We’ve come a long way with technology. These days, you can stream almost any song in seconds, get food or groceries delivered without talking to a single person, and even use AI to help you learn a new language. It’s kind of overwhelming when you stop to think about it.
But even with all these digital conveniences, many of us still aren’t using them to their full potential. That’s why Redditors decided to share some of their favorite internet hacks that make everyday life a little easier. From shortcuts that instantly reopen that tab you accidentally closed to underrated websites you’ll want to bookmark, check them out below—they might just come in handy.
#21
In chats with customer service bots, I just write 'human' or 'speak to agent' a few times and it connects me to a human most of the time.
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#22
Wordhippo.com is my favorite site for anything word and sentence related. Can’t find a word? Wordhippo. Need a rhyme? Wordhippo. Anything you need really.
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#23
Use temp mail services (like temp-mail.org) when you need to sign up for something sketchy. Keeps your real inbox clean.
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#24
No-one should go near the internet without adblock.
If you can't have adblock on your device you can use something like NextDNS to do adblocking on your (ISP's) router and it will work for all devices on your network. This also makes it a great option for less tech savvy family and friends.
You can also set it up as the default DNS for your phone so you have adblocking in all apps without little to no extra battery or cpu usage.
Important note: If you use NextDNS, go to Settings > Logs and set the storage location to Switzerland.
The standard is in the US which is a big ick.
If you can't have adblock on your device you can use something like NextDNS to do adblocking on your (ISP's) router and it will work for all devices on your network. This also makes it a great option for less tech savvy family and friends.
You can also set it up as the default DNS for your phone so you have adblocking in all apps without little to no extra battery or cpu usage.
Important note: If you use NextDNS, go to Settings > Logs and set the storage location to Switzerland.
The standard is in the US which is a big ick.
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#25
Proper search techniques.
Use "blue car" quote marks to search for exact matches for the words blue car side by side on the page if you just use blue car it would find pages with the word blue and/or the word car anywhere on the page. It could just bring something with blue, without car.
Use - to remove words. ie.
"Blue car" -Tesla and will bring up every page with the words blue car except any that contain Tesla.
Using + will look for pages that contain ALL words included +blue +car will show pages with both blue AND car on the same page.
If you are trying to search for a thing ONLY on one particular website, you add
Site:sitename.com and it will search ONLY that website. If you drop it down to site:.gov it will ONLY search US government websites.
Site:reddit.com will search only reddit for answers.
Breaking it down by country or top level domain, using site:.nz will search ALL New Zealand websites.
If you use site:.co.nz it will search all commercial sites in New Zealand.
There are also search tools so you can filter the results. Ie search by time to find answer to your query. Ie search for the last hour day, weeks or custom.
I member this thing in the internet in August 2018.
Use search tools to search the internet for answers from August 2018 search tools too middle of the results window.
Use "blue car" quote marks to search for exact matches for the words blue car side by side on the page if you just use blue car it would find pages with the word blue and/or the word car anywhere on the page. It could just bring something with blue, without car.
Use - to remove words. ie.
"Blue car" -Tesla and will bring up every page with the words blue car except any that contain Tesla.
Using + will look for pages that contain ALL words included +blue +car will show pages with both blue AND car on the same page.
If you are trying to search for a thing ONLY on one particular website, you add
Site:sitename.com and it will search ONLY that website. If you drop it down to site:.gov it will ONLY search US government websites.
Site:reddit.com will search only reddit for answers.
Breaking it down by country or top level domain, using site:.nz will search ALL New Zealand websites.
If you use site:.co.nz it will search all commercial sites in New Zealand.
There are also search tools so you can filter the results. Ie search by time to find answer to your query. Ie search for the last hour day, weeks or custom.
I member this thing in the internet in August 2018.
Use search tools to search the internet for answers from August 2018 search tools too middle of the results window.
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