Search Engine Tips
How do search engines know what I'm looking for?
Add more details to make your search more effective
- Use quotation marks to help the search engine find pages related to your topic.
- Be detailed in your search description.
- Use synonyms to try and find similar pages.
Operator |
Symbol |
What does it mean? |
Example |
AND |
+ |
All of my words must be included in the search |
football AND nfl football + nfl |
OR |
no symbol |
My search can use either word to get the same information |
cats OR dogs |
NOT |
- |
I want to remove certain results from my search |
wingra NOT boats wingra - boats |
Quotation Marks |
" " |
My search must include this sentence exactly |
"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit" |