A FuLLy-FaLtOo BloG

Use 3 cool tricks to enhance your searching abilities

(1) Fine Tune

Operators are functional words or signs that tell the search engine how to connect or separate the given search terms. The most important ones are…

• AND or +
  With “AND” or “+” you can link words, so all linked terms are included in the search results. I’m adding this to give a complete collection. Google automatically searches for all given terms.
  Example: sun AND moon or sun +moon
  Note the “AND” must be in caps and there is no space after the “+”.
• OR or |
  Use these to search for either term.
  Example: sun OR moon or sun | moon
  Note that again “OR” must be in caps, but in this case there is a space after the “|”.
• ” “
  Putting terms in a quote indicates a sentence and will be searched for exactly in this composition.
  Example: “the sun lights up the moon”

• can link words, so all linked terms are included in the search results. I’m adding this to give a complete collection. Google automatically searches for all given terms.
  Example: sun AND moon or sun +moon
  Note the “AND” must be in caps and there is no space after the “+”.
• OR or |
  Use these to search for either term.
  Example: sun OR moon or sun | moon
  Note that again “OR” must be in caps, but in this case there is a space after the “|”.
• ” “
  Putting terms in a quote indicates a sentence and will be searched for exactly in this composition.
  Example: “the sun lights up the moon”