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Special operators 1
 

Use a multi-engine like http://www.dogpile.com These search a host of search engines, like Yahoo, alta Vista - and Google. You can see that different search engines search in slightly different ways for different things.

Most will use "Boolean Searches" which make use of "Special Operators". These are not secret agents but little words linking the keywords - those that you are looking for

There are four commonly used special operators:

AND

OR

NOT

NEAR

ALL MUST BE TYPED IN CAPITAL LETTERS if they are going to work.


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