logical "and" in Google search [Tips / Tricks]
Dear all,
when Google+ was introduced in 2011 the + operator (for logical "and") was removed from the search engine. It was standard since the early days of search-engines (hey, AltaVista). Did you every try to search for sites/documents which contain both the phrase “relative bioavailability” and the keyword “bioequivalence”? Good luck! With
Discovered hidden goodies. The "and" operator is still there and works as desired. You have to use the URL-escaped version of +, which is %2B. This one
Now I want only results which contain “relative bioavailability” but not “bioequivalence”. In the old days one would have used the - operator (for logical "not"). Gone with the wind. However, the encoded version %2D should work (according to the documentation of Google’s API).
when Google+ was introduced in 2011 the + operator (for logical "and") was removed from the search engine. It was standard since the early days of search-engines (hey, AltaVista). Did you every try to search for sites/documents which contain both the phrase “relative bioavailability” and the keyword “bioequivalence”? Good luck! With
"relative bioavailability" "bioequivalence"
I got 43,200 results. Sure because implicitly | (for logical "or") is used. But this is not what I want!Discovered hidden goodies. The "and" operator is still there and works as desired. You have to use the URL-escaped version of +, which is %2B. This one
"relative bioavailability" %2B"bioequivalence"
gives only 243 results.Now I want only results which contain “relative bioavailability” but not “bioequivalence”. In the old days one would have used the - operator (for logical "not"). Gone with the wind. However, the encoded version %2D should work (according to the documentation of Google’s API).
"relative bioavailability" %2D"bioequivalence"
Two results. Rrrreally?—
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Complete thread:
- logical "and" in Google searchHelmut 2018-05-28 16:48 [Tips / Tricks]
- logical "and" in Google search ElMaestro 2018-05-28 17:15
- logical "and" in Google search Helmut 2018-05-28 17:24
- logical "and" in Google search ElMaestro 2018-05-28 23:29
- logical "and" in Google search nobody 2018-05-29 08:40
- Google: AND | NOT Helmut 2018-05-30 13:11
- logical "and" in Google search nobody 2018-05-29 08:40
- logical "and" in Google search ElMaestro 2018-05-28 23:29
- logical "and" in Google search Helmut 2018-05-28 17:24
- logical "and" in Google search ElMaestro 2018-05-28 17:15