what if you could find ... everything?

How to integrate Cloud Search into your life

I hope you are sitting down. You're about to increase your daily Cloud Search queries from 0 to about 50 and to wonder how you lived without it.

1. In Chrome, click Menu > Settings.

2. In the side panel, click Search engines > Manage Search Engines.

3. Click Add to add Cloud Search.

Name: This is the title that will be shown in the address bar when you type the keyword. I use Google Cloud Search.

Keyword: You need to type this to bring up Cloud Search - so it better be short and memorable (and not conflict with other search engines you may have). I use cs.

URL: This will be sent to the site and must be exactly https://cloudsearch.google.com/cloudsearch/search?q=%s

Save and you're done!

Open a new tab and type "cs" (or whatever keyword you chose). A little text will appear: "Press tab to search Google Cloud Search". Press tab and type your actual search phrase!

Search tips

Now that you know Kung Fu, it's time to unlock the powers of Cloud Search. You can use natural language, no need to learn nerdy abbreviations and operators.

To start, try typing:

• Holger Matthies (brings up my contact card and any recent emails & events)

• Email from Holger Matthies (brings up only recent emails)

• Documents shared with me that need attention - anything that has assigned actions

• Sheets owned by Mary

• Email to Joe last week

Here is more inspiration from Google. If you do like search operators, here they are.

Tip: The little "search the web" entry at the bottom of the search panel will open a Google search in a new tab, to search the whole world. As will Shift+Enter. But we wanted to keep it not nerdy.