1. The database that Google licenses to Yahoo! is not the same size: it's smaller than the Google.com database.



2. Google utilizes the Open Directory Project database as its Web Directory



3. You can search stop words by placing a + in front of the word (ex. "+To +Be +Or Not +To +Be").



4. At the present time the Google database is refreshed about once every month.



5. You can limit your search to only .pdf files by using the syntax filetype:pdf.



6. Google is the only major search engine to crawl Adobe Acrobat .pdf files.



7. If you are a frequent Google searcher, save time by using the Google Toolbar and Google Buttons



8. A Boolean "OR" is available with Google. For it to function, capitalize the OR.



9. Google only crawls and makes searchable the first 110k of a page. Long documents may have substantial content invisible to Google.



10. Google is the #1 search engine on the Web!

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