Google has recently announced its annual list of top trending topics for the year.

This list is becoming something of a tradition for the search giant as it takes a trip down memory lane and reveals the most searched for queries of the year.

The company has produced a number of lists which are broken down by subjects such as top trending male and female celebrities, television shows, music hits, holiday destinations and even its “how to…” list.

It has been revealed that the UK’s top trending search topic of 2015 was Cilla Black, the Scouse entertainer who sadly passed away back in August.

Black was followed by Lady Colin Campbell, who (more…)

A major figure at search company Google has spoken out against the anti-Muslim rhetoric of U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, took a (more…)

Welcome to part 2 of our short series in how to get the best from Google. Once you’ve learned these tips, searching for stuff on the internet will never be the same again:

Use a hyphen to limit your search

Sometimes, you may find that you’re searching for a word that has several different meanings. For example, ‘fiesta’ could be a car or a Spanish party. Using a hyphen means that you can weed out unwanted results in your search. For example, to filter out results relating to cars, you would type:

Fiesta –cars

Want to a find a page that links to another page?

This may sound confusing, but it’s pretty straightforward: imagine you want to search for a page that links to an article on the Guardian newspaper’s site. You would use the following: (more…)