Welcome to my e-book on Search Engines for the world wide web by Alfred and Emily Glossbrenner. A Visual quickstart guide published by Peachtree press, ISBN 0-201-73401-x, read in December 2005.
PART OF APPENDIX A
| for this type of search | do this: | example: |
|---|---|---|
| Plain- english question | Type in question or phrase. | What is ? ? |
| Phrase Search | surround by "double qoutes" | "?" |
| AND search | type words or phrases separated by a space, or use the boolean operator AND to connect two or more search terms, you can also put a (+) plus sign in front of each word, in which case your results will be limited to Partner Search Results (paid listings from GoTo) and web pages from google. | "oyster mushrooms" recipes +london+"art museum" |
| OR search | Use the boolean operator OR to combine words and phrases | woodworking or cabinetry |
| NOT search | use a minus(-) sign directly in front of the word or phrase you want to exclude. | "custom windows"-software |
| case sesitive search | n/a | |
| date search | n/a | |
| field search | n/a | |
| nested search | n/a | |
| proximity search | n/a | |
| wildcard search | use an (*)asterisk at the end of a word only, example will find technology, technologies, technological | technolog* |
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