tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post3729551767909097817..comments2024-03-28T18:39:59.184-07:00Comments on SearchReSearch: How many words should be in your search query?Dan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-91715003384628393312013-01-21T19:05:39.358-08:002013-01-21T19:05:39.358-08:00In short, when you keep minus-ing out search terms...In short, when you keep minus-ing out search terms, eventually you knock the total number of results below a threshold that Google thinks is "too few." When that happens, Google "searches harder" by going deeper into the index, pulling up additional results. Note that it does this only when you've added so many constraints (e.g., additional negated terms) that the results are getting thin. You wouldn't see those results in the "normal" search in any case, so delaying the "searching harder" until you've made long query makes sense.<br />Dan Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-38287705612615121312013-01-21T16:24:32.360-08:002013-01-21T16:24:32.360-08:00Dr Russell,
Google is not consistent?
If what yo...Dr Russell,<br /><br />Google is not consistent?<br /><br />If what you just said is true, why do I get the following results?<br /><br />Ltede black -clearlycontacts -justeyewear -lensway -priceme -myshopping <br />About 17,400 results (0.35 seconds) <br /><br />Ltede black -clearlycontacts -justeyewear -lensway -priceme -myshopping -coastal <br />About 196,000 results (0.59 seconds) <br /><br />In other words, the addition of -coastal increases the pie here.<br /><br />Why?<br /><br />Please enlighten.<br /><br />Thanks a million.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06196839310724317247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-78253292708893187972012-09-26T10:20:43.932-07:002012-09-26T10:20:43.932-07:00Well, I got here from Google+ cos I'm trying t...Well, I got here from Google+ cos I'm trying to follow up the lecture on being a better Google searcher. I like the way you pointed out these fact as they are of real help to online users. Thanks for the tips. Keep the good work.Ivan Alikuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06785808758768307045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-41718261610610480022012-07-12T04:49:33.909-07:002012-07-12T04:49:33.909-07:00Well... that's kind of true, but here's wh...Well... that's kind of true, but here's what I see happening a LOT. People will *swear* that the title of the book they're looking for is "Very long list of words that they're sure are in the title" -- but the truth is that often people misremember things. Every extra off-topic word takes you a little farther from the goal. So, IF you have all the words correct, then what you say is true. Problem is, that's extremely rare. Hence my recommendation to start with few words and work towards what you want by adding in additional query terms.Dan Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-33014726778837407752012-07-12T01:28:43.108-07:002012-07-12T01:28:43.108-07:00These recommendations are fine, when you are looki...These recommendations are fine, when you are looking for some issue or subject. But sometimes you have an exact title of an article you are looking for and you just want to know the URL. Then, the most extensive and detailed description works better.Ida Brandãohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04218350418033787259noreply@blogger.com