Using Quotes in Search

Probably one of the number one things that will save you some serious web search time is the simplest – and that’s searching for a phrase by putting it in quotes. When you use quotation marks around a phrase, you are telling the search engine to only bring back pages that include these search terms exactly how you typed them in order, proximity, etc. This tip works in almost every search engine and is very successful in bringing back focused results. If you’re looking for an exact phrase, put it in quotes. Otherwise, you’ll come back with a huge jumble of results. Here’s an example: “Christopher Bieber” Your search will come back with these two words in proximity to each other and in the order you intended them to be, rather than each word individually.