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Use parentheses to group keywords together and search for them in addition to a specific term, as in this example: water (fire OR smoke)
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Enclose phrases you find in quotation marks, such as “there is no smoke without fire.”
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A synonym search finds words with similar meanings. Put a tilde () before your keyword as in this example: ~eggplant
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Use the minus operator to omit certain important terms. eBay removes all results related to “new pram.”
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Google ignores common terms like I, and, then, and if. We refer to these as “stop words.”
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The operator + ensures that stop words are present. similar to fish and chips.
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A word is searched if it appears as a stop word in a phrase enclosed in quote marks.
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Enter the index of as the intitle: parameter if you’re looking for files rather than pages. It aids in locating FTP and web directories.
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The modifier inurl only looks up a page’s web address: Try out inurl:spices.
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Use the following search to locate live webcams: inurl:view/view.shtml
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The very specific modifier inanchor only looks for results in the text that is used as a page link.
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Curious about the quantity of links pointing to a website? Try this link:sitename, as an example: The Mozilla Project 30’s home. Similar to this, you can use the related: modifier to find pages that Google believes have related content. Utilize it as follows: associated: Microsoft Corp.
Happy learning!
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