Most search engines employ a few different options, or search operators, to make searching easier and more relevant.  Google has a bunch, the most useful of which are site:, which searches for results only from a specific site, and cache:, which shows Google's cached snapshot of the page.  The other search operator I use all the time is one that's a little more universal:  The minus symbol.  This simple character removes certain entries from search results.  For example, if I search for hikes in new jersey, some of the results point to a site called trails.com, which is essentially a useless landing site that charges money for any type of relevant information.  To remove those results, I repeat the search as hikes in new jersey -trails.com.  I'm also not a fan of Amazon links in my results sometimes because I'm not looking to buy anything, so I can search for hikes in new jersey -trails.com -amazon.com.  This simple operator makes search results incredibly more relevant. #technology