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communication:internet:search [2019/10/21 16:54]
frater_secessus [ruling out unwanted words] 		communication:internet:search [2019/10/21 16:57]
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 ====== Google-fu: getting better at searching  ====== ====== Google-fu: getting better at searching  ======
 Effective searching is an essential skill in a internet-centric world. Doing it well((having "good google-fu", as in kung fu)) isn't magic or impossible to learn but it might seem that way.  How did //that// person [[https://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=33330&pid=411140#pid411140|find it easily]] when you've been searching your brains out?  Effective searching is an essential skill in a internet-centric world. Doing it well((having "good google-fu", as in kung fu)) isn't magic or impossible to learn but it might seem that way.  How did //that// person [[https://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=33330&pid=411140#pid411140|find it easily]] when you've been searching your brains out? 
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 Learning a couple of easy skills will greatly increase search accuracy and decrease time spent searching.  That means you get better info faster and have more time do other things.   Learning a couple of easy skills will greatly increase search accuracy and decrease time spent searching.  That means you get better info faster and have more time do other things.  
 ===== exact phrases ===== ===== exact phrases =====
 When you type in ''free camping in Wyoming'' the search engine really doesn't know what you are thinking.((AI will make them able to guess more accurately in the future))  It might look for pages with all those words, pages with those words near each other, pages that have certain phrases in them like ''in Wyoming''.  It might find a page about a guy who was set free after being arrested for camping somewhere illegal in Wyoming.  Wrong kind of //free//! When you type in ''free camping in Wyoming'' the search engine really doesn't know what you are thinking.((AI will make them able to guess more accurately in the future))  It might look for pages with all those words, pages with those words near each other, pages that have certain phrases in them like ''in Wyoming''.  It might find a page about a guy who was set free after being arrested for camping somewhere illegal in Wyoming.  Wrong kind of //free//!
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 You can help the search engine understand that //free camping// means something more than the two separate words:  **it means something special in that particular order**.  You can help the search engine understand that //free camping// means something more than the two separate words:  **it means something special in that particular order**. 
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 The way we tell a search engine to search for an exact phrase is by quoting the phrase.  For example, we might say \\ ''"free camping" in Wyoming'' \\ Why not quote the whole thing?  Because that says that you want //the entire phrase exactly//, which will dramatically reduce returns.   You'd miss pages where people say they are in Wyoming and and are free camping, etc.  The way we tell a search engine to search for an exact phrase is by quoting the phrase.  For example, we might say \\ ''"free camping" in Wyoming'' \\ Why not quote the whole thing?  Because that says that you want //the entire phrase exactly//, which will dramatically reduce returns.   You'd miss pages where people say they are in Wyoming and and are free camping, etc. 
 ===== ruling out unwanted words ===== ===== ruling out unwanted words =====
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