Tue 22 Jul 2008
If you want to quickly refine your Google searches so you get more relevant results and save yourself some time, then here are 6 ways you can do it.
| Action | How | Example |
| Exclude search results with a particular word or phrase |
- |
Cricket –insect returns results about cricket that do not relate to insects |
| Search for a word and all its synonyms |
~ |
~mobile phone also returns results for cellular phone |
| Search for webpages that include either word |
OR |
Holiday London OR Paris returns results with holiday and either London or Paris |
| Search for a range of numbers |
… |
New Zealand 1910…1920 returns results for New Zealand during this time period. |
| Search for only the exact word not the plural or any of its synonyms |
+ |
+stock returns results only for the word stock not stocks or any of its synonyms such as supply |
| Search for two words separated by one or more words |
* |
Computer * security will return results for things like computer network security, computer file security, and computer system security |
To learn more ways to refine your Google searches click here to see the Google Help cheat sheet.