Search Guide For Freelancers
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Tip #1: Finding Email Addresses
To find the email address of everyone listed within your Google search, type 'Keyword + location + “gmail.com” + site:__.' This will search the email address of everyone listed on the website of your choice matching the keyword and location you specify. For example, searching web designers + United States + "gmail.com" + site:linkedin.com will search the email addresses of all web designers within the United States listed on LinkedIn.
Tip #2: Find Related Content
To find something related to what you are interested in, simply type 'related:' followed by whatever topic you want Google to find similarities to. For example, typing related:logo designs will search for everything related to logo designs.
Tip #3: Search Documents Posted Online
You can find information about startup companies and their business owners, conventions, etc. online simply by searching for documents online that they created. Search 'site:docs.google.com/spreadsheets intitle:startups' or try 'Site:docs.google.com/spreadsheets “conference” after:2022' to specify the year for upcoming conferences.
Tip #4: Finding Trends
If you want to know what or how something is trending, search ' inurl:report intitle:___ filetype:__.' For example, inurl:report intitle:web design trends filetype:PDF will find PDF reports related to web designing.
Tip #5: Omit or Include Items
To omit things from a search, type '-' after the key terms you are searching. For example, typing 'logo design -business cards' will search logo designs that do not include any related business card content. To include a specific component into your search and narrow it down to that component, type '+'. For example, typing 'logo design +business cards' will search logo designs specifically related to business cards.
Tip #6: Find Exact Searches Or Variations To Your Keywords
To find exactly what you type into google, put what you type into quotation marks (for example, "logo design"). To find all variations or similarities to what you type and broaden your search results, type an asterisk before your search query then end it in a quotation mark (for example, *logo design"). This will find logo design related content, as well as suggest other content you may not be thinking about that can help you (graphic design).
Tip #7: Find Something Nearby Your Location
To find a potential buyer, business, or professional convention to attend near you, simply type what you want to search and add the word 'nearby' at the end.
Tip #8: Tell Google To Only Find Websites With Specific Keywords
To have your search results only find websites that include a title with the keyword you want to search for, simply type 'intitle:___.' For example, if your keyword is logo design then type intitle:logo design and Google will only find websites whose title include the keyword 'logo design.' This helps ensure that the websites are related to your search query.
