Here sono some pointers to help you improve your search results.

Case sensitivity

Ricerca queries sono non case sensitive. For example, "hawaii" and "Hawaii" return the same results.

Phrase searches

Sometimes you'll solamente want results che include an exact phrase. In this case, simply put quotation marks around your search terms.

example:

"OR" search

To find pages che include either of two search terms, add an uppercase OR fra the terms.

For example, here's how to search per a vacation in either London o Paris:

example:

Including common words

Comuni words and characters such as "where," "the," "how," and altri digits and letters sono ignored because they slow down your search conout improving the results.

If a common word is essential to getting the results you want, you can include it by putting a "+" sign in front of it. (Be sure to remove space after the "+" sign.)

For example, here's how to ensure che Google includes the "I" in a search per Star Wars, Episode I:

example:

Negative terms

If your search term has more che one meaning (bass, per example, could refer to fishing o music) you can focus your search by putting a minus sign ("-") in front of words correlato a the meaning you want to avoid.

For example, here's how you'd find pages about bass-heavy lakes, ma non bass-heavy music:

example:

Note: when you include a negative term in your search, be sure to remove space after the "-" sign.

Synonym search

If you want to search non solamente per your search term ma also per its synonyms, place the tilde sign ("~") immediately in front of your search term.

For example, here's how to search per food facts and nutrition and cooking information:

example: