Basic tips for google search

[alec11]

Sometimes, if we search on google using keyword like this

online money maker tools

,
you will find many site that have word of "online", "money", "maker", and "tools" randomly.

So, if you just want to find the exact keyword, just put " character before and after the keyword you want to search, example

"online money maker tools"

This is very basic thing, but i wonder if everyone know this

[thinkfast]

Originally Posted by alec11

Sometimes, if we search on google using keyword like this

online money maker tools

,
you will find many site that have word of "online", "money", "maker", and "tools" randomly.

So, if you just want to find the exact keyword, just put " character before and after the keyword you want to search, example

"online money maker tools"

This is very basic thing, but i wonder if everyone know this

Absolutely right

because with

online money maker tools

SE will search for matching case with all given words.

And with

"online money maker tools"

SE will search for exact match case, and in this case they always search that words or sentenses who contain your complete given string.

Thanks

[KingPin]

Well, I know this is nit picking bit for a start I never use "online" when searching because, well, I'm already online.

It's like I see e-commerce stores with titles "Online Sport Shop" lol.

But yes, I agree using the "" narrows your searches and bring more relevant results, however, not everyone in the world does that.

You know, if you ever go to one of your friends house who is not as savvy as us online and watch them do a search, it can be quite an eye opener to see how people search.

Sometimes I think as search marketers we forget how other people, or "real" people search.

KP

[nomad]

thanks for the tips m8

[zurk]

This is very basic thing, but i wonder if everyone know this

I do
But I mostly search with out " ". It's very useful when I'm running out of time and need to produce a research paper fast when I was in college.

[alec11]

using " " trick is best for searching software or brand name.
but if you're just searching an article, you dont have to use " " trick.

[zurk]

using " " trick is best for searching software or brand name.
but if you're just searching an article, you dont have to use " " trick.

Well it made all my research faster

[prince_can05]

Originally Posted by alec11

using " " trick is best for searching software or brand name.
but if you're just searching an article, you dont have to use " " trick.

hey, just wanted to ask y not use " " trick when searchin articles????????

[OldWelshGuy]

this is known as boolean searching and allows ALL sorts.

eg.

Tiger will give you tiger woods and tiger animals, but

tiger -woods -golf

will return pages that include tiger, but DO NOT include either woods or golf.

you can also speciy to google pages indexed between certain dates.

[livetech]

Originally Posted by KingPin

It's like I see e-commerce stores with titles "Online Sport Shop" lol.

Question for you KP. If you're doing an e-commerce site (say sports), would you optimise for "online sport shop"?

I do (though it wouldn't be one of my main ones, but I would put it somewhere), but it's - like you said - a word less savvy searchers may type in, so you may want to accommodate them?

Or do you feel the return from it is negligible compared to more defined terms?