Monday, November 11, 2019

How to search for similar website alternatives


The Google Search engine uses the "related" symbol to find alternative matches to a given website. If the website is well known and an alternative exists, it will be listed.


Having choices is only good
when we remain mindful.

Here are some examples you can try (do not include spaces):

  • related:facebook.com
  • related:quora.com
  • related:udemy.com
  • related:wikipedia.org
  • related:youtube.com
  • related:google.com
  • related:news.google.com
  • related:cnn.com
  • related:amazon.com
  • related:usa.gov
As you can tell from this last example, usa.gov, the keyword "related" is also used to find different branches of the same entity if they have individual websites of their own.

In addition...

Google Search now uses a drop down menu on cached articles from which you can select related  articles  (see image below):


That drop down menu option allows us to fine tune our search once we find an article of possible interest.

Happy searching!


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