date":"2012-03-12T19:01:13","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T19:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=28952"},"modified":"2012-03-12T19:01:13","modified_gmt":"2012-03-12T19:01:13","slug":"our-favorite-tips-25-tips-for-better-google-searching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/our-favorite-tips-25-tips-for-better-google-searching\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Favorite Tips: 25 Tips for Better Google Searching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/googletips.jpg\" alt=\"25 Tips for Better Google Searching\" title=\"25 Tips for Better Google Searching\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-28954\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Tip submitted by morbidbutterfly<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>25 Google Search Tips and Tricks<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/internet\/25-handy-google-search-tips-and-tricks-904624\" target=\"_blank\">This list of 25 tips<\/a> from techradar.com is nearly 2 years old&#8230;however, it is still packed with useful advice for getting the most from your Google searches.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The good thing about Google is that generally, you don&#8217;t have to be too precise or bend over backwards to find things.<\/p>\n<p>When you want something specific, though, or just can&#8217;t find it the old-fashioned way, these tips will bring it right to your fingertips. &#8212;<a href=\"www.techradar.com\" target=\"_blank\">techradar.com<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><font SIZE=\"2\">Each month we select the best of the tips submitted by members of the PC Pitstop community through our <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.pcpitstop.com\/index.php?\/forum\/40-tips-n-tricks\/\" target=\"_blank\">forums.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check out our past favorites, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=27394\" 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