I've purchased lots of books purporting to help me use Google.
None of 'em were of any value, because they were all way too hard for me to understand.
TechnoDolt is my user proficiency level.
But Google itself has finally taken pity on fools like me - who can't even draw a tree, much less plant or make one - and put up a Cheat Sheet.
Even I can use it.
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1 - TDavid
Caught this one on Safari. It's a goodie :)
2 - urthshu
Another little trick: You can try typing in the terms twice.
So for example, try "clothes clothes". It'll slim down the choices from just random one-word mentions that happen to be popular pages- if you're looking for clothing sites, anyhow.