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braydenw
03-27-2009, 08:32 AM
If you're sick of searching on Google and looking through billions of results, there are a few simple tricks to limit the results and only get the ones you want.

When you type a phrase in Google such as The Rolling Stones, any site with the word The, Rolling, or Stones will show up in the results. When searching on Google and you want only the results matching an exact phrase, put that phrase in quotation marks. For example, search "The Rolling Stones".

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If you're searching a phrase in Google that has a common result that you want to avoid use the dash key for word that can not be included in the search result. For example, if you want to search Winfrey, but are not looking for Oprah, then type Winfrey -Oprah in Google.

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On the other hand, if you are looking for Oprah Winfrey and want to exclude results for any other kind of Winfrey than you can use the plus key. For example, if you would type Winfrey +Oprah, this means that the word Oprah must be included in the result.

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Marshal Finch
04-04-2009, 03:25 PM
Also when searching for longer search phrases i recommended changing the order of the words because Regina dentist office will give you a different result than dentist office in Regina.