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Don Roth
Sep 29, 2005, 06:38 AM
What is the correct boolean statement for... ONLY (A+B+C) and can I expect search engines to execute this?

Don

RickJ
Sep 29, 2005, 07:04 AM
There's no boolian for "omit all else". Plus, I'll guess there's no webpages out there with only a+b+c on them.

Am I misunderstanding something?

Can you give an example of a search of the type you are imagining?

Don Roth
Sep 29, 2005, 07:17 AM
I think you understand the problem.

Of course I am trying to avoid getting a 100 sites to sift through every time I run a search.

I thought that Boolean had a NOT statement that could be combined to develop an "exclusive" result.


DonR

NeedKarma
Sep 29, 2005, 07:37 AM
You may have already been here but in case you haven't:
http://www.google.ca/help/refinesearch.html

Here's their cheat sheet: http://www.google.ca/help/cheatsheet.html

Don Roth
Sep 29, 2005, 07:41 AM
Thanks for site.

I've been close but I guess not close enough!

DR

RickJ
Sep 29, 2005, 07:49 AM
If your search results are only 100 pages, then you're really doing great!

fredg
Sep 30, 2005, 06:20 AM
Hi,
You might also consider that the first couple of pages of search links are the most relevant. And, if you haven't tried http://www.dogpile.com, it is a good one.
Best wishes,
fredg

Don Roth
Sep 30, 2005, 08:05 AM
Got it.

Also having success with "location" feature of Google Advanced i.e. in body of text, in URL, in title, etc.

TNX

DR

RickJ
Sep 30, 2005, 08:38 AM
Oh... and I'd forgotten.

There are some search tricks that Google does not advertise. I found them in a cool book called Google Hacks.

I've got a few of them here (http://www.geneocity.com/help/google.html).

Don Roth
Sep 30, 2005, 11:03 AM
W O W

N E A T !

Tnx

Don

RickJ
Sep 30, 2005, 01:50 PM
Yeah, I thought so too. Pretty cool book!