[X4U] Searching for "@" on Google?

[Eddie Hargreaves]

Nope, using that feature just puts quotes around the query.


On 8/22/05 4:40 PM, Brett Conlon <brett_conlon at sonymusic.com.au> wrote:

> 
> Next to the Google search field (web page not Safari's search field) click on
> "Advanced Search" and use the "with the exact phrase" field only.
> 
> I use this from time to time to really wead out the silly stuff.
> 
> Coj 
> 
> 
> 
> Eddie Hargreaves <meged at earthlink.net>
> 
> As the original poster noted, putting it in quotes does NOT improve the
> results. I've encountered the same problem with the '.' character. For
> instance, when I searched for information regarding .tivo files, when I
> entered .tivo into Google, it returned results matching 'tivo' and when I
> typed in ".tivo" it returned the exact same results. There seem to be
> certain characters that Google completely ignores. If anyone else finds a
> way around this, I'd be interested in hearing it.