[access-uk] Re: searches in google
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:52:31 -0000
Hi Adrian,
Just covered this topic on the JAWS-UK list yesterday.
In this instance, I've a suggestion, and some tips.
1) If you speak French, go to http://www.google.fr and after
you have entered the search string, and before you press
"Recherche Google", make sure you check one of the radio
buttons - either "Pages francophones" or "Pages : France" -
which is much the same as checking the UK's "Pages from the
UK" button. You will still get a bunch of dot coms, but at
least it will narrow things down considerably.
2) If you wish to include a word in a search, put a + (plus
sign) unspaced in front of the word. If you wish to exclude
a word, put a - (minus sign) unspaced in front of the word.
For example:
-Adrian +Collins
would return results containing "Collins", but none of the
results would contain "Adrian".
My next favourite tip is to include specific phrases in
quotation marks. So if I was to look for:-
"Adrian Collins"
then those two words would have to appear exactly as shown.
Otherwise without the quotes it could also find things like,
"Adrian had a last name of Collins"
And you can also put the + (plus) and - (minus) signs in
front of quotes as well, for example
+"George Bell" -Freelists
would bring up only results which included "George Bell" but
would omit any which contained "Freelists".
Hope this helps you narrow down your results.
George.
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adrien Collins
Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 2:24 PM
To: access uk
Subject: [access-uk] searches in google
Hi
Please can somebody tell me how to narrow down a search in
google, for
example, if I'm looking for something only in France and not
anywhere else.
What do I have to do to narrow a search down?
I am trying to find suppliers of pc accessories in France
only and I don't
want suppliers all over the world to appear on my searches.
Regards
Adrien
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