[GRLUG] Google problem?

Kevin McCarthy signals42 at gmail.com
Sat Aug 27 12:45:39 EDT 2011


You can prepend a "+" before any word that MUST be in the search results, so
this works:

+zebra +rs232 +cable +diagram

The opposite is true, too, you can use "-" to exclude results:

+zebra -animal +rs232 +cable +diagram

-Kevin


On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 12:29 PM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:

> If you google for:
>
>        zebra rs232 cable diagram
>
> *NONE* of the results include "zebra"! I looked at each link and searched
> for "Zebra" on that page, but no hits. Selecting "Advanced Search" shows,
> indeed, that the search must have "all these words", which is an obvious
> lie.
>
> Is anyone aware of a way to **DO** that requires **ALL** words?
>
>        Thanks!
>
>        Lee
>
>
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