Whether we like it or not Google is not going away and getting the most out of your searches using Google is a worthwhile thing. I present this table and some explanations as a list of elements you can use to get the most out of Google Searches. The list is after the break.
| A B | Finds A and B in a page. Close proximity or synonyms. Normal search |
| “A B” | Phrase search Finds A followed by B no synonyms permitted |
| A OR B | Either A or B is in the page, or both together. |
| link:A B | find A B in link for a page |
| allintitle: A B | find A B in title for a goole entry for a page |
| * | Wildcard that means any single word here. Going * way fins Going my Way, or Going wrong way |
The normal Search uses all the words you put in for the search. It goes to great lengths to find the words, so it may use synonymsfor some of the search phrases you use. Google’s ranking system utilizes a relevance algorithm so the better a match to your phrase the more likely it will be place towards the top of the page rankings. You may not see a difference between the first page of a normal search versus the phrase search because of this page ranking.
Phrase Search gives the engine no leeway in trying to fit pages to your search. I consider phrase searches strict searches. Find A and B in this order and no other.
OR allows Google to find any page that has either A or B or both in the page. This will find a lot of pages because all my page has to have is either A or B to be an answer to your query.
The link: searches the link for A and B terms in them. This find those pages that have those terms in them. use this when you know the term was in a link.
The allintitle: operator will find A and B in the title of a google entry. use this when you know the terms are in the title of the page you want.
The * is a wildcard and it means any single word. So Going * way matches “Going my way” and “Going wrong way”. Use * * if you want any two words. I would not use * all by itself since it means any single word. Don’t want to get back every english page on the web.
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