Cut the Phrase and Paste it in the Search Engine

Cut the Phrase and Paste it in the Search Engine

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How GoTo searches if you just type in a search term

So if you want to do more powerful searches, here are some tips:

Look for phrases (use quotation marks)

Okay, so let's say you are searching for fly fishing information only. The easy way is to just put the search terms in quotes, like so:

"fly fishing"

This forces the engine to only return pages that have the exact words "fly fishing". This result set is different from the result set if you do not use quotes.

Force words to appear (put a + in front of them)

To make sure GoTo finds sites that contain certain words, regardless of whether they are in an exact phrase, put a plus sign (+) in front of the words you absolutely positively no excuses want to show up. So, for example, suppose you have
refined your fly fishing search needs and you are only interested in fly fishing in lakes (as opposed to rivers and streams):

Fly fishing + lakes

This search tells the engine to make sure to include the term lakes in any results that it brings up.

Exclude words (put a - in front of them)

Conversely, you can make GoTo exclude sites with certain words by putting a minus sign (-) in front of them. So, suppose you want to fly fish on lakes, but only for fish other than bass. [What have you got against bass, anyway?] You could type

Fly fishing +lakes -bass

This tells the engine to exclude sites that have the word bass in the title or in the main description.

Increasing the strength of a word (Multiply it)

To juice-up the value of a word you're searching on you can put a number (with at least one digit before the decimal point, and at least one digit after), followed by the multiplication symbol (*) in front of the word you want to magnify. So, if you are really interested in locating lakes that feature fly fishing (as opposed to fly fishing on lakes), you could type something like this:

Fly fishing +2.0*lakes

This multiplies the strength of the word by the number you specify. In this case it's like searching for lakes lakes. And if you are that interested in the word, you'll probably want to tell GoTo that it is a required, so be sure to add a plus, as here:

+2.0*lakes

Use algebra

You can use parentheses, AND and OR (in capital letters) in algebraic fashion to process some parts of the search before other parts. So, suppose you want to find campgrounds or hotels that are near lakes on which you can fly fish. You could type:

(fly fishing) AND (campground OR hotel)

This tells the engine to look for fly fishing, then also look for either campgrounds or hotels.