Actually, each of these search features/options *is* in Google. You can
go to http://www.google.com/help/refinesearch.html to read more about
their advanced search options, including boolean, number range, date
range and synonyms.
Tony Mayer
Toomas Piibe wrote:
> If it always could be that easy. Just tried find CD-player with
> Ogg Vorbis support. Typing "ogg Vorbis" and "CD-player"
> is not enough. Adding hardware possibly also - I don't checked
> all links but added to search -PC what means that results are
> pages where is or in pages what refers to pages are
> "ogg vorbis" "Cd-Player" and hardware but not PC.
>
> Or try to find data acquisition software. Results are correct but
> not best.
>
> AltaVista was better to find something specific because it
> was more options to build search terms. Unfortunately they
> no longer have search terms has NEAR and support really
> complicated Boolean equations. Reason why still use it
> is it allows limit Web search results by date. Lack of this
> is _big_ disadvance of Google. Unfortunately today in
> Web is much outdated information. Travel information
> like hotels or timetables 10 years old is not very useful.
>
>
> How to use Google successfully
> 1)read their help information. It is quite good and gives some
> background what words to use for search and how (under Advaced search)
> 2)Praxis. This only way to learn to find good words to
> search.
> 3) Be patient, specially when you don't have praxis. Add new words
> to search.
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Cohane" <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
>> At 17:45 09/07/04, Becky Comer wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry, guys. I know about Google and I know about search engines. I
>>> just didn't know you could put 'anything' in and get a useful
>>> answer. I appreciate your tips. Becky
>>
>>
>> Hi Becky
>>
>> Google will do lots of things...
>>
>> If you type a ten digit phone number into Google,
>> and it's not an unlisted number, Google will recognize that
>> it's a phone number and give you the name and address
>> corresponding to the number.
>>
>> The other day my old IBM keyboard died. (This is one
>> of the "clicky" keyboards that have individual switches
>> for every key instead of using a cheap rubber membrane.)
>> I typed the part number that's on the back of the keyboard
>> (42H1292) into Google and found a website still selling
>> this keyboard.
>>
>> If Windows tells you that you have a problem with some
>> dll file, type the name of the file into Google and it
>> will likely tell you where to download a copy of the file
>> ...and you may see references to messages (on discussion
>> forums) from other people having problems with this file.
>>
>> If you were watching the tennis match where commentator
>> John McEnroe mentioned someone named "R. Norris Williams"
>> and asked for information on him, Google told me that he
>> was a Titanic survivor who went on to win the U.S.
>> Championships in 1914 and 1916 and won a gold medal in
>> mixed doubles in the 1924 Olympics.
>>
>> If you want to know about an author, composer, politician,
>> scientist, etc., just enter the full name into google
>> in quotes.
>>
>> If you want to see what people have to say about problems
>> with fuel pumps in an old Chevy Camaro, type fuel pump
>> and Camaro into "Google Groups" and you'll find hundreds
>> of messages.
>>
>> Want to find the website for some company? Type the company's
>> name into Google. One of the first few hits should be the main
>> website.
>>
>> Want to see what's new in your home town? Type the town's
>> name into Google and you may find the website of your
>> home town newspaper or local television station or high
>> school or college.
>>
>> Type your name into Google and see what happens!
>>
>> Etc.
>>
>> The key is to pick good keyword(s) and to skim past as many
>> of the superfluous links as necessary.
>>
>> I like to use the advanced search page at
>> http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en
>> but you can just put quotes around multi word strings of words
>> at the main google webpage.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bill
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