quotes
Understanding Google Advanced Search
Google’s Advanced Search screen can look a bit daunting at first, but offers some very powerful options to help you make the most of your search. I’ll go through the page from top to bottom, so follow along…
Fill in the blanks
Can’t quite remember a quote or song lyric? Just plug what you do remember into a search engine and leave out what you forget – in many cases this will bring up the exact lines you were looking for. Don’t forget to use quote marks if you know a string of words exactly!
Refining search results using quotes, plus and minus
The number of results returned by a search engine can be truly immense, with most common searches giving hundreds of thousands of options to choose from, if not millions. Some of these results are relevant, some less so and some completely off target. To improve the relevance of your results, it helps to be a bit more specific with your query. Using quote marks, plus signs and minus signs are a good way to do this…
