Speed up your Google searches with this hidden trick

It's easy: highlight, right-click, and search.

- JARED NEWMAN

AImost everyone uses Google, and for most of us that means pasting text into our browser's address bar or typing text into same. But next time you're reading an article online and come across a name, word, or phrase you want to research further, try this:

• Highlight the text.

• Right-click on it.

• Select Search in the pop-up context menu that appears.

Highlight, right-click, search. These three steps will instantly look up the selected text in a new browser tab using your default search engine. It might sound a little clunky, but in practice it's more efficient than copying, opening a new browser tab, and pasting.