when google doesn't give you what you want

Ideally, a simple Google search will give you exactly the results you need. When it doesn't, here are the best ways to tweak your web searches to help you get relevant results.

1- Creating an Effective Search Query. 

2- Don't Use Words You Don't Need. 

3- Use the AROUND() Operator. 

For example directional drilling (5) tool The number you give to AROUND specifies the proximity. A lower number means the words need to be closer together and a higher number means they can be farther apart. 

4- Eliminate Terms You Don't Want and Force Terms You Do. 

For example Material balance -equation will remove any equation results from your search query. 

5- Search Titles Only. 

In Google you can search for page titles and ignore the actual text on the page by begin your query with allintitle:. 

6- Search for a File. 

In this case we use filetype:.  

7- Conduct Site-Specific Searches. 

Sometimes you're looking for an article you know you saw on, say, techno4fun, but you can't remember what it's called. Adding site: in front of the site's URL (e.g. site:techno4fun.com) will force Google to return only search results from that specific domain.