
So if you were shopping for a used ‘car’, but also might be interested in a ‘pre-owned van’ or a ‘secondhand vehicle’, a good search term to use would be ‘~used ~cars’. ~ (Tilde): putting the ‘~’ symbol before a word tells the search engine that you are looking for words _similar_ to the one you entered. If you were only interested in the instrument, the search term ‘steel drum -barrels’ would give you a results page with industrial sites removed. This can be especially helpful when you’re trying to find a specific piece of information, but the word that you’re using has multiple meanings.įor example, the phrase ‘steel drum’ can refer either to a Michael Scott’s favorite musical instrument, or to a barrel used to transport liquids. – (Negative Symbol): adding ‘-‘ before a word in a query will tell a search engine to ignore pages that use that word prominently. With that in mind, here are some special commands that can really help you find whatever it is you’re looking for.
MORE ADVANCED SYMBOLS WORD HOW TO
And even though the special command can cause annoyance as in the example above, they can also be extremely useful, if you know how to use them.
