Monday, 25 January 2010

Google Search - Refining A Search

Today we have gone through a more detailed view of google, We have used some methods to refine our search to get the results we need that are closer to what we are looking. By adding certain keywords and symbols you are able to cut down the amount of results pages to help you save time looking through rubbish. Here are some of the keywords i used:

Functional Skills – Google Search

Search = Web Hosting

http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&source=hp&q=web+hosting&btnG=Google+Search&meta=&aq=f&oq=web+hosting&fp=472eb943fb1a00a2
Results 1 - 10 of about 141,000,000 for web hosting

Search = “Web Hosting”
http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&safe=active&q=%22web+hosting%22&meta=&aq=f&oq=%22web+hosting%22&fp=472eb943fb1a00a2
Results 1 - 10 of about 85,900,000 for "web hosting"

Search = "Web Hosting" + UK

http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&safe=active&q=%22web+hosting%22+%2B+UK&meta=&aq=&oq=%22web+hosting%22+%2B+UK&fp=472eb943fb1a00a2
Results 1 - 10 of about 21,600,000 for "Web Hosting" + UK

Search = Julian Opie
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=active&q=JULIAN%20OPIE&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=iw
Results 1 - 10 of about 115,000 for Julian Opie

Search = "Julian Opie"
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=active&q=%22JULIAN+OPIE%22&btnG=Search&meta=&aq=f&oq=
Results 1 - 10 of about 84,900 for "Julian Opie"

Search = “Julian Opie” + Design
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=active&q=%E2%80%9CJulian+Opie%E2%80%9D+%2B+Design&btnG=Search&meta=&aq=f&oq=
Results 1 - 10 of about 33,700 for “Julian Opie” + Design

Search = Tank
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=active&q=Tank&btnG=Search&meta=&aq=f&oq=
Results 1 - 10 of about 105,000,000 for Tank

Search = “Tank”
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=active&q=%22Tank%22&btnG=Search&meta=&aq=f&oq=
Results 1 - 10 of about 105,000,000 for "Tank"

Search = "Tank" -war -water +petrol

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=active&q=%22Tank%22+-war+-water+%2Bpetrol&btnG=Search&meta=&aq=f&oq=
Results 1 - 10 of about 1,120,000 for "Tank" -war -water +petrol

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