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- | ====== Google-fu: becoming a search poweruser | ||
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- | Search engine skill((sometimes jokingly called " | ||
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- | Learning a couple of skills tools will greatly increase search accuracy and decrease time spent searching. We'll start with the technical aspects first sense they are easy to use and have great return on investment. | ||
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- | ==== exact phrases ==== | ||
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- | When you type in '' | ||
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- | You can help the search engine understand that //free camping// means something more than the two separate words: | ||
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- | The way we tell a search engine to search for an exact phrase is by quoting the phrase. | ||
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- | ==== ruling out unwanted words ==== | ||
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- | Sometimes you are searching and totally unrelated topics keep popping up. For example, you may be searching for | ||
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- | The way you rule out those xbox conversations is with a minus (-). So you could search for \\ '' | ||
- | \\ This would remove any results that mentioned that off-topic term. | ||
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- | Extra credit: | ||
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- | ==== alternatives ==== | ||
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- | Sometimes there are different but equally common names for the same thing. | ||
- | \\ You might even try \\ '' | ||
- | \\ Note that the all-caps //OR// is important; | ||
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- | ===== Searching forums ===== | ||
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- | You can limit search results to a particular forum (or any other website). | ||
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- | Let's say you want results from the CRVL forum concerning lithium batteries. | ||
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- | For technical reasons and ease of use you may want to use just the domain ('' | ||
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