* Nate Bargmann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > IIRC, Google made the + the default. I recall using search engines prior > to Google coming on the scene and the + was necessary to ensure both > terms were found in the results. Sadly, some current site specific > search engines are still brain dead or, worse, require the specific word > 'and'.
I seem to recall Hotbot being like that, back when it was about the best thing on the web for a search. > The biggest help with Google is to quote a phrase--particularly output > from an error message--along with another term like Debian to zero in > on that needle in the Webstack. Absolutely, quotes for things like you mention are easily the most useful feature. And almost as good is '-' to remove a word from a search. And last would be 'site:' so that I can use Google like a local search on a particular website, such as a mailing list which doesn't have any search builtin. Pretty rare these days really, but still comes in handy periodically. Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
